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Malaria in Thailand

March 30, 2011 By Ask-Malaria-Questions Leave a Comment

QUESTION: I am going to Thailand. Do I need to take Malaria medication there? ANSWER: Like many other countries, that depends on where in Thailand you are planning to go. The country on the whole has been successful in containing malaria, mostly through successful mosquito control initiatives and a great initiative of government-sponsored "malaria clinics"  dotted around the country, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria Drugs, Malaria Prophylaxis, Thailand

A Research Agenda for Malaria Eradication: Drugs

January 25, 2011 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Abstract: Antimalarial drugs will be essential tools at all stages of malaria elimination along the path towards eradication, including the early control or “attack” phase to drive down transmission and the later stages of maintaining interruption of transmission, preventing reintroduction of malaria, and eliminating the last residual foci of infection.Drugs will continue to be used to treat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Eradication Tagged With: Malaria Drugs, malERA, Plasmodium Falciparum, Plasmodium Vivax

Research Leads to Promising Malaria Drug Candidate

September 20, 2010 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

A chemical that rid mice of malaria-causing parasites after a single oral dose may eventually become a new malaria drug if further tests in animals and people uphold the promise of early findings. The compound, NITD609, was developed by an international team of researchers including Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Ph.D., a grantee of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Anthony S. Fauci, artemisinins, Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Genomic Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, Malaria Drugs, National Institutes of Health, NIH, NITD609, Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD), Plasmodium Falciparum, Scripps Research Institute, Thierry T. Diagana

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