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Boulanger Denis, Dieng Y., Cissé Badara, Remoué Franck, Capuano Frédéric, Dieme Jean-Louis, Ndiaye Tofène, Sokhna Cheikh, Trape Jean-François, Greenwood B., Simondon François. Antischistosomal efficacy of artesunate combination therapies administered as curative treatments for malaria attacks. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007, 101 (2), p. 113-116. ISSN 0035-9203

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TitreAntischistosomal efficacy of artesunate combination therapies administered as curative treatments for malaria attacks
Année de publication2007
Type de documentArticle référencé dans le Web of Science : 000243708200003
AuteursBoulanger Denis, Dieng Y., Cissé Badara, Remoué Franck, Capuano Frédéric, Dieme Jean-Louis, Ndiaye Tofène, Sokhna Cheikh, Trape Jean-François, Greenwood B., Simondon François.
SourceTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007, 101 (2), p. 113-116. ISSN 0035-9203
RésuméArtesunate is a highly effective antimalarial. and there is some evidence that it is also active against schistosome infections. We therefore investigated whether treatment with artesunate of acute malaria in Senegalese children had an impact on their level of infection with Schistosoma haematobium. Twenty-seven children who were entered into a clinical trial of antimalaria treatment were excreting S. haematobium eggs in their urine on the day of treatment. Fifteen children received a combination of a single dose of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine together with three daily doses of artesunate (4 mg/kg); the remaining 12 children received three daily doses of amodiaquine and artesunate. The overall cure rate and reduction in the mean number of excreted eggs at 28 days post treatment were 92.6% and 94.5%, respectively. Our findings indicate that artesunate, in addition to being a very effective treatment for uncomplicated malaria, can also sharply reduce the S. haematobium loads harboured by pre-school African children. (C) 2006 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
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