Having faced increased clinical treatment failures with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine(DHA-PPQ),Cambodia swapped the first line artemisinin-based combination therapy(ACT)from DHA-PPQ to artesunate-mefloquine given tha...Having faced increased clinical treatment failures with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine(DHA-PPQ),Cambodia swapped the first line artemisinin-based combination therapy(ACT)from DHA-PPQ to artesunate-mefloquine given that parasites resistant to piperaquine are susceptible to mefloquine.However,triple mutants have now emerged,suggesting that drug rotations may not be adequate to keep resistance at bay.There is,therefore,an urgent need for alternative treatment strategies to tackle resistance and prevent its spread.A proper understanding of all contributors to artemisinin resistance may help us identify novel strategies to keep artemisinins effective until new drugs become available for their replacement.This review highlights the role of the key players in artemisinin resistance,the current strategies to deal with it and suggests ways of protecting future antimalarial drugs from bowing to resistance as their predecessors did.展开更多
From providing funds for the global fight against infectious diseases,to actively participating in global health security actions,to strengthening mutual cooperation in the field of health,and providing medical treatm...From providing funds for the global fight against infectious diseases,to actively participating in global health security actions,to strengthening mutual cooperation in the field of health,and providing medical treatment,training and scholarships to countries in need,China’s foreign aid on global poverty alleviation is increasingly diversified and expanding in scale.Indeed,China is playing an increasingly important leading role in the global health agenda.It is worth mentioning that over the years,artemisinin compound have saved millions of lives all over the world,especially in poverty-stricken areas.China’s work mode of malaria elimination has also been written into WHO’s technical documents and recommended to other countries.Since 2007,Chinese medical staff has carried out the Artemisinin Compound Malaria Control Project in Comoros,bringing Chinese prevention and treatment programs to the local area.By 2014,Comoros had achieved zero deaths from malaria,and the number of cases had dropped by 98%.Now,this program is also extended to Togo,another African country.This article preliminarily summarizes the malaria profile in Togo and introduces China-Togo Cooperative Artemisinin Malaria Control Demonstration Project to provide a reference for better anti-malaria assistance in Togo,and also shows one of the substantive actions of China’s participation in global health governance,which contributes Chinese wisdom and offers Chinese solutions to global poverty alleviation.展开更多
Background: Drugs that kill or inhibit sexual stages of Plasmodium such as Primaqiune (PQ) could potentially amplify or synergize the impact of first line antimalarials by blocking transmission to mosquitoes. This stu...Background: Drugs that kill or inhibit sexual stages of Plasmodium such as Primaqiune (PQ) could potentially amplify or synergize the impact of first line antimalarials by blocking transmission to mosquitoes. This study examined the effect of Primaquine on gametocyte carriage in the case management of uncomplicated falciparum malaria with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) with the overall purpose of possibly recommending it as an adjunct drug for malaria control. Methods: A total of 181 patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria, normal glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) enzyme levels, and haemoglobin levels ≥ 8 g/dL completed this two-arm randomized blinded clinical trial to test the efficacy of a single dose PQ (0.75 mg/kg) on falciparum gametocytaemia. 88 subjects were assigned to a standard 3-day course of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine (DHP) alone (n = 88) while 93 others had DHP combined with a single dose of PQ on day 3 (n = 93). A 28-day follow-up schedule carried out in the outpatient clinic of a Primary health facility in Vom, Plateau State Nigeria where study participants were seen on days 1, 3, 7 and then weekly to assess the presence of asexual parasites and gametocytes by microscopy. A Kaplan-Meier analysis was employed to determine the survival function of gametocytes on day 3. The data was analyzed using Epi info version 7.1.5. Results: With a gametocyte prevalence of 27.1%, gametocyte carriage rate was lower in the PQ group due to higher probability of clearing gametocytes (Breslow test χ2 = 8.306, df = 1, p = 0.004) and significantly less likely to harbor gametocytes by day 7 when compared to the DHP-alone group (χ2 = 6.218, df = 1, p = 0.013). Conclusion: Addition of single-dose 0.75 mg/kg PQ was associated with reduced gametocyte carriage as a result of faster gametocyte clearance and lower incidence of gametocyte development in DHP-treated patients. PQ as gametocytocidal drug may be useful in combination with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) regimen to clear gametocytes and thereby interrupt malaria transmission to mosquito vector more effectively than ACT alone.展开更多
