DRUGS team

  1. 2008
  2. Published

    Prospects, achievements, challenges and opportunities for scaling-up malaria chemoprevention in pregnancy in Tanzania: the perspective of national level officers

    Mubyazi, G. M., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Magnussen, Pascal, Olsen, Ø. E., Byskov, J., Hansen, D. K. & Bloch, P., 2008, In: Malaria Journal. 7, 16 p., 135.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Rapid increase of Plasmodium falciparum dhfr/dhps resistant haplotypes, after the adoption of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine as first line treatment in 2002, in southern Mozambique

    Enosse, S., Magnussen, Pascal, Abacassamo, F., Gómez-Olivé, X., Rønn, A. M., Thompson, R. & Alifrangis, Michael, 2008, In: Malaria Journal. 7, 115, 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Reduced risk of uncomplicated malaria episodes in children with a+-thalassemia in northeastern Tanzania

    Enevold, A., Lusingu, J. P., Mmbando, B., Alifrangis, Michael, Lemnge, M. M., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Theander, Thor Grundtvig & Vestergaard, L. S., 2008, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 78, 5, p. 714-20 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Reply to comment on: Co-infection with subclinical HIV and Wuchereria bancrofti, and the role of malaria and hookworms, in adult Tanzanians: infection intensities, CD4/CD8 counts and cytokine responses

    Nielsen, N. O., Friis, Henrik, Magnussen, Pascal & Simonsen, P. E., 2008, In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 102, 2, p. 205 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearch

  6. Published

    Risk factors for smear negative and culture positive results among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Mwanza, Tanzania

    Nyagosya, R., Andersen, Å. B., Leth, F. V., Magnussen, Pascal, Apolinary, M. & Friis, Henrik, 2008, In: Open Tropical Medicine Journal. 1, p. 68-73 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 2009
  8. Published

    Acceptability of Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) for Malaria in Infants (IPTi) in Tanzania: Lessons to Learn from IPT in Pregnancy (IPTp) in Mkuranga and Mufindi Districts

    Muyazi, G. M., Bloch, P., Magnussen, Pascal, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Byskov, J., Olsen, Ø. E., Mboera, L. E. G. & Hansen, K. S., 2009, Antimalarial Drugs, Costs, Safety and Efficacy: Tropical Diseases - Etiology, Pathogenesis and treatments Series. New York: Nova Science Publishers, p. 55-81 27 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Acute- phase response and iron status markers among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania

    Friis, Henrik, Range, N., Kristensen, C. B., Kæstel, P., Changalucha, J., Malenganisho, W., Krarup, H. B., Magnussen, Pascal & Andersen, Å. B., 2009, In: British Journal of Nutrition. 102, 2, p. 310-317 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Amodiaquine-associated adverse effects after inadvertent overdose and after a standard therapeutic dose

    Adjei, G. O., Goka, B. Q., Rodrigues, O. P., Hoegberg, L. C. G., Alifrangis, Michael & Kurtzhals, Jørgen, 2009, In: Ghana Medical Journal. 43, 3, p. 135-8 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Artemisinins against malaria: will the development of drug resistance again become a major obstacle to the control of malaria?

    Alifrangis, Michael & Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, 2009, In: Medical Journal of Zambia. 36, p. 65-66 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearch

  12. Published

    Can coverage of schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthiasis control programmes targeting school-aged children be improved? New approaches

    Massa, K., Olsen, A., Sheshe, A., Ntakamulenga, R., Ndawi, B. & Magnussen, Pascal, 2009, In: Parasitology. 136, 13, p. 1781-1788 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Community perceptions on the community-directed treatment and school-based approaches for the control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school-age children in Lushoto district, Tanzania

    Massa, K., Magnussen, Pascal, Sheshe, A., Ntakamulenga, R., Ndawi, B. & Olsen, A., 2009, In: Journal of Biosocial Science. 41, 1, p. 89-105 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Efficacy, Safet and Costs of Intermittent Presumptive Treatment for Malaria in Tanzania: Beliefs, Attitudes, Experiences, and Views of Service Providers and Users

