2015
Ex vivo anti-malarial drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from pregnant women in an area of highly seasonal transmission in Burkina Faso
Tahita M, Tinto H, Yarga S, Kazienga A, Traore/Coulibaly M, Valea I, Van Overmeir C, Rosanas-Urgell A, Ouedraogo J, Guiguemde R, van Geertruyden J, Erhart A, D’Alessandro U. Ex vivo anti-malarial drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from pregnant women in an area of highly seasonal transmission in Burkina Faso. Malaria Journal 2015, 14: 251. PMID: 26088768, PMCID: PMC4474342, DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0769-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPregnant womenAnti-malarial drugsDrug sensitivity profilesParasite densityAnti-malarial drug susceptibilityDifferent drug sensitivity profilesUncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malariaTreatment Efficacy TrialInfected pregnant womenArtemisinin-based combinationsPlasmodium falciparum malariaChloroquine-resistant isolatesHistidine-rich protein-2 assayPlasmodium falciparum isolatesGeometric mean IC50Low parasite densitiesP. falciparum parasitesTreatment of malariaFalciparum malariaRecurrent infectionsMean IC50Efficacy trialsFalciparum isolatesMethodsThe studyResistant parasites
2014
Ex vivo anti-malarial drugs sensitivity profile of Plasmodium falciparum field isolates from Burkina Faso five years after the national policy change
Tinto H, Bonkian L, Nana L, Yerbanga I, Lingani M, Kazienga A, Valéa I, Sorgho H, Kpoda H, Guiguemdé T, Ouédraogo J, Mens P, Schallig H, D’Alessandro U. Ex vivo anti-malarial drugs sensitivity profile of Plasmodium falciparum field isolates from Burkina Faso five years after the national policy change. Malaria Journal 2014, 13: 207. PMID: 24885950, PMCID: PMC4049403, DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsP. falciparum sensitivityVivo studiesFirst-line treatmentPlasmodium falciparum fieldAnti-malarial drugsEx vivo studyDrug sensitivity profilesDHA-PPQChloroquine resistanceIC50 valuesPartner drugsDrug efficacy testsDrug measurementsInhibitory concentration valuesMonodesethylamodiaquinePiperaquineEfficacy of ALHigher IC50 valuesPlasmodium falciparumDihydroartemisininFive yearsCellular proliferationDrugsRecent reportsLumefantrine