Background:In Nigeria,Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy(ACT)is the recommended first line antimalarial medicine for uncomplicated malaria.However,health care providers still continue the use of less efficacious me...Background:In Nigeria,Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy(ACT)is the recommended first line antimalarial medicine for uncomplicated malaria.However,health care providers still continue the use of less efficacious medicines such as Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and chloroquine.We therefore determined preference for ACT(PFA)and factors associated with PFA among healthcare providers(HCP)in Lokoja,North-Central Nigeria as well as assessed healthcare providers’knowledge of malaria case management.Methods:We conducted a cross-sectional study among physicians,nurses,pharmacists,community health officers(CHOs),community health extension workers(CHEWs)and,patent and proprietary medicine vendors(PPMVs).Interviewer-administered questionnaires were administered to collect data on respondents’characteristics,previously received malaria case management training and knowledge of malaria treatment.Knowledge scores≥3 were categorised as good,maximum obtainable being 5.Results:Of the 404 respondents,214(53.0%)were males.Overall,219(54.2%)respondents who received malaria case management training included PPMVs:79(65.8%),CHEWs:25(64.1%),CHOs:5(55.6%),nurses:72(48.7%),physicians:35(47.3%)and pharmacists:3(23.1%).Overall,202(50.0%)providers including physicians:69(93.2%),CHO:8(88.9%),CHEWs:33(84.6%),pharmacists:8(61.5%),nurses:64(43.2%)and PPMVs:20(16.5%),had good knowledge of malaria treatment guidelines.Overall,preference for ACT among healthcare providers was 39.6%.Physicians:50(67.6%),pharmacists:7(59.3%)CHOs:5(55.6%),CHEWS:16(41.0%),nurses:56(37.8%)and PPMV:24(19.8%)had PFA.Receiving malaria case management training(adjusted odds ratio[aOR])=2.3;CI=1.4-3.7)and having good knowledge of malaria treatment(aOR=4.0;CI=2.4-6.7)were associated with PFA.Conclusions:Overall preference for ACT use was low among health care providers in this study.Preference for ACTs and proportion of health workers with good knowledge of malaria case management were even lower among PPMVs who had highest proportion of those who received malaria case management training.We recommend evaluation of current training quality,enhanced targeted training,follow-up supportive supervision of PPMVs and behavior change communication on ACT use.展开更多
Following highly prevalent Plasmodium resistant strains to antimalarial monotherapies in malaria endemic countries, uncomplicated malaria treatment policy changed to artemisinine-based combination therapies (ACTs). Af...Following highly prevalent Plasmodium resistant strains to antimalarial monotherapies in malaria endemic countries, uncomplicated malaria treatment policy changed to artemisinine-based combination therapies (ACTs). After adoption of this new treatment policy in a country, sufficient care is needed to be taken to prevent occurrence of resistance to the latest drugs. As Cameroon shifted to ACT in 2004, this study aimed to assess knowledge and practices of health workers in government health facilities of the Littoral region regarding mild malaria management in health facilities as well as according to prescription qualities of ACTs in leaflets received in pharmacies. A total of 66 physicians and 16 nurses were questioned in 10 health facilities and 503 medical leaflets with ACTs prescriptions were viewed in 17 pharmacies. All medical workers questioned correctly were defined mild malaria and were aware of the antimalarial policy change in Cameroon. Overall ACTs prescription for mild malaria management in children and adult patients was 72.2% and 87.8% respectively. An important proportion of health workers prescribed antimalarial monotherapies and non recommended antimalarial for uncomplicated malaria treatment. 31.7% of participants did not systematically recommend laboratory diagnostic test before antimalarial prescription. Of leaflets viewed in pharmacies, ACTs were prescribed by physicians, nurses and laboratory technicians. Age was the only criteria for ACTs prescription. Appropriate ACTs quality prescription ranged between 81.2% and 94.4%. Of the ACTs prescribed, blisters had the highest (92.9%) appropriate quality prescription and solutions the lowest (83.3%). According to qualification of prescribers, physicians had the highest score (93.1%) of appropriate quality prescription and laboratory technicians the lowest score (28.1%). For all ACTs containing medical leaflets, concomitant medications were recorded namely antipyretic (73.9%), antibiotic (21.9%), non steroid anti-inflammatory (19.9%) or vitamins (18.1%). Data gathered indicated that although health workers were aware of uncomplicated malaria treatment policy change in Cameroon, mild malaria mismanagement was prevailing in health facilities of the Littoral region and ACTs quality prescription in medical leaflets was not optimal. Therefore, awareness is still needed among prescribers in order to prevent or at least slow the occurrence of Plasmodium resistant strains to ACTs in Cameroon.展开更多
