"Antimalarials" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Agents used in the treatment of malaria. They are usually classified on the basis of their action against plasmodia at different stages in their life cycle in the human. (From AMA, Drug Evaluations Annual, 1992, p1585)
| Descriptor ID |
D000962
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.122.250.100.085
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| Concept/Terms |
Antimalarials- Antimalarials
- Antimalarial Agents
- Agents, Antimalarial
- Antimalarial Drugs
- Drugs, Antimalarial
- Anti-Malarials
- Anti Malarials
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antimalarials" by people in Profiles.
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Just the facts: What drugs are safe and effective for COVID-19? CJEM. 2020 Sep; 22(5):591-594.
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Smooth or Risky Revisit of an Old Malaria Drug for COVID-19? J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2020 06; 15(2):174-180.
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Antimalarial NADPH-Consuming Redox-Cyclers As Superior Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Copycats. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2015 May 20; 22(15):1337-51.
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Assessment of the therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in northern KwaZulu-Natal: an observational cohort study. Malar J. 2012 Dec 28; 11:434.
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of 1,4-naphthoquinones and quinoline-5,8-diones as antimalarial and schistosomicidal agents. Org Biomol Chem. 2012 Aug 21; 10(31):6375-87.
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Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: hydroxychloroquine as a treatment. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Dec 15; 39(12):e124-6.
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Problems in the therapy for imported malaria in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2003 Sep 22; 163(17):2027-30.
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Spontaneous rupture of the malarial spleen. Am J Med. 2001 Sep; 111(4):330-1.
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Antimalarials. Dermatol Clin. 2001 Jan; 19(1):147-60, ix.