    Mubyazi, G. M., Bloch, P., Magnussen, Pascal, Byskov, J., Hansen, K. S., Olsen, Ø. E., Mboera, L. E. G. & Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, 2009, Antimalarial Drugs, Costs, Safety and Efficacy: Tropical Diseases - Etiology, Pathogenesis and Treatments Series. New York: Nova Science Publishers, p. 1-29 29 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Five-year surveillance of molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial drug resistance in Korogwe District, Tanzania: accumulation of the 581G mutation in the P. falciparum dihydropteroate synthase gene

    Alifrangis, Michael, Lusingu, J. P., Mmbando, B., Dalgaard, M. B., Vestergaard, L. S., Ishengoma, D., Khalil, I. F., Theander, Thor Grundtvig, Lemnge, M. M. & Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, 2009, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 80, 4, p. 523-7 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Implementing Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Pregnancy: Review of Prospects, Achievements, Challenges and Agenda for Research

    Mubyazi, G. M., Magnussen, Pascal, Goodman, C., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Kitua, A. Y., Olsen, Ø. E., Byskov, J., Hansen, K. S. & Bloch, P., 2009, Antimalarial Drugs: Costs, Safety and Efficacy. New York: Nova Science Publishers, p. 83-104 22 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Increasing access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services through the private sector in Uganda

    Mbonye, A. K., Hansen, K. S., Wamono, F. & Magnussen, Pascal, 2009, In: Sexually Transmitted Infections. 85, p. 534-539 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Low density parasitaemia, red blood cell polymorphisms and Plasmodium falciparum specific immune responses in a low endemic area in northern Tanzania

    Shekalaghe, S., Alifrangis, Michael, Mwanziva, C., Enevold, A., Mwakalinga, S. B., Mkali, H., Kavishe, R., Manjurano, A., Sauerwein, R., Drakeley, C. & Bousema, T., 2009, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 9, p. 69

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Micronutrient status indicators in individuals single- or double-infected with HIV and Wuchereria bancrofti before and after DEC treatment

    Nielsen, N. O., Simonsen, P. E., Kæstel, P., Krarup, H. B., Magnussen, Pascal, Magesa, S. & Friis, Henrik, 2009, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 14, 1, p. 44-53 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Parents' perceptions, attitudes and acceptability of treatment of childhood malaria with artemisinin combination therapies in ghana

    Adjei, G. O., Darkwah, A. K., Goka, B. Q., Bart-Plange, C., Alifrangis, Michael, Kurtzhals, Jørgen & Rodrigues, O. P., 2009, In: Ghana Medical Journal. 43, 3, p. 99-106 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Rapid diagnostic tests in the private health sector in Uganda: randomised trail among drug shops to evaluate impact on antimalarial drug use

    Mbonye, A., Ndyomugyenyi, R., Turinde, A., Hansen, K. S., Chandler, C., Magnussen, Pascal & Clarke, S., 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  22. Published

    Role and effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests in home-based management of malaria: Comparative trials in two areas of high and low transmission in Uganda

    Ndyomugyenyi, R., Mbonye, A., Turinde, A., Hansen, K. S., Chandler, C., Magnussen, Pascal & Clarke, S., 2009. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  23. Published

    Strongyloidiasis - the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases?

    Olsen, A., van Lieshout, L., Marti, H., Polderman, T., Polman, K., Steinmann, P., Stothard, R., Thybo, S., Verweij, J. J. & Magnussen, Pascal, 2009, In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 103, 10, p. 967-972 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Submicroscopic gametocytes and the transmission of antifolate-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Western Kenya

    Oesterholt, M. J. A. M., Alifrangis, Michael, Sutherland, C. J., Omar, S. A., Sawa, P., Howitt, C., Gouagna, L. C., Sauerwein, R. W. & Bousema, T., 2009, In: PLoS ONE. 4, 2, p. e4364

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    The combined effect of the lymphatic filariasis elimination programme and the schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis control programme on soil-transmitted helminthiasis in schoolchildren in Tanzania

    Massa, K., Magnussen, Pascal, Sheshe, A., Ntakamulenga, R., Ndawi, B. & Olsen, A., 2009, In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 103, 1, p. 25-30 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    The effect of multi-vitamin/mineral supplementation on mortality during treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: a randomised two-by-two factorial trial in Mwanza, Tanzania