This research is showing the effect of increasing an Fe extracting from the compression strength, tension and bending moment. The variations in this experiment are the increasing of Fe extracting 0.5%, 1% and 1.5% of ...This research is showing the effect of increasing an Fe extracting from the compression strength, tension and bending moment. The variations in this experiment are the increasing of Fe extracting 0.5%, 1% and 1.5% of concrete volume. Water Cement Ratio (WCR) variation of 0.48, 0.56 and 0.60. The result of increasing 1.5% Fe extracting causes the increasing of tension strength 44.028 kN/cm2, the increasing of slit tension strength 2.226 kN/cm2, the increasing of bending moment 14.81 kN/cm2 from normal concrete. 0.48 WCR produces tension strength, slit tension strength and bending moment more than 0.56 and 0.60 WCR. The increasing of Fe extracting with the distribution variation area and the spread concrete in the tension concrete area produce 3.705 kN/cm2 bending moment higher than the spread fiber in all of concrete area. The 4 cm fiber length produces the higher bending moment than the 2 cm fiber length. The difference is equally 5.185 kN/cm2. The combination result of the examined acting varieties by continuation statistic test gives the result to get the maximum tension and split tensile. It is a concrete combination of increasing 1.5% fiber percentage, 0.48 WCR, full spreading area and the 4 cm fiber length. The maximum bending moment is the increasing of 0.5% fiber percentage, 0.48 WCR, full spreading area and the 4 cm fiber length.展开更多
Background:Artemisinin-based combination treatments(ACTs)are the first-line treatments of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in many endemic areas but there are few evaluation of their efficacy in anaemic mal...Background:Artemisinin-based combination treatments(ACTs)are the first-line treatments of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in many endemic areas but there are few evaluation of their efficacy in anaemic malarious children.Methods:Therapeutic efficacy of 3-day regimens of artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine was evaluated in 437 anaemic and 909 non-anaemic malarious children following treatment during a seven-year period(2008-2014).Patterns of temporal changes in haematocrit were classified based on haematocrit values<30%and≥30%.Kinetics of the disposition of the deficit in haematocrit from 30%following treatment were evaluated using a non-compartment model.Results:PCR-corrected parasitological efficacy 28 days after start of treatment was significantly higher in artesunateamodiaquine-compared to artemether-lumefantrine-treated children[97%(95%CI:92.8-100)versus 96.4%(95%CI:91.3-99.4),P=0.02],but it was similar in non-anaemic and anaemic children.Fall in haematocrit/1000 asexual parasites cleared from peripheral blood was significantly greater at lower compared to higher parasitaemias(P<0.0001),and in non-anaemic compared to anaemic children(P=0.007).In anaemic children at presentation,mean anaemia recovery time(AnRT)was 15.4 days(95%CI:13.3-17.4)and it did not change over the years.Declines in haematocrit deficits from 30%were monoexponential with mean estimated half-time of 1.4 days(95%CI:1.2-1.6).Anaemia half-time(t_(1/2anaemia))correlated positively with AnRT in the same patients(r=0.69,P<0.0001).Bland-Altman analysis of 10 multiples of t_(1/2anaemia) and AnRT showed narrow limit of agreement with insignificant bias(P=0.07)suggesting both can be used interchangeably in the same patients.Conclusions:Artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine remain efficacious treatments of uncomplicated P.falciparum infections in non-anaemic and anaemic Nigerian children in the last 7 years of adoption as first-line treatments.These ACTs may also conserve haematocrit at high parasitaemias and in anaemic children.Trials registration:Pan African Clinical Trial Registry PACTR201508001188143,3 July 2015;PACTR201510001189370,3 July 2015;PACTR201508001191898,7 July 2015 and PACTR201508001193368,8 July 2015.展开更多
目的了解当前我国妇产科医生对不同种类复方短效口服避孕药(COC)服药方案及其雌激素剂量的认识和适应症应用情况,以期为临床个体化用药决策提供参考。方法2022年8月至12月在全国20个省、自治区、直辖市的155家医院邀请妇产科医生进行问...目的了解当前我国妇产科医生对不同种类复方短效口服避孕药(COC)服药方案及其雌激素剂量的认识和适应症应用情况,以期为临床个体化用药决策提供参考。方法2022年8月至12月在全国20个省、自治区、直辖市的155家医院邀请妇产科医生进行问卷调查,了解其对国内目前五种常用COC的雌激素剂量和服药方案的认知及适应症应用情况。采用卡方检验、Bonferroni法、Crame' s V系数、雷达图等方法对数据进行统计分析及归纳总结。结果向653名妇产科医生发放调查问卷,回收有效问卷650份,回收率99.54%。妇产科医生对国内目前五种常用COC的知晓率差别较大,其中以屈螺酮炔雌醇片(Ⅱ)(20μg/片,87.69%;24/4方案,84.77%)知晓率最高,去氧孕烯炔雌醇片(20μg/片,45.69%;21/7方案,83.54%)最低。对于治疗痤疮、经前焦虑障碍、易怒、抑郁、经前综合征、多毛症和多囊卵巢综合征,28.77%~31.69%的妇产科医生选择24/4方案,37.54%~47.85%的妇产科医生选择雌激素剂量20μg/片的COC;其中对改善易怒症状(χ^(2)=9.403,P=0.009)方面,硕士及以上妇产科医生选择选择24/4方案的比例高于本科及以下学历者,差异有统计学意义。在改善月经周期规律性、治疗月经过多、经期周期控制效果方面,49.38%~50.00%的妇产科医生选择两方案效果相似,44.46%~56.31%的妇产科医生选择两剂量效果相似;其中在改善月经周期规律性(χ^(2)=8.402,P=0.015)和治疗月经过多(χ^(2)=6.451,P=0.040)方面,选择两剂量相似的副主任医师及以上的比例高于主治医师及以下者,差异均有统计学意义。妇产科医生对不同雌激素剂量和服药方案的选择呈弱相关(0.2<Cramer's V<0.3,P<0.05)。结论国内妇产科医生对不同COC的知晓率参差不齐,普遍存在对COC的作用机制认知不足。鉴于COC应用的广泛性,建议对妇产科医生加强COC药物作用机制的相关培训,了解雌孕激素剂量、种类与服药方案的关系,准确掌握适应症,以期更好地提供个体化推荐用药。展开更多
Background:In acute falciparum malaria,asexual parasite reduction ratio two days post-treatment initiation(PRRD2)≥10000 per cycle has been used as a measure of the rapid clearance of parasitaemia and efficacy of arte...Background:In acute falciparum malaria,asexual parasite reduction ratio two days post-treatment initiation(PRRD2)≥10000 per cycle has been used as a measure of the rapid clearance of parasitaemia and efficacy of artemisinin derivatives.However,there is little evaluation of alternative measures;for example,parasite reduction ratio one day after treatment initiation(PRRD1)and its relationship with parasite clearance time(PCT)or PRRD2.This study evaluated the use of PRRD1 as a measure of responsiveness to antimalarial drugs.Methods:In acutely malarious children treated with artesunate-amodiaquine(AA),artemether-lumefantrine(AL)or dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine(DHP),the relationships between PRRD1 or PRRD2 and PCT,and between PRRD1 and PRRD2 were evaluated using linear