Background: Drugs that kill or inhibit sexual stages of Plasmodium such as Primaqiune (PQ) could potentially amplify or synergize the impact of first line antimalarials by blocking transmission to mosquitoes. This stu...
the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases(CHEMAL);the National Science and Technology Development Agency of Thailand (Career Development Award);the Thailand Research Fund(Basic Research)
Upon infection into human red cell,Plasmodium falciparum differentiates into asexual and sexual(gametocyte) stages.The mitochondrion is a tubular-cristate organelle,functionally and structurally different between the ...
Twenty-seven patients with gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum(PF) were divided into groups A,B,and C.A daily dose of 1200 mg artemisinin was given for 5 days to group A,a state dose of 750 mg of mefloquine to group ...