The benefits of artemisinin combination therapy for malaria extend beyond the individual patient

PLoS Med. 2005 Apr;2(4):e105. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020105. Epub 2005 Apr 26.

Abstract

Garner and Graves discuss the implications of a new study in PLoS Medicine that found that artemisinin combination treatment reduces infectiousness

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Artemisinins / pharmacology
  • Artemisinins / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Gametogenesis / drug effects
  • Health Policy
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Plasmodium falciparum / pathogenicity*
  • Public Health
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Sesquiterpenes / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Artemisinins
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • artemisinin