regression.Agreement between estimates of PCT using PRRD1 and PRRD2 linear regression equations was evaluated using the Bland-Altman analysis.Predictors of PRRD1>5000 per half cycle and PRRD2≥10000 per cycle were evaluated using stepwise multiple logistic regression models.Using the linear regression equation of the relationship between PRRD1 and PCT previously generated in half of the DHP-treated children during the early study phase,PCT estimates were compared in a prospective blinded manner with PCTs determined by microscopy during the later study phase in the remaining half.Results:In 919 malarious children,PRRD1 was significantly higher in DHP-and AA-treated compared with AL-treated children(P<0.0001).PRRD1 or PRRD2 values correlated significantly negatively with PCT values(P<0.0001 for each)and significantly positively with each other(P<0.0001).PCT estimates from linear regression equations for PRRD1 and PRRD2 showed insignificant bias on the Bland-Altman plot(P=0.7)indicating the estimates can be used interchangeably.At presentation,age>15months,parasitaemia>10000/μl and DHP treatment independently predicted PRRD1>5000 per half cycle,while age>30months,haematocrit≥31%,body temperature>37.4°C,parasitaemia>100000/μl,PRRD1 value>1000 and no gametocytaemia independently predicted PRRD2≥10000 per cycle.Using the linear regression equation generated during the early phase in 166 DHP-treated children,PCT estimates and PCTs determined by microscopy in the 155 children in the later phase were similar in the same patients.Conclusions:PRRD1 and estimates of PCT using PRRD1 linear regression equation of PRRD1 and PCT can be used in therapeutic efficacy studies.Trial registration:Pan African Clinical Trial Registration PACTR201709002064150,1 March 2017,http://www.pactr.org.展开更多
Background:The development and spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Greater Mekong Subregion has created impetus for continuing global monitoring of efficacy of artemisinin-based combinatio...Background:The development and spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Greater Mekong Subregion has created impetus for continuing global monitoring of efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapies(ACTs). This post analyses is aimed to evaluate changes in early treatment response markers 10 years after the adoption of ACTs as first-line treatments of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Nigeria.Methods: At 14 sentinel sites in six geographical areas of Nigeria, we evaluated treatment responses in 1341 children under 5 years and in additional 360 children under 16 years with uncomplicated malaria enrolled in randomized trials of artemether-lumefantrine versus artesunate-amodiaquine at 5-year interval in 2009-2010 and 2014-2015 and at 2-year interval in 2009-2010 and 2012-2015, respectively after deployment in 2005.Results: Asexual parasite positivity 1 day after treatment initiation (APPD1) rose from 54 to 62% and 2 days after treatment initiation from 5 to 26% in 2009-2010 to 2014-2015(P=0.002 and P<0.0001, respectively).Parasite clearance time increased significantly from 1.6 days (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.55-1.64) to 1.9 days (95% C,1.9-2.0) and geometric mean parasite reduction ratio 2 days after treatment initiation decreased significantly from 11 000 to 4700 within the same time period (P< 00001 for each). Enrolment parasitaemia > 75 000 μl^-1, haematocrit > 27% 1 day post-treatment initiatiortreatment with artemether-lumefantrine and enrolment in 2014-2015 independently predicted APPD1. In paralle , Kaplan-Meier estimated risk of recurrent infections by day 28 rose from 8 to 14% (P=0005) and from 9 to 15%(P=0.02) with artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate-amodiaquine, respectively. Mean asexual parasitaemia half-life increased significantly from 1.1 h to 1.3h within 2 years (P<0.0001).Conclusions:These data indicate declining parasitological responses through time to the two ACTs may be due to emergence of parasites with reduced susceptibility or decrease in immunity to the infections in these children.展开更多
在国家"523"(防治疟疾新药项目代号)任务实施50周年之际,对广州中医药大学青蒿素抗疟研究科研团队采用青蒿素复方防治疟疾的历程与所取得的进展进行评述。广州中医药大学作为"523"项目研究小组之一,其青蒿素抗疟研...在国家"523"(防治疟疾新药项目代号)任务实施50周年之际,对广州中医药大学青蒿素抗疟研究科研团队采用青蒿素复方防治疟疾的历程与所取得的进展进行评述。广州中医药大学作为"523"项目研究小组之一,其青蒿素抗疟研究科研团队相继主持了采用青蒿素及其衍生物不同剂型、剂量、疗程治疗疟疾的临床研究(1974~1989)、青蒿素复方(Artekin及Artequick)治疗疟疾的临床研究(1984~2006),并于近10年中在东南亚地区及非洲全力推行快速消灭传染源清除疟疾(Fast Elimination of Malaria by Source Eradication,FEMSE)的抗疟项目。青蒿素抗疟研究科研团队所做的探索与获得的成就为青蒿素类药物走向世界做出了重要贡献,并为全球快速消灭疟疾创建了一种简单、易行、省钱的新方法。展开更多
文摘Having faced increased clinical treatment failures with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine(DHA-PPQ),Cambodia swapped the first line artemisinin-based combination therapy(ACT)from DHA-PPQ to artesunate-mefloquine given that parasites resistant to piperaquine are susceptible to mefloquine.However,triple mutants have now emerged,suggesting that drug rotations may not be adequate to keep resistance at bay.There is,therefore,an urgent need for alternative treatment strategies to tackle resistance and prevent its spread.A proper understanding of all contributors to artemisinin resistance may help us identify novel strategies to keep artemisinins effective until new drugs become available for their replacement.This review highlights the role of the key players in artemisinin resistance,the current strategies to deal with it and suggests ways of protecting future antimalarial drugs from bowing to resistance as their predecessors did.
