| artemether vs quinine therapy in plasmodium falciparum malaria in manipur--a preliminary report. | qinghaosu and its derivatives are rapidly effective antimalarial drugs derived from a chinese plant (sweet worm wood). preliminary studies suggest that these drugs may be more effective than quinine in the treatment of plasmodium falciparum malaria. a randomised double blind trial was conducted in 52 cases of plasmodium falciparum malaria cases. in all 26 cases were given artemether and another 26 were given quinine. there were 2 (7.5%) deaths in artemether group and 4 (15%) deaths in quinine gr ... | 2001 | 12170942 |
| role of an. culicifacies as a vector of malaria in changing ecological scenario of northeastern states of india. | malaria has become endemic and subject of concern in most part of the india especially northeastern states of india. surveys before 2000 revealed that anopheles minimus was major vector responsible for transmission of malaria in this region followed by an. dirus and an. fluviatilis. however, recent studies indicate replacement of an. minimus vector by an. culicifacies due to different ecological changes and change in landuse pattern etc. the objective of present study was to explore the vectoria ... | 2017 | 27681550 |
| severe falciparum malarial complications in ukhrul, manipur. | development of complications is very common among the patients suffering from plasmodium falciparum infection. a total of 64 patients of plasmodium falciprum infections were admitted to the district hospital, ukhrul, during the period of 1st may 1996 to 15th june 1999; 9.37% patients do not develop complication while the rest 90.63% developed one or more complications. the most common complication is anaemia accounting for 76.56% followed by cerebral malaria (59.38%). other lesser complications ... | 2000 | 11258490 |