Is parasite clearance clinically important after malaria treatment in a high transmission area? A 3-month follow-up of home-based management with herbal medicine or ACT

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-31

  Willcox, Merlin L ^a,b,c   Graz, Bertrand ^a,c,d,e   Diakite, Chiaka ^c,g   Falquet, Jacques ^a,c   Dackouo, Florent ^f   Sidibe, Oumar ^c,g   Giani, Sergio ^a,c,h   Diallo, Drissa ^g  

^a Antenna Technologies   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Initiative for Traditional Antimalarial Methods   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^g Institut National de Recherche en Sante Publique Mali   (Mali)

^h Aidemet NGO   (Mali)

Author keywords

Argemone mexicana; Artemisinin Combination Therapy; Herbal medicine; Home based management; Malaria; Randomised Controlled Trial

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ARGEMONE OIL; ARSUCAM; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALI; MALNUTRITION; OTITIS MEDIA; PARASITE; PARASITEMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIALS; ARGEMONE; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MALI; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PARASITEMIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ARGEMONE MEXICANA;

EID: 78649696083     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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