基金support from Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Plan of China(Grant No.2020A0505090009&Grant No.2021A0505030060)Project of National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of China(Grant No.GZYYGJ2020030).
文摘From providing funds for the global fight against infectious diseases,to actively participating in global health security actions,to strengthening mutual cooperation in the field of health,and providing medical treatment,training and scholarships to countries in need,China’s foreign aid on global poverty alleviation is increasingly diversified and expanding in scale.Indeed,China is playing an increasingly important leading role in the global health agenda.It is worth mentioning that over the years,artemisinin compound have saved millions of lives all over the world,especially in poverty-stricken areas.China’s work mode of malaria elimination has also been written into WHO’s technical documents and recommended to other countries.Since 2007,Chinese medical staff has carried out the Artemisinin Compound Malaria Control Project in Comoros,bringing Chinese prevention and treatment programs to the local area.By 2014,Comoros had achieved zero deaths from malaria,and the number of cases had dropped by 98%.Now,this program is also extended to Togo,another African country.This article preliminarily summarizes the malaria profile in Togo and introduces China-Togo Cooperative Artemisinin Malaria Control Demonstration Project to provide a reference for better anti-malaria assistance in Togo,and also shows one of the substantive actions of China’s participation in global health governance,which contributes Chinese wisdom and offers Chinese solutions to global poverty alleviation.
文摘Background: Drugs that kill or inhibit sexual stages of Plasmodium such as Primaqiune (PQ) could potentially amplify or synergize the impact of first line antimalarials by blocking transmission to mosquitoes. This study examined the effect of Primaquine on gametocyte carriage in the case management of uncomplicated falciparum malaria with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) with the overall purpose of possibly recommending it as an adjunct drug for malaria control. Methods: A total of 181 patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria, normal glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) enzyme levels, and haemoglobin levels ≥ 8 g/dL completed this two-arm randomized blinded clinical trial to test the efficacy of a single dose PQ (0.75 mg/kg) on falciparum gametocytaemia. 88 subjects were assigned to a standard 3-day course of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine (DHP) alone (n = 88) while 93 others had DHP combined with a single dose of PQ on day 3 (n = 93). A 28-day follow-up schedule carried out in the outpatient clinic of a Primary health facility in Vom, Plateau State Nigeria where study participants were seen on days 1, 3, 7 and then weekly to assess the presence of asexual parasites and gametocytes by microscopy. A Kaplan-Meier analysis was employed to determine the survival function of gametocytes on day 3. The data was analyzed using Epi info version 7.1.5. Results: With a gametocyte prevalence of 27.1%, gametocyte carriage rate was lower in the PQ group due to higher probability of clearing gametocytes (Breslow test χ2 = 8.306, df = 1, p = 0.004) and significantly less likely to harbor gametocytes by day 7 when compared to the DHP-alone group (χ2 = 6.218, df = 1, p = 0.013). Conclusion: Addition of single-dose 0.75 mg/kg PQ was associated with reduced gametocyte carriage as a result of faster gametocyte clearance and lower incidence of gametocyte development in DHP-treated patients. PQ as gametocytocidal drug may be useful in combination with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) regimen to clear gametocytes and thereby interrupt malaria transmission to mosquito vector more effectively than ACT alone.
