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Medical ResearchMedical 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 MalariaNovember 8, 2010Artesunate versus quinine in the treatment of severe falciparum malaria in African children (AQUAMAT): an open-label, randomised trial
Arjen M Dondorp et al, for the AQUAMAT group
Lancet 2010;376(9753):1647-57. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61924-1)
Child, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malaria, Mozambique, Nigeria, Paediatric Care, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania
September 9, 2010Effectiveness 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
January 26, 2010Microscopy quality control in Médecins Sans Frontières programs in resource-limited settings
Derryck B Klarkowski, Juan Daniel Orozco
January 21, 2010Assessment of two malaria rapid diagnostic tests in children under five years of age, with follow-up of false-positive pLDH test results, in a hyperendemic falciparum malaria area, Sierra Leone
Sibylle Gerstl, Sophie Dunkley, Ahmed Mukhtar, Martin De Smet, Samuel Baker, Jacob Maikere
January 19, 2010In vivo parasitological measures of artemisinin susceptibility
Kasia Stepniewska, Sue J Lee, Nicholas Anstey, Karen I Barnes, Tran Quang Binh, Umberto D’Alessandro, Nicholas PJ Day, Peter J de Vries, Grant Dorsey, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Mayfong Mayxay, Paul N Newton, Piero Olliaro, Lyda Osorio, Ric N Price, Mark Rowland, Frank Smithuis, Walter RJ Taylor, François Nosten, Nicholas J White
July 29, 2009Safety and efficacy of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in falciparum malaria: A prospective multi-centre individual patient data analysisJulien Zwang, Elizabeth A. Ashley, Corine Karema, Umberto D'Alessandro, Frank Smithuis, Grant Dorsey, Bart Janssens, Mayfong Mayxay, Paul Newton, Pratap Singhasivanon, Kasia Stepniewska, Nicholas J. White, François Nosten
August 5, 2008Assessing antimalarial efficacy in a time of change to artemisinin-based combination therapies: The role of Médecins Sans FrontièresJean-Paul Guthmann, Francesco Checchi, Ingrid van den Broek, Suna Balkan, Michel van Herp, Eric Comte, Oscar Bernal, Jean-Marie Kindermans, Sarah Venis, Dominique Legros, Philippe J. Guerin
January 1, 2008Risk associated with asymptomatic parasitaemia occurring post-antimalarial treatmentPiero Olliaro, Loretxu Pinoges, Francesco Checchi, Michel Vaillant, Jean-Paul Guthmann
November 26, 2007Assessment of three new parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pan-pLDH) tests for diagnosis of uncomplicated malariaCarole Fogg, Rogers Twesigye, Vincent Batwala, Patrice Piola, Carolyn Nabasumba, James Kiguli, Frederick Mutebi, Christa Hook, Martine Guillerm, Anthony Moody, Jean-Paul Guthmann
September 24, 2007Forecasting malaria incidence based on monthly case reports and environmental factors in Karuzi, Burundi, 1997-2003
July 18, 2007Community coverage of an antimalarial combination of artesunate and amodiaquine in Makamba Province, Burundi, nine months after its introductionSibylle Gerstl, Sandra Cohuet, Kodjo Edoh, Christopher Brasher, Alexandre Lesage, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Francesco Checchi
July 16, 2007Vector control in a malaria epidemic occurring within a complex emergency situation in Burundi: A case studyNatacha Protopopoff, Michel Van Herp, Peter Maes, Tony Reid, Dismas Baza, et al.
May 16, 2007Paracheck-Pf® accuracy and recently treated Plasmodium falciparum infections: Is there a risk of over-diagnosis?Todd D Swarthout, Helen Counihan, Raphael Kabangwa K Senga, Ingrid van den Broek
May 3, 2007Efficacy of antimalarial treatment in Guinea: In vivo study of two artemisinin combination therapies in Dabola and molecular markers of resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in N'ZérékoréMaryline Bonnet, Cally Roper, Martine Félix, Léonie Coulibaly, Gabriel Mufuta Kankolongo, Jean Paul Guthmann
February 1, 2007Mosquitoborne infections after Hurricane Jeanne, Haiti, 2004Mark E. Beatty et al.
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