title: Short report: effects of pyronaridine on gametocytes in patients with acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria.
abstract: The effects of pyronaridine and chloroquine on mature Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes were compared in 161 patients treated with chloroquine or pyronaridine. Neither pyronaridine nor chloroquine showed gametocytocidal activity. The relative risks of post-treatment gametocytemia after pyronaridine and chloroquine treatment in the presence of chloroquine-resistant isolates were 1.25 and 11.5, respectively, suggesting that the use of chloroquine was associated with a high risk of favoring post-therapeutic gametocytemia in chloroquine-resistant infections.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (ORSTOM) and Laboratoire de Recherche sur le Paludisme, Laboratoire Associé Francophone 302, Organisation de Coordination pour la lutte contre les Endémies en Afrique Centrale (OCEAC), Yaoundé, Cameroon.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ringwald
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Meche
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Basco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004351:Drug Resistance; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology*; D009287:Naphthyridines / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000469:parasitology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D009287:Naphthyridines; D002738:Chloroquine; C027871:pyronaridine