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Pyrimethamine / Sulfadoxine

Known as: PYRIMETHAMINE/SULFADOXINE, sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination 
A combination product containing pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine. Pyrimethamine is a competitive inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). DHFR is a… 
National Institutes of Health

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AntimalarialsDrug Combinations
PyrimethamineSulfadoxine

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Suldox

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Changes in health workers' malaria diagnosis and treatment practices in Kenya
BackgroundChange of Kenyan treatment policy for uncomplicated malaria from sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine to artemether-lumefantrine… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Drugs for preventing malaria in pregnant women.
BACKGROUND Malaria contributes to maternal illness and anaemia in pregnancy, especially in first-time mothers, and can harm the… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
The origins of antimalarial drug resistance.
Review
2002
Review
2002
The evolution of drug-resistant malaria: the role of drug elimination half-life.
This paper seeks to define and quantify the influence of drug elimination half-life on the evolution of antimalarial drug… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Integrated Approach to Malaria Control
SUMMARY Malaria draws global attention in a cyclic manner, with interest and associated financing waxing and waning according to… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Averting a malaria disaster
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Increased prevalence of malaria in HIV‐infected pregnant women and its implications for malaria control
Summary objectives  To examine in pregnant women the relationship between HIV infection and malaria prevalence and to determine… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Cycloguanil and its parent compound proguanil demonstrate distinct activities against Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites transformed with human dihydrofolate reductase.
The lack of suitable antimalarial agents to replace chloroquine and pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine threatens efforts to control the… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Epidemiology of drug resistance in malaria.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Effect of iron chelation therapy on recovery from deep coma in children with cerebral malaria.
BACKGROUND Cerebral malaria is a severe complication of Plasmodium falciparum infection in children, with a mortality rate of 15… 
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