Benefits of a new Metropolis-Hasting based algorithm, in non-linear regression for estimation of ex vivo antimalarial sensitivity in patients infected with two strains.

Malaria is one of the world׳s most widespread parasitic diseases. The parasitic protozoans of the genus Plasmodium have developed resistance to several antimalarial drugs. Some patients are therefore infected by two or more strains with different levels of antimalarial drug sensitivity.

Baseline in vitro efficacy of ACT component drugs on Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from Mali.

In vitro susceptibility to antimalarial drugs of Malian Plasmodium falciparum isolates collected between 2004 and 2006 was studied. Susceptibility to chloroquine and to three artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) component drugs was assessed as a first, to our knowledge, in vitro susceptibility study in Mali. Overall 96 Malian isolates (51 from around Bamako and 45 collected from French travellers returning from Mali) were cultivated in a CO(2) incubator.

Shelf life of predosed plates containing mefloquine, artemisinin, dihydroartemisinin, and artesunate as used for in vitro Plasmodium falciparum susceptibility assessment.

The shelf lives of preserved antimalarial agent-predosed plates according to the type of wrapping and the temperature of storage were studied by measuring the 50% inhibitory concentrations of drug for Plasmodium falciparum 3D7. The shelf life of mefloquine was 8 weeks at 25 degrees C; and those of artesunate, artemisinin, and dihydroartemisinin were a minimum of 24, 12, and 8 weeks, respectively, at 4 degrees C.

Assessment of the drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from africa by using a Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase immunodetection assay and an inhibitory maximum effect model for precise measurement of the 50-percent inhibitory concentration.

The extension of drug resistance among malaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Africa necessitates implementation of new combined therapeutic strategies. Drug susceptibility phenotyping requires precise measurements. Until recently, schizont maturation and isotopic in vitro assays were the only methods available, but their use was limited by technical constraints.

Significance of hepatitis B virus genotypes A to E in a cohort of patients with chronic hepatitis B in the Seine Saint Denis District of Paris (France).

The aim of this study was to examine the genetic variability of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and its significance. HBV genotypes, core promoter and precore mutants were characterized in 109 consecutive patients with biopsy-proven HBV chronic hepatitis. Genotypes A (26.

[Drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum from polyclonal isolates].

Msp-1 and Msp-2 genes, each present as a unique copy in the genome of Plasmodium, contain polymorphic repeats in bloc 2. We studied allelic polymorphism of Msp-1 and Msp-2 by amplifying bloc 2 with a fluorescent primer, and analysing the fragment generated. We validated this method by mixing two cloned strains: chloroquine-susceptible HB3-Honduras and chloroquine-resistant FCM29-Cameroon.