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Medical Research

Medical data and research from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field operations are regularly published in the peer-reviewed literature.

Below is a selection of recently published MSF medical research articles. For copies or to search all MSF research publications, please visit the MSF Field Research website, or contact Dr. Patricia Kahn, Medical Editor, patricia.kahn[at]newyork.msf.org.

MSF research articles on Myanmar

December 1, 2010

Tuberculosis treatment in a refugee and migrant population: 20 years of experience on the Thai-Burmese border

Minetti A, Camelique O, Hsa Thaw K, Thi S, Swaddiwudhipong W, Hewison C, Pinoges L, Bonnet M, Guerin PJ
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2010;14(12):1589-95
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Myanmar, Thailand, Tuberculosis

September 9, 2010

Effectiveness of five artemisinin combination regimens with or without primaquine in uncomplicated falciparum malaria: an open-label randomised trial

Frank Smithuis, Moe Kyaw Kyaw, Ohn Phe, Thein Win, Pyay Phyo Aung, Aung Pyay Phyo Oo, Arkar Linn Naing, Mya Yee Nyo, Naing Zaw Htun Myint, Mallika Imwong, Elizabeth Ashley, Sue J Lee, Nicholas J White
Lancet Infectious Diseases 2010;10(10):673-81. (doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70187-0)

Malaria, Myanmar

January 7, 2008

Population pharmacokinetics of piperaquine after two different treatment regimens of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Thailand

J Tarning, EA Ashley, N Lindegardh, K Stepniewska, L Phaiphun, NPJ Day, R McGready, M Ashton, F Nosten, NJ White
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2008;52:1052-1061. (doi: 10.1128/AAC.00955-07)

Malaria, Myanmar, Thailand

January 1, 2008

Plasmodium vivax resistance to chloroquine in Dawei, southern Myanmar

Jean-Paul Guthmann, Anne Pittet, Alexandre Lesage, Mallika Imwong, Niklas Lindegardh, Myo Min Lwin, Than Zaw, Anna Annerberg, Xavier de Radiguès, François Nosten
Tropical Medicine & International Health 2008;13:91-98. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01978.x)

Malaria, Myanmar

March 28, 2007

Treatment outcomes stratified by baseline immunological status among young children receiving nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings

Daniel P. O'Brien, Delphine Sauvageot, David Olson, Myrto Schaeffer, Pierre Humblet, Mar Pujades, Tom Ellman, Rony Zachariah, Elisabeth Szumilin, Line Arnould, Tony Reid
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007;44:1245-1248. (doi: 10.1086/513433)

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