    Range, N., Changalucha, J., Krarup, H., Magnussen, Pascal, Andersen, Å. B. & Friis, Henrik, 2009, In: Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 55, Suppl. 1, p. 611 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  27. Published

    The effect of single dose versus two doses of praziquantel on Schistosoma haematobium infection and pathology among school-aged children in Mali

    Sacko, M., Magnussen, Pascal, Traoré, M., Landouré, A., Doucouré, A., Reimert, C. M. & Vennervald, Birgitte J, 2009, In: Parasitology. 136, 13, p. 1851-1857 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    The effect of the community-directed treatment approach versus the school-based treatment approach on the prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis among schoolchildren in Tanzania

    Massa, K., Magnussen, Pascal, Sheshe, A., Ntakamulenga, R., Ndawi, B. & Olsen, A., 2009, In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 103, 1, p. 31-37 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    The influence of transmission season on parasitological cure rates and intensity of infection after praziquantel treatment of Schistosoma haematobium-infected schoolchildren in Mozambique

    Augusto, G., Magnussen, Pascal, Kristensen, T. K., Appleton, C. C. & Vennervald, Birgitte J, 2009, In: Parasitology. 136, 13, p. 1771-1779 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. 2010
  31. Published

    Are rapid diagnostic tests more accurate in diagnosis of plasmodium falciparum malaria compared to microscopy at rural health centres?

    Batwala, V., Magnussen, Pascal & Nuwaha, F., 2010, In: Malaria Journal. 9, 349, 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Are rapid diagnostic tests more accurate in diagnosis of malaria compared to microscopy?

    Batwala, V., Magnussen, Pascal & Nuwaha, F., 2010, In: Malaria Journal. 9, Suppl. 2, p. 24-25 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Are rapid diagnostic tests more accurate in diagnosis of malaria compared to microscopy?

    Batwala, V., Magnussen, Pascal & Nuwaha, F., 2010. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  34. Published

    Association between mannose-binding lectin polymorphisms and Wuchereria bancrofti infection in two communities in north-eastern Tanzania

    Meyrowitsch, Dan Wolf, Simonsen, P. E., Garred, Peter, Dalgaard, M., Magesa, S. M. & Alifrangis, Michael, 2010, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 82, 1, p. 115-20 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Barriers to prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Uganda

    Mbonye, A. K., Hansen, K. S., Wamono, F. & Magnussen, Pascal, 2010, In: Journal of Biosocial Science. 42, 2, p. 271-283 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Body composition of HIV-positive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study in Mwanza, Tanzania

    Range, N. S., Malenganisho, W., Temu, M. M., Changalucha, J., Magnussen, Pascal, Krarup, H. B., Andersen, A. B. & Friis, Henrik, 2010, In: Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 104, 1, p. 81-90 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Challenges to implementation of artemisinin combination therapy policy in Uganda

    Batwala, V., Magnussen, Pascal & Nuwaha, F., 2010, In: International Health. 2, 4, p. 262-268 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Dansk Selskab for Rejsemedicin: Nyhedsbrev - april

    Stausholm, K. (ed.), Nielsen, N. J. (ed.), Winge, P. (ed.), Seefeldt, T. (ed.), Petersen, E. (ed.), Andersen, L. (ed.), Böcher, S. (ed.) & Magnussen, Pascal (ed.), 2010, Dansk Selskab for Rejsemedicin. 12 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReport

  39. Published

    Different approaches for delivery of Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) to pregnant womwn in Burkina Faso

    Ouédraogo, A., Coulibaly, S. O., Diarra, A., Traoré, A., Sirima, S. B. & Magnussen, Pascal, 2010, In: Malaria Journal. 9, Suppl 2

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Effect on treatment coverage of adding community-directed treatment to the health facility-based approach of delivering anthelminthic drugs to under-five children during child health week in Mazabuka District, Zambia

