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ADAP Drugs: Pyrimethamine
Used for the treatment and prevention of malaria. Also used to treat AIDSrelated diarrhea and as one of a combination of drugs to treat Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoal infection. Marketed as Daraprim and Fansidar. Site includes drug description, dosage, and side effects.
http://www.atdn.org/access/drugs/pyri.html

Extractions: Pyrimethamine is used for the treatment and prevention of malaria. Pyrimethamine is also used to treat AIDS-related diarrhea and as one of a combination of drugs to treat Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoal infection. Many HIV+ have been exposed to toxoplasmosis (toxo), but are able to keep the infection in check until their immune systems become relatively weak. People can become infected with the toxo organism by coming in contact with feces, frequently found in dirt. Symptoms include headaches, fever, confusion, lack of energy, and, in some cases, inflammation of parts of the eyes. Toxo can also cause loss of mental status, seizures and paralysis. Toxoplasmosis can become resistant or unresponsive to existing treatments. Glaxo-Wellcome, Inc., which makes Daraprim, has an HIV Patient Assistance Program - call (800) 722-9294. Side effects Pyrimethamine comes in tablets combined with sulfad oxine called Fansidar. For treatment of Isosporiasis infection, adults take 50-75 mg of pyrimethamine daily, as needed to control or eliminate infection. For treatment of toxoplasmosis, usual dose is 25 mg daily. For AIDS related toxo, treatment begins with a loading dose of 100-200 mg in 2 divided doses daily for the first 2 days, then 50-75 mg daily. Maintenance treatment is 25 mg per day, sulfadiazine 4 grams per day, and
ADAP Drugs: Primaquine
A treatment for malaria which is also used in combination with clindamycin for treating mild to moderate PCP pneumonia when first choice treatments are not tolerated or not working well.
http://www.atdn.org/access/drugs/prim.html

Extractions: Primaquine is a treatment for malaria. Primaquine is also used in combination with clindamycin for treating mild to moderate PCP pneumonia when first choice treatments are not tolerated or not working well. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, commonly referred to as PCP, can affect the lungs as well as other parts of the body, including the skin and internal organs. People who are at the greatest risk of contracting this type of pneumonia are those who have less than 200 T4 cells. Symptoms of PCP include shortness of breath, dry cough, and fever. PCP seems to occur very frequently in women as a first or second AIDS-defining illness. Diagnosis in women is often delayed and the illness may be severe by the time it is detected. Studies are ongoing to determine the usefulness and safety of combined treatment with primaquine and clindamycin. Side effects
Roll Back Malaria General Public
Roll Back malaria is a global partnership to halve the world's malariaburden by 2010. News and comment on international efforts
http://mosquito.who.int/cgi-bin/rbm/login_rbm.jsp?cde=fr
Welcome To Malarex.com
Antimalarial. Features product and malaria information, press releases, and related links.
http://www.malarex.com/

Extractions: Malarex Objectives :: Millenia Hope is responsible for the development of Malarex ®, a product developed to combat malaria. Our goal is to fight malaria and other infectious diseases both through the development and distribution of natural disease control agents and through environmental and information services. Combining our strengths with those of other strategic symbiotic corporations, we are now part of the larger conglomeration of international companies dedicated to improving human health around the world. Vision :: The Hope of a Brighter Future As long as the world is inflicted with disease, individuals on every continent and from every class, will find themselves in need of solutions for their well-being. Our vision is of a world where health problems are confronted as fast as they occur. We cannot eradicate disease, but we must offer everyone, everywhere the hope of a better future. Global Network
Africa Fighting Malaria
The goal of this NGO is to educate about the malaria and the effectiveness of the pesticide DDT as Category Health Conditions and Diseases Parasitic malariaAccording to the World Health Organization, malaria is on the rise again, takinga life every thirty seconds of every minute of every day around the world.
http://www.fightingmalaria.org/