基金supported by cooperative agreement number U2R6H000046 funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)through the Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme。
文摘Background:In Nigeria,Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy(ACT)is the recommended first line antimalarial medicine for uncomplicated malaria.However,health care providers still continue the use of less efficacious medicines such as Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and chloroquine.We therefore determined preference for ACT(PFA)and factors associated with PFA among healthcare providers(HCP)in Lokoja,North-Central Nigeria as well as assessed healthcare providers’knowledge of malaria case management.Methods:We conducted a cross-sectional study among physicians,nurses,pharmacists,community health officers(CHOs),community health extension workers(CHEWs)and,patent and proprietary medicine vendors(PPMVs).Interviewer-administered questionnaires were administered to collect data on respondents’characteristics,previously received malaria case management training and knowledge of malaria treatment.Knowledge scores≥3 were categorised as good,maximum obtainable being 5.Results:Of the 404 respondents,214(53.0%)were males.Overall,219(54.2%)respondents who received malaria case management training included PPMVs:79(65.8%),CHEWs:25(64.1%),CHOs:5(55.6%),nurses:72(48.7%),physicians:35(47.3%)and pharmacists:3(23.1%).Overall,202(50.0%)providers including physicians:69(93.2%),CHO:8(88.9%),CHEWs:33(84.6%),pharmacists:8(61.5%),nurses:64(43.2%)and PPMVs:20(16.5%),had good knowledge of malaria treatment guidelines.Overall,preference for ACT among healthcare providers was 39.6%.Physicians:50(67.6%),pharmacists:7(59.3%)CHOs:5(55.6%),CHEWS:16(41.0%),nurses:56(37.8%)and PPMV:24(19.8%)had PFA.Receiving malaria case management training(adjusted odds ratio[aOR])=2.3;CI=1.4-3.7)and having good knowledge of malaria treatment(aOR=4.0;CI=2.4-6.7)were associated with PFA.Conclusions:Overall preference for ACT use was low among health care providers in this study.Preference for ACTs and proportion of health workers with good knowledge of malaria case management were even lower among PPMVs who had highest proportion of those who received malaria case management training.We recommend evaluation of current training quality,enhanced targeted training,follow-up supportive supervision of PPMVs and behavior change communication on ACT use.
文摘Following highly prevalent Plasmodium resistant strains to antimalarial monotherapies in malaria endemic countries, uncomplicated malaria treatment policy changed to artemisinine-based combination therapies (ACTs). After adoption of this new treatment policy in a country, sufficient care is needed to be taken to prevent occurrence of resistance to the latest drugs. As Cameroon shifted to ACT in 2004, this study aimed to assess knowledge and practices of health workers in government health facilities of the Littoral region regarding mild malaria management in health facilities as well as according to prescription qualities of ACTs in leaflets received in pharmacies. A total of 66 physicians and 16 nurses were questioned in 10 health facilities and 503 medical leaflets with ACTs prescriptions were viewed in 17 pharmacies. All medical workers questioned correctly were defined mild malaria and were aware of the antimalarial policy change in Cameroon. Overall ACTs prescription for mild malaria management in children and adult patients was 72.2% and 87.8% respectively. An important proportion of health workers prescribed antimalarial monotherapies and non recommended antimalarial for uncomplicated malaria treatment. 31.7% of participants did not systematically recommend laboratory diagnostic test before antimalarial prescription. Of leaflets viewed in pharmacies, ACTs were prescribed by physicians, nurses and laboratory technicians. Age was the only criteria for ACTs prescription. Appropriate ACTs quality prescription ranged between 81.2% and 94.4%. Of the ACTs prescribed, blisters had the highest (92.9%) appropriate quality prescription and solutions the lowest (83.3%). According to qualification of prescribers, physicians had the highest score (93.1%) of appropriate quality prescription and laboratory technicians the lowest score (28.1%). For all ACTs containing medical leaflets, concomitant medications were recorded namely antipyretic (73.9%), antibiotic (21.9%), non steroid anti-inflammatory (19.9%) or vitamins (18.1%). Data gathered indicated that although health workers were aware of uncomplicated malaria treatment policy change in Cameroon, mild malaria mismanagement was prevailing in health facilities of the Littoral region and ACTs quality prescription in medical leaflets was not optimal. Therefore, awareness is still needed among prescribers in order to prevent or at least slow the occurrence of Plasmodium resistant strains to ACTs in Cameroon.
文摘This research is showing the effect of increasing an Fe extracting from the compression strength, tension and bending moment. The variations in this experiment are the increasing of Fe extracting 0.5%, 1% and 1.5% of concrete volume. Water Cement Ratio (WCR) variation of 0.48, 0.56 and 0.60. The result of increasing 1.5% Fe extracting causes the increasing of tension strength 44.028 kN/cm2, the increasing of slit tension strength 2.226 kN/cm2, the increasing of bending moment 14.81 kN/cm2 from normal concrete. 0.48 WCR produces tension strength, slit tension strength and bending moment more than 0.56 and 0.60 WCR. The increasing of Fe extracting with the distribution variation area and the spread concrete in the tension concrete area produce 3.705 kN/cm2 bending moment higher than the spread fiber in all of concrete area. The 4 cm fiber length produces the higher bending moment than the 2 cm fiber length. The difference is equally 5.185 kN/cm2. The combination result of the examined acting varieties by continuation statistic test gives the result to get the maximum tension and split tensile. It is a concrete combination of increasing 1.5% fiber percentage, 0.48 WCR, full spreading area and the 4 cm fiber length. The maximum bending moment is the increasing of 0.5% fiber percentage, 0.48 WCR, full spreading area and the 4 cm fiber length.
