| efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in the treatment of uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria in east timor. | the efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (sp) in east timor is unknown. we treated 38 individuals with uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria with sp and monitored the outcome for 28 days. recrudescent parasitemia, confirmed by genotyping, were detected in three individuals resulting in a late treatment failure rate of 7.9% (95% confidence interval = 1.7-21.4%). the results suggest that sp is still efficacious in treating uncomplicated p. falciparum malaria in east timor. however, the usef ... | 2006 | 16525092 |
| analysis of genetic mutations associated with anti-malarial drug resistance in plasmodium falciparum from the democratic republic of east timor. | in response to chloroquine (cq) resistance, the policy for the first-line treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the democratic republic of east timor (dret) was changed in early 2000. the combination of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (sp) was then introduced for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria. | 2009 | 19358729 |
| plasmodium vivax in the democratic republic of east timor: parasite prevalence and antifolate resistance-associated mutations. | in the democratic republic of east timor, plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax malaria coexist, but limited information is available about the latter species. consequently, the prevalence of p. vivax and of its corresponding antifolate resistance-associated mutations in the pvdhfr and pvdhps genes was assessed here. blood samples were collected from 650 individuals distributed among six districts, over two different periods, by either passive case detection (pcd) or active case detection ( ... | 2010 | 20412783 |
| a new species of notosacantha chevrolat (coleoptera: chrysomelidae: cassidinae) from timor-leste with a key to the notosacantha vicaria-group. | notosacantha timorensis sp. nov. belonging to the notosacantha vicaria-group is described from timor-leste. colour photos of n. sumbawaensis świętojańska & borowiec, 1999 and a key to the notosacantha vicaria-group are given. | 2016 | 27811765 |