    Halwindi, H., Magnussen, Pascal, Meyrowitsch, Dan Wolf, Handema, R., Siziya, S. & Olsen, A., 2010, In: International Health. 2, 4, p. 253-261 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Geographic structure of Plasmodium vivax: microsatellite analysis of parasite populations from Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Ethiopia

    Gunawardena, S., Karunaweera, N. D., Ferreira, M. U., Phone-Kyaw, M., Pollack, R. J., Alifrangis, Michael, Rajakaruna, R. S., Konradsen, Flemming, Amerasinghe, P. H., Schousboe, M. L., Galappaththy, G. N. L., Abeyasinghe, R. R., Hartl, D. L. & Wirth, D. F., 2010, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 82, 2, p. 235-42 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Integration of malaria and HIV/AIDS prevention services through the private sector in Uganda

    Mbonye, A. K., Hansen, K. S., Wamono, F. & Magnussen, Pascal, 2010, In: International Health. 2, 1, p. 52-58 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Pre-elimination stage of malaria in Sri Lanka: assessing the level of hidden parasites in the population

    Rajakaruna, R. S., Alifrangis, Michael, Amerasinghe, P. H. & Konradsen, Flemming, 2010, In: Malaria Journal. 9, p. 25

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Prevalence of intestinal parasites, anaemia and anthropometric status among children under five years of age in Lamarame (Senegal)

    Tine, R. C., Faye, B., Ndiaye, J. L., Ndour, C. T., Magnussen, Pascal, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Gaye, O., 2010, In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 83, 5, suppl., p. 93 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Prevalence of intestinal parasites, anaemia, malaria parasitaemia, and nutritional status among children under five years at the lamarame health post

    Tine, R., Ndour, C. T., Ndiaye, J. L., Faye, B., Magnussen, Pascal, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Gaye, O., 2010. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    The feasibility of introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in drug shops in Uganda

    Mbonye, A. K., Ndyomugyenyi, R., Turinde, A., Magnussen, Pascal, Clarke, S. & Chandler, C., 2010, In: Malaria Journal. 9, 367, 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    The rise and fall of human oesophagostomiasis

    Polderman, A. M., Eberhard, M., Baeta, S., Gasser, R. B., Lieshout, L. V., Magnussen, Pascal, Olsen, A., Spannbrucker, N., Ziem, J. & Horton, J., 2010, Advances in Parasitology. Academic Press, Vol. 71. p. 93-155 63 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Women's experiences and views about costs of seeking malaria chemoprevention and other antenatal services: a qualitative study from two districts in rural Tanzania

    Mubyazi, G. M., Bloch, P., Magnussen, Pascal, Olsen, Ø. E., Byskov, J., Hansen, K. S. & Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, 2010, In: Malaria Journal. 9, 54, 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Symptom-based diagnosis of malaria and its implication on antimalarial drug use in pregnancy in Central Uganda: Results from a community trial

    Mbonye, A. K. & Magnussen, Pascal, 1 Jan 2010, In: International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 22, 2, p. 257-262 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Different approaches for delivery of Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) to pregnant women in Burkina Faso

    Ouédraogo, A., Coulibaly, S. O., Diarra, A., Traoré, A., Sirima, S. B. & Magnussen, Pascal, 20 Oct 2010.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Efficacy, safety and costs of intermittent presumptive treatment for malaria in tanzania: Beliefs, attitudes, experiences, and views of service providers and users

    Mubyazi, G. M., Bloch, P., Magnussen, Pascal, Byskov, J., Hansen, K. S., Olsen, Ø. E., Mboera, L. E. G. & Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, 1 Dec 2010, In: Journal of Malaria Research. 1, 3-4, p. 383-412 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. 2011
  53. Published

    Antibiotic use among patients with febrile illness in a low malaria endemicity setting in Uganda

    Batwala, V., Magnussen, Pascal & Nuwaha, F., 2011, In: Malaria Journal. 10, 377, 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    Clinical and ultrasonographic observations in school and pre-school children in an area endemic for schistosomiasis and malaria in Magu district, North-western Tanzania

    Kinung'hi, S. M., Magnussen, Pascal, Lwambo, N. J. S., Kaatano, G. M., Magesse, J. E. & Vennervald, Birgitte J, 2011. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review