Pyronaridine-artesunate Shows Promise as an Effective and Well-tolerated Treatment for Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum Malaria.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Okombo, John; Fidock, David A
- Source
- Clinical Infectious Diseases. 5/15/2020, Vol. 79 Issue 10, p2196-2198. 3p.
- Subject
- *DRUG therapy for malaria
*ANTIMALARIALS
*PROTOZOA
*PHARMACODYNAMICS
- Language
- ISSN
- 1058-4838
The article offers information on the Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) that are the recommended first line antimalarial for uncomplicated malaria. Topics include examines that integration of ACT protocols into the national treatment policies of malaria-endemic countries has contributed significantly to the decrease in malaria cases and related deaths observed between 2000 and 2015.