Extractions: Dr. Wenceslaus Kilama, Chairman, Malaria Foundation International Welcome! Africa Fighting Malaria is an NGO which seeks to educate people about the scourge of Malaria and the political economy of malaria control. We have highlighted the effectiveness of the pesticide DDT as one of the solutions to fighting the disease. We believe that global health organizations must be free to employ all available tools to fight malaria and that the limited use of DDT for spraying homes and hospitals is a powerful and necessary tool in this fight.
NIAID Research On Emerging Infectious Diseases
Research on emerging infectious diseases Tuberculosis, Hepatitis C, malaria, Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, Lyme disease, Influenza, AIDS, and other emerging viral diseases.
http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/me/patientsguide/eidpg.htm

Extractions: Emerging infectious diseases are commonly defined as those that have newly appeared in a population or have existed but are rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range. Recent examples include HIV/AIDS, Lyme disease and hepatitis C. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts and supports research and scientific training to meet the challenges of emerging diseases. This document provides a brief overview of NIAID¹s emerging disease research programs. Tuberculosis Nearly 2 billion people, one-third of the world¹s population, are infected with the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium. This includes between 10 and 15 million people in the United States. TB is the world¹s leading cause of death from a single infectious organism, killing more adults each year than AIDS and malaria combined. The TB crisis is intensified by the emergence of disease caused by multidrug-resistant organisms. Infections caused by these organisms may result in an incurable form of the disease. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 50 million people worldwide may be infected with drug-resistant strains of TB. NIAID¹s TB research program encompasses studies of the epidemiology and natural history of TB, and basic and applied research to develop new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent TB. An NIAID-funded center at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, coordinates national and international basic and clinical research programs on TB. The center¹s primary goals are to develop new ways to measure the effectiveness of new drugs and to identify the immune responses that protect an individual from TB, information needed to evaluate candidate TB vaccines. Another NIAID-funded facility acquires and screens natural and synthetic compounds in a search for new TB antibiotics. NIAID also supports a number of facilities for the preclinical evaluation of TB drugs in mouse models of the disease and to provide tuberculosis reagents to qualified investigators.
Www.fleetstreetclinic.com
A specialist travel clinic in the UK. Resources on vaccine recommendations, malaria, travel medicine news.
http://www.fleetstreetclinic.com/
Malaria Travel Information
A reference page containing links on information and advice regarding protection of international Category Health Conditions and Diseases Parasitic malariaA reference page containing links advice regarding protection of internationaltravellers against malaria. malaria Travel Information.
http://www.geocities.com/aaadeel/maltravel.html
MIMCom Malaria Research Resources
MIMCom Communications Working Group of the Multilateral Initiativeon malaria. Skip NLM Navigation NLM Home Page MIMCom malaria
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mimcom/mimcomhome.html
Malarone - An Antimalarial Drug For Malaria Treatment And Malaria Prevention
Information for health care professionals and patients on malaria, its treatment, and prophylaxis using Malarone (atovaquone proguanil HCI) tablets from GlaxoSmithKline.
http://www.malarone.com
Welcome To Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trials
Details an initiative that uses volunteers for vaccines developed for the prevention of malaria and tuberculosis.
http://www.malaria-vaccines.org.uk
Rockcliff Game Farm Rockcliff
A game hunting farm in the malaria free region of South Africa.
http://rockcliff.hypermart.net

Extractions: Bow hunting Situated in the beautiful Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, this farm in the heart of Settlers Country is home to a variety of game ranging from the small blue duiker to the majestic Eastern Cape Kudu. The variety in fauna lends itself to plains aminals such as blesbuck and black wildebeest and the valley bushveld to nyala, impala and kudu. The climate is moderate with little or no frost in winter and pleasant cooling breezes from the sea. Species Available: Kudu Blesbok Bushpig Bushbuck Common Duiker Blue Duiker Red Hartebeest Impala Nyala Mountain Reedbuck Springbuck Black Wildebeest Blue Wildebeest Lechwe Climate : Summer temperatures vary between 9 deg C and 30 deg C while winters are cool, but never drops below deg C and no frost occurs, but heavy dew occurs. Rainfall is approximately 500 - 600 mm annually and falls predominantly in summer months Other wildlife: A very large variety of bird life is indigenous to the area (more than 200 species). The Knysna Lourie, with its distinctive red wings and loud call, can be found in the valleys and Martial Eagles soar on the updrafts, searching for dassies and other creatures. Leguan and large tortoises are frequently found. Occasionally jackal and lynx are found and at night a variety of small animals come out to feed.
Malaria And Health - Information For Patients And Professionals
A resource for travel medicine health professionals and the public. Provides an overview of the disease, Category Health Conditions and Diseases Parasitic malariamalaria and Health is a comprehensive malaria resource for both healthcare professionalsand the public intending to visit endemic areas or residing in such
http://www.malariaandhealth.com/
AllAfrica.com: Malaria
Links to malariarelated stories in the African media.
http://allafrica.com/malaria/