基金The efficacy studies from which the data were derived were supported by Swiss Pharma Nigeria PLC Grant to AS and by World Bank Malaria Booster Project,and Global Fund for Malaria to Federal Ministry of Health,Abuja,Nigeria through Drug Therapeutic Efficacy Testing in NigeriaLogistic support for Drug Therapeutic Efficacy Testing was partly provided by Society for Family Health and Support for National Malaria Program(SunMap)in Nigeria。
文摘Background:Artemisinin-based combination treatments(ACTs)are the first-line treatments of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in many endemic areas but there are few evaluation of their efficacy in anaemic malarious children.Methods:Therapeutic efficacy of 3-day regimens of artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine was evaluated in 437 anaemic and 909 non-anaemic malarious children following treatment during a seven-year period(2008-2014).Patterns of temporal changes in haematocrit were classified based on haematocrit values<30%and≥30%.Kinetics of the disposition of the deficit in haematocrit from 30%following treatment were evaluated using a non-compartment model.Results:PCR-corrected parasitological efficacy 28 days after start of treatment was significantly higher in artesunateamodiaquine-compared to artemether-lumefantrine-treated children[97%(95%CI:92.8-100)versus 96.4%(95%CI:91.3-99.4),P=0.02],but it was similar in non-anaemic and anaemic children.Fall in haematocrit/1000 asexual parasites cleared from peripheral blood was significantly greater at lower compared to higher parasitaemias(P<0.0001),and in non-anaemic compared to anaemic children(P=0.007).In anaemic children at presentation,mean anaemia recovery time(AnRT)was 15.4 days(95%CI:13.3-17.4)and it did not change over the years.Declines in haematocrit deficits from 30%were monoexponential with mean estimated half-time of 1.4 days(95%CI:1.2-1.6).Anaemia half-time(t_(1/2anaemia))correlated positively with AnRT in the same patients(r=0.69,P<0.0001).Bland-Altman analysis of 10 multiples of t_(1/2anaemia) and AnRT showed narrow limit of agreement with insignificant bias(P=0.07)suggesting both can be used interchangeably in the same patients.Conclusions:Artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine remain efficacious treatments of uncomplicated P.falciparum infections in non-anaemic and anaemic Nigerian children in the last 7 years of adoption as first-line treatments.These ACTs may also conserve haematocrit at high parasitaemias and in anaemic children.Trials registration:Pan African Clinical Trial Registry PACTR201508001188143,3 July 2015;PACTR201510001189370,3 July 2015;PACTR201508001191898,7 July 2015 and PACTR201508001193368,8 July 2015.
文摘目的了解当前我国妇产科医生对不同种类复方短效口服避孕药(COC)服药方案及其雌激素剂量的认识和适应症应用情况,以期为临床个体化用药决策提供参考。方法2022年8月至12月在全国20个省、自治区、直辖市的155家医院邀请妇产科医生进行问卷调查,了解其对国内目前五种常用COC的雌激素剂量和服药方案的认知及适应症应用情况。采用卡方检验、Bonferroni法、Crame' s V系数、雷达图等方法对数据进行统计分析及归纳总结。结果向653名妇产科医生发放调查问卷,回收有效问卷650份,回收率99.54%。妇产科医生对国内目前五种常用COC的知晓率差别较大,其中以屈螺酮炔雌醇片(Ⅱ)(20μg/片,87.69%;24/4方案,84.77%)知晓率最高,去氧孕烯炔雌醇片(20μg/片,45.69%;21/7方案,83.54%)最低。对于治疗痤疮、经前焦虑障碍、易怒、抑郁、经前综合征、多毛症和多囊卵巢综合征,28.77%~31.69%的妇产科医生选择24/4方案,37.54%~47.85%的妇产科医生选择雌激素剂量20μg/片的COC;其中对改善易怒症状(χ^(2)=9.403,P=0.009)方面,硕士及以上妇产科医生选择选择24/4方案的比例高于本科及以下学历者,差异有统计学意义。在改善月经周期规律性、治疗月经过多、经期周期控制效果方面,49.38%~50.00%的妇产科医生选择两方案效果相似,44.46%~56.31%的妇产科医生选择两剂量效果相似;其中在改善月经周期规律性(χ^(2)=8.402,P=0.015)和治疗月经过多(χ^(2)=6.451,P=0.040)方面,选择两剂量相似的副主任医师及以上的比例高于主治医师及以下者,差异均有统计学意义。妇产科医生对不同雌激素剂量和服药方案的选择呈弱相关(0.2<Cramer's V<0.3,P<0.05)。结论国内妇产科医生对不同COC的知晓率参差不齐,普遍存在对COC的作用机制认知不足。鉴于COC应用的广泛性,建议对妇产科医生加强COC药物作用机制的相关培训,了解雌孕激素剂量、种类与服药方案的关系,准确掌握适应症,以期更好地提供个体化推荐用药。
基金The efficacy study from which the data were derived received financial support from The Global Fund to Fights AIDS,Tuberculosis and Malariathe United States President’s Malaria Initiative(PMI)Malaria Consortium Grants to The Federal Ministry of Health,Abuja,through Drug Therapeutic Efficacy Testing in Nigeria.Logistic support was provided by the governments of the study states.
