Browsing School of Health Sciences (Health-Sciences) Collections by Author "Bakyaita, Nathan"

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    • Artemisinin Combination Therapies for Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Uganda 

      Bukirwa, Hasifa; Talisuna, Ambrose; Yeka, Adoke; Kamya, Moses R; Talisuna, Ambrose O.; Banek, Kristin; Bakyaita, Nathan; Rwakimari, John Bosco; Rosenthal, Philip J.; Wabwire-Mangen, Fred; Dorsey, Grant; Staedke, Sarah G. (Public Library of Science, 2006-05)
      Objectives: To compare the efficacy and safety of artemisinin combination therapies for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Uganda. Design: Randomized single-blind controlled trial. Setting: Tororo, Uganda, ...

    • Artemisinin versus nonartemisinin combination therapy for uncomplicated malaria: randomized clinical trials from four sites in Uganda 

      Banek, Kristin; Yeka, Adoke; Bakyaita, Nathan; Staedke, Sarah G.; Talisuna, Ambrose; Kironde, Fred; Kamya, Moses.R; Nsobya, Samuel L.; Kilian, Albert; Slater, Madeline; Dorsey, Grant; Wabwire-Mangen, Fred; Rosenthal, Philip J.; Reingold, Arthur (Public Library of Science, 2005-07)
      Background Drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum poses a major threat to malaria control. Combination antimalarial therapy including artemisinins has been advocated recently to improve efficacy and limit the spread of ...

    • Effect of HIV-1 infection on antimalarial treatment outcomes in Uganda: a population-based study. 

      Kamya, Moses R.; Gasasira, Anne F.; Yeka, Adoke; Bakyaita, Nathan; Nsobya, Samuel L.; Damon, Francis; Rosenthal, Philip J.; Dorsey, Grant; Havlir, Diane (University of Chicago Press, 2005-11-18)
      Background. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection may increase the burden of malaria by increasing susceptibility to infection or by decreasing the response to antimalarial treatment. We investigated the seroprevalence ...

    • Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus chloroquine or amodiaquine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria: a randomized, multisite trial to guide national policy in Uganda 

      Bakyaita, Nathan; Dorsey, Grant; Adoke, Yeka; Banek, Kristin; Staedke, Sarah G.; Kamya, Moses R.; Talisuna, Ambrose; Kironde, Fred; Nsobya, Sam; Kilian, Albert; Reingold, Arthur; Rosenthal, Philip J.; Wabwire-Mangen, Fred (2005)
      The use of combinations of inexpensive drugs for the treatment of malaria in Africa has been proposed as an interim policy while awaiting the widespread availability of more effective regimens. We compared sulfadoxinepyrimethamine ...