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Malaria Research And Reference Reagent Resource Center (MR4)
The malaria Research and Reference Reagent Resource Center (MR4) was establishedto provide a central source of quality controlled malariarelated reagents and
http://www.malaria.mr4.org/
Travel Health Care Index.html
Advice on topics such as vaccination, malaria, insects, news, and events. Also a Sydneybased clinic offering travel medicine and vaccination services.
http://www.vaccinations.com.au/
The History Of Malaria
THE HISTORY OF malaria. Main source of information The malaria Capers by RobertS. Desowitz To explore other links on malaria Updated April 4, 1996.
http://www.idrc.ca/books/reports/1996/01-05e.html

Extractions: Main source of information: The Malaria Capers by Robert S. Desowitz Deadly fevers - probably malaria - have been recorded since the beginning of the written word (6000-5500 B.C.) References can be found in the Vedic writings of 1600 B.C. in India and by Hippocrates some 2500 years ago. There are no references to malaria in the "medical books" of the Mayans or Aztecs. It is likely that European settlers and slavery brought malaria to the New World and the awaiting anophelines within the last 500 years. Quinine, a toxic plant alkaloid made from the bark of the Cinchona tree in South America, was used to treat malaria more than 350 years ago. Jesuit missionaries in South America learned of the anti-malarial properties of the bark of the Cinchona tree and had introduced it into Europe by the 1630s and into India by 1657. Malaria existed in parts of the United States from colonial times to the 1940s. One of the first military expenditures of the Continental Congress, around 1775, was for $300 to buy quinine to protect General Washington's troops. In the summer of 1828 "swamp fever" broke out in the settlement of Bytown (Ottawa) and along the construction route of the Rideau Canal. According to some accounts, the "malaria" was not native to North America but had been introduced by infected British soldiers who had returned from India. Numerous deaths had occurred by the time the epidemic subsided in September when the mosquitoes disappeared.
Malaria: The Disease
Children are particularly vulnerable to malaria. malaria A DEADLYDISEASE. To explore other links on malaria Updated April 4, 1996.
http://www.idrc.ca/books/reports/1996/01-08e.html

Extractions: Children are particularly vulnerable to malaria Malaria is a potentially deadly tropical disease characterized by cyclical bouts of fever with muscle stiffness, shaking and sweating. It is caused by a tiny parasite (genus Plasmodium ) that is transmitted by the female mosquito (genus Anopheles ) when it feeds on blood for its developing eggs. Severe malaria is not readily distinguishable from other severe diseases, such as pneumonia typhoid and meningitis that require very different therapy. Almost all vertebrates, birds, snakes and monkeys, for example, can be infected by Plasmodium (malaria) parasites. Different animal species can only be infected by their own specific species of Plasmodium Humans are generally host to four species of malaria parasites: Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium ovale , and Plasmodium malariae Plasmodium falciparum causes the most dangerous complications, such as cerebral malaria. It is the species that is most virulent and potentially lethal to humans. Because of its dependence on human/vector (mosquito) contact, malaria is considered to be a disease of poverty. Poor people can be physically marginalized and live closer to degraded land and conditions where mosquitoes thrive. They are also less likely to have physical barriers such as screens or nets to protect them and they often lack the education and resources to access proper care and treatment.
AMVTN Home Page
A forum for scientists and policy makers involved in the planning, coordination and execution of malaria vaccination trials in Africa.
http://www.amvtn.org/
The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis And Malaria
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis malaria Funding the fight against thediseases of poverty. HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria are the world's great killers.
http://www.globalfundatm.org/

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