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[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3183764/ by Christina R Phares NIH] | [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3183764/ by Christina R Phares NIH] | ||
During May 4, 2007–February 29, 2008, the United States resettled 6,159 refugees from Tanzania. Refugees received pre-departure antimalarial treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), partially supervised (three/six doses) artemether-lumefantrine (AL), or fully supervised AL. Thirty-nine malaria cases were detected. Disease incidence was 15.5/1,000 in the SP group and 3.2/1,000 in the partially supervised AL group (relative change = –79%, 95% confidence interval = –56% to –90%). | During May 4, 2007–February 29, 2008, the United States resettled 6,159 refugees from Tanzania. Refugees received pre-departure antimalarial treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), partially supervised (three/six doses) artemether-lumefantrine (AL), or fully supervised AL. Thirty-nine malaria cases were detected. Disease incidence was 15.5/1,000 in the SP group and 3.2/1,000 in the partially supervised AL group (relative change = –79%, 95% confidence interval = –56% to –90%). | ||
=====Drug Long Used by Vets Could Boost Fight Against Malaria===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/drug-long-used-by-vets-enters-malaria-fight by PBS NEWS] | |||
Ivermectin, developed decades ago as a veterinary drug, has already been proved effective in humans against river blindness, a disease caused by worms that invade the eyes. It has also used in campaigns in sub-Saharan Africa against elephantiasis, which is caused by parasitic worms and causes severe swelling of the limbs. | |||
