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| Title |
The role of anti-malarial drugs in eliminating malaria
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, December 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-7-s1-s8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nicholas J White |
| Abstract |
Effective anti-malarial drug treatment reduces malaria transmission. This alone can reduce the incidence and prevalence of malaria, although the effects are greater in areas of low transmission where a greater proportion of the infectious reservoir is symptomatic and receives anti-malarial treatment. Effective treatment has greater effects on the transmission of falciparum malaria, where gametocytogenesis is delayed, compared with the other human malarias in which peak gametocytaemia and transmissibility coincides with peak asexual parasite densities. Mature Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes are more drug resistant and affected only by artemisinins and 8-aminoquinolines. The key operational question now is whether primaquine should be added to artemisinin combination treatments for the treatment of falciparum malaria to reduce further the transmissibility of the treated infection. Radical treatment with primaquine plays a key role in the eradication of vivax and ovale malaria. More evidence is needed on the safety of primaquine when administered without screening for G6PD deficiency to inform individual and mass treatment approaches in the context of malaria elimination programmes. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 380 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 3 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| India | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Vietnam | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 1% |
| Unknown | 361 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 67 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 60 | 16% |
| Researcher | 59 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 41 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 15 | 4% |
| Other | 58 | 15% |
| Unknown | 80 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 85 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 67 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 49 | 13% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 20 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 20 | 5% |
| Other | 50 | 13% |
| Unknown | 89 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 April 2016.
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#7,447,530
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#2,447
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#47,485
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#14
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