The use of Aotus Trivirgatus and Macaca Mulatta as Tools for Studies on Prevention and Therapy of Infections with Plasmodium Falciparum and Plasmodium Vivax

Abstract

As in previous years, the activities of this Project were focused on development of: (a) agents fully effective against infections with blood schizonts of multidrug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in the owl monkey; and (b) compounds more active than primaquine against the tissue schizonts of P. cynomolgi in the rhesus monkey, and better tolerated. Only three new agents were examined for blood schizonticidal activity. One of these, WR-226, 253, a quinolinemethanol, exhibited activity equal to or surpassing that of WR-142, 490 (Mefloquine), the most effective blood schizonticide available heretofore. Forty-five newly prepared compounds, including thirty-eight 8-aminoquinolines, were examined for tissue schizonticidal activity in the rhesus monkey-P. cynomolgi model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 13, 1976
Accession Number
ADB013303

Entities

People

  • L. H. Schmidt

Organizations

  • Southern Research

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials
  • Biomedical Research
  • Body Weight
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Health Services
  • Infection
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Malaria
  • Network Protocols
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Owl Monkeys
  • Parasitic Diseases
  • Rhesus Monkeys
  • Spores
  • Structural Isomers

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Parasitology and Pharmacology of Malaria.