文摘Background:In acute falciparum malaria,asexual parasite reduction ratio two days post-treatment initiation(PRRD2)≥10000 per cycle has been used as a measure of the rapid clearance of parasitaemia and efficacy of artemisinin derivatives.However,there is little evaluation of alternative measures;for example,parasite reduction ratio one day after treatment initiation(PRRD1)and its relationship with parasite clearance time(PCT)or PRRD2.This study evaluated the use of PRRD1 as a measure of responsiveness to antimalarial drugs.Methods:In acutely malarious children treated with artesunate-amodiaquine(AA),artemether-lumefantrine(AL)or dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine(DHP),the relationships between PRRD1 or PRRD2 and PCT,and between PRRD1 and PRRD2 were evaluated using linear regression.Agreement between estimates of PCT using PRRD1 and PRRD2 linear regression equations was evaluated using the Bland-Altman analysis.Predictors of PRRD1>5000 per half cycle and PRRD2≥10000 per cycle were evaluated using stepwise multiple logistic regression models.Using the linear regression equation of the relationship between PRRD1 and PCT previously generated in half of the DHP-treated children during the early study phase,PCT estimates were compared in a prospective blinded manner with PCTs determined by microscopy during the later study phase in the remaining half.Results:In 919 malarious children,PRRD1 was significantly higher in DHP-and AA-treated compared with AL-treated children(P<0.0001).PRRD1 or PRRD2 values correlated significantly negatively with PCT values(P<0.0001 for each)and significantly positively with each other(P<0.0001).PCT estimates from linear regression equations for PRRD1 and PRRD2 showed insignificant bias on the Bland-Altman plot(P=0.7)indicating the estimates can be used interchangeably.At presentation,age>15months,parasitaemia>10000/μl and DHP treatment independently predicted PRRD1>5000 per half cycle,while age>30months,haematocrit≥31%,body temperature>37.4°C,parasitaemia>100000/μl,PRRD1 value>1000 and no gametocytaemia independently predicted PRRD2≥10000 per cycle.Using the linear regression equation generated during the early phase in 166 DHP-treated children,PCT estimates and PCTs determined by microscopy in the 155 children in the later phase were similar in the same patients.Conclusions:PRRD1 and estimates of PCT using PRRD1 linear regression equation of PRRD1 and PCT can be used in therapeutic efficacy studies.Trial registration:Pan African Clinical Trial Registration PACTR201709002064150,1 March 2017,http://www.pactr.org.
文摘Background:The development and spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Greater Mekong Subregion has created impetus for continuing global monitoring of efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapies(ACTs). This post analyses is aimed to evaluate changes in early treatment response markers 10 years after the adoption of ACTs as first-line treatments of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Nigeria.Methods: At 14 sentinel sites in six geographical areas of Nigeria, we evaluated treatment responses in 1341 children under 5 years and in additional 360 children under 16 years with uncomplicated malaria enrolled in randomized trials of artemether-lumefantrine versus artesunate-amodiaquine at 5-year interval in 2009-2010 and 2014-2015 and at 2-year interval in 2009-2010 and 2012-2015, respectively after deployment in 2005.Results: Asexual parasite positivity 1 day after treatment initiation (APPD1) rose from 54 to 62% and 2 days after treatment initiation from 5 to 26% in 2009-2010 to 2014-2015(P=0.002 and P<0.0001, respectively).Parasite clearance time increased significantly from 1.6 days (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.55-1.64) to 1.9 days (95% C,1.9-2.0) and geometric mean parasite reduction ratio 2 days after treatment initiation decreased significantly from 11 000 to 4700 within the same time period (P< 00001 for each). Enrolment parasitaemia > 75 000 μl^-1, haematocrit > 27% 1 day post-treatment initiatiortreatment with artemether-lumefantrine and enrolment in 2014-2015 independently predicted APPD1. In paralle , Kaplan-Meier estimated risk of recurrent infections by day 28 rose from 8 to 14% (P=0005) and from 9 to 15%(P=0.02) with artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate-amodiaquine, respectively. Mean asexual parasitaemia half-life increased significantly from 1.1 h to 1.3h within 2 years (P<0.0001).Conclusions:These data indicate declining parasitological responses through time to the two ACTs may be due to emergence of parasites with reduced susceptibility or decrease in immunity to the infections in these children.
文摘在国家"523"(防治疟疾新药项目代号)任务实施50周年之际,对广州中医药大学青蒿素抗疟研究科研团队采用青蒿素复方防治疟疾的历程与所取得的进展进行评述。广州中医药大学作为"523"项目研究小组之一,其青蒿素抗疟研究科研团队相继主持了采用青蒿素及其衍生物不同剂型、剂量、疗程治疗疟疾的临床研究(1974~1989)、青蒿素复方(Artekin及Artequick)治疗疟疾的临床研究(1984~2006),并于近10年中在东南亚地区及非洲全力推行快速消灭传染源清除疟疾(Fast Elimination of Malaria by Source Eradication,FEMSE)的抗疟项目。青蒿素抗疟研究科研团队所做的探索与获得的成就为青蒿素类药物走向世界做出了重要贡献,并为全球快速消灭疟疾创建了一种简单、易行、省钱的新方法。