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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

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The use of the drug artemisinin in combination with another drug with an independent mode of action and a different biochemical target to more effectively treat diseases, for example, malaria.  2, record 1, English, - artemisinin%2Dbased%20combination%20therapy

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Artemisinin derivatives should never be used alone, but always with a companion drug. There is now substantial evidence that using a combination of drugs with independent modes of action and different biochemical targets is not only more effective, but also successful in preventing or slowing the development of resistance, because the probability of parasites being simultaneously resistant to two drugs is greatly reduced.... In malaria treatment, using the combination drug approach with artimisinins means using artemisinin-based combination therapy, or ACT.  3, record 1, English, - artemisinin%2Dbased%20combination%20therapy

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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AGIR maintenant est un appel pressant lancé aux donateurs internationaux pour qu'ils soutiennent les pays africains dans la mise en œuvre des recommandations de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) concernant le traitement du paludisme. Sur les conseils d'experts internationaux, l'OMS recommande aux pays africains dans lesquels se développe une résistance aux antipaludéens classiques, d'utiliser des combinaisons de médicaments contenant des dérivés d'artémisinine - thérapie combinée à base d'artémisinine (artemisinin-based combination therapy, en abrégé ACT).  1, record 1, French, - th%C3%A9rapie%20combin%C3%A9e%20%C3%A0%20base%20d%27art%C3%A9misinine

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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An antimalarial agent extracted from the dry leaves of the Chinese herb Artemisia annua (qinghaosu or sweet wormwood).  1, record 2, English, - artemisinin

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Artemisinin acts rapidly and potently against the malarial parasite, including some drug-resistant strains. Without significant side effects, it quickly reduces fever and lowers the blood levels of the parasite. This helps to keep small outbreaks of malaria from becoming epidemics and to quell ongoing epidemics. In a malaria epidemic in the early 1990s in Vietnam, artemisinin reduced the death rate by 97 per cent.  1, record 2, English, - artemisinin

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

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L'artéméther est une substance demi-synthétique issue de l'artémisinine, qui offre aujourd'hui une alternative à la quinine dans le traitement des accès palustres graves causés par des formes résistantes. L'artéméther dérive d'un extrait d'une herbe chinoise, Artémisia annua (armoise amère ordinaire), «qinghao» en chinois; cet extrait est l'artémisinine, «qinghaosu», c'est à dire extrait de qinghao.  1, record 2, French, - art%C3%A9misinine

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish