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Artemisinin Combination Therapies for Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Uganda

Bukirwa, Hasifa; Yeka, Adoke; Kamya, Moses R.; Talisuna, Ambrose; Banek, Kristin; Bakyaita, Nathan; Rwakimari, John Bosco; Rosenthal, Philip J.; Mangen, Fred Wabwire; Dorsey, Grant; Staedke, Sarah G. (PLoS clinical trials, 2006)

To compare the efficacy and safety of artemisinin combination therapies for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Uganda.Randomized single-blind controlled trial.Tororo, Uganda, an area of high-level malaria ...

Effectiveness of quinine versus artemether-lumefantrine for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Ugandan children: randomised trial

Achan, Jane; Tibenderana, James K.; Kyabayinze, Daniel; Wabwire Mangen, Fred; Kamya, Moses R.; Dorsey, Grant; D’Alessandro, Umberto; Rosenthal, Philip J.; Talisuna, Ambrose O. (Bmj, 2009)

Objective To compare the effectiveness of oral quininewith that of artemether-lumefantrine in treatinguncomplicated malaria in children.Design Randomised, open label effectiveness study.Setting Outpatient clinic of Uganda’s ...

High Risk of Neutropenia in HIV-Infected Children following Treatment with Artesunate plus Amodiaquine for Uncomplicated Malaria in Uganda

Gasasira, Anne F.; Kamya, Moses R.; Achan, Jane; Mebrahtu, Tsedal; Kalyango, Joan N.; Ruel, Theodore; Charlebois, Edwin; Staedke, Sarah G.; Kekitiinwa, Adeodata; Rosenthal, Philip J.; Havlir, Diane; Dorsey, Grant (Clinical infectious diseases, 2008)

Artemisinin-based combination therapies are rapidly being adopted for the treatment of malaria in Africa; however, there are limited data on their safety and efficacy among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected ...

Urban malaria: primary caregivers’ knowledge, attitudes, practices and predictors of malaria incidence in a cohort of Ugandan children

Njama, Denise; Dorsey, Grant; Guwatudde, David; Kigonya, Kate; Greenhouse, Bryan; Musisi, Stephen; Kamya, Moses R. (Tropical medicine & international health, 2003)

To assess malaria-related knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) among primary caregivers, to identify associations between primary caregivers characteristics and positive KAP towards malaria, and to identify independent ...

Artemether-Lumefantrine versus Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for Treating Uncomplicated Malaria: A Randomized Trial to Guide Policy in Uganda

Yeka, Adoke; Dorsey, Grant; Kamya, Moses R.; Talisuna, Ambrose; Lugemwa, Myers; Rwakimari, John Bosco; Staedke, Sarah G.; Rosenthal, Philip J.; Mangen, Fred Wabwire; Bukirwa, Hasifa (PloS one, 2008)

Uganda recently adopted artemether-lumefantrine (AL) as the recommended first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria. However, AL has several limitations, including a twice-daily dosing regimen, recommendation for ...