Lyme Disease
John Hopkins Bloomberg Shool of Public Health and colleagues show Artemisia annua had strong antibacterial activity against Borrelia burgdorferi. As well as inhibitory activity against Babesia duncani.
Tuberculosis (TB) / Latent Tuberculosis (LTBI)
Artemisia annua and Artemisia afra extracts exhibit strong antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
The Emergence of drug-resistant and multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB) strains is a major barrier to tuberculosis (TB) eradication, as it leads to longer treatment regimens and in many cases treatment failure. Thus, there is an urgent need to explore new TB drugs and combinations, in order to shorten TB treatment and improve outcomes. In 2020, an estimated 10 million people developed active TB, resulting in 1.5 million deaths and making it the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease after Covid-19! Latent TB is when a person is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but does not have active tuberculosis. And the situation is dramatic because the disease becomes resistant to conventional pharmaceutical treatments. In addition Covid-19 is surging globally, threatening to overwhelm health systems and adversely impact the care of other diseases. Because underlaying lung disease is associated with higher mortality in patients with Covid-19, patients with (TB) who become ill with Covid-19 may have increased risk of poor outcomes. This is especially true for patients with (MDR-TB) because they have an increased number of cavities and lobar volume decrease compared with patients with drug-susceptible TB.
The following research studies and clinical trials illustrate Artemisia afra and Artemisia annua breakthroughs against TB and MDR-TB.
Published Study Summaries
2023 Artemisia afra and Artemisia annua Extracts have Bacterial Activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Physiologically Relevant Carbon Sources and Hypoxia
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/2/227
Artemisia annua and Artemisia afra extracts exhibit strong bactericidal activity against Mycobacterium
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32730878/
Efficacy of Artemisia afra phytotherapy in experimental tuberculosis
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1472979209700095
Breaking news: Artemisia afra cures tuberculosis
https://malariaworld.org/blog/breaking-news-artemisia-afra-cures-tuberculosis
Pulmonary administration of Artemisia afra against tuberculosis
https://malariaworld.org/blog/pulmonary-administration-artemisia-afra-against-tuberculosis
Breakthrough against tuberculosis: high efficacy of Artemisia afra
https://medcraveonline.com/PPIJ/PPIJ-09-00328.pdf
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