Battling the malaria iceberg with chloroquine in India.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Molecular tools are very sensitive and specific and could be an alternative for the diagnosis of malaria. The complexity and need for expensive equipment may hamper implementation and, therefore, simplifications to current protocols are warranted. METHODS:A PCR detecting the different Plasmodium species and...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mens PF,Moers AP,de Bes LM,Flint J,Sak JR,Keereecharoen L,van Overmeir C,Verweij JJ,Hallett RL,Wihokhoen B,Proux S,Schallig HD,van Amerongen A

更新日期：2012-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Following the recognition that morbidity and mortality due to malaria had dramatically increased in the last three decades, in 2002 the government of Zambia reviewed its efforts to prevent and treat malaria. Convincing evidence of the failing efficacy of chloroquine resulted in the initiation of a process th...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Sipilanyambe N,Simon JL,Chanda P,Olumese P,Snow RW,Hamer DH

更新日期：2008-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A successful malaria control programme began in 2004 on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. From 2007, the same multiple malaria interventions, though reduced in scope for funding reasons, were introduced to the four mainland provinces of Equatorial Guinea (the continental region) aiming to recreate Bioko's suc...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Rehman AM,Mann AG,Schwabe C,Reddy MR,Roncon Gomes I,Slotman MA,Yellott L,Matias A,Caccone A,Nseng Nchama G,Kleinschmidt I

更新日期：2013-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study to detect Plasmodium and a subspecies of Plasmodium using filter paper in malaria endemic province, Sanliurfa, in Turkey, compare the results of nested PCR (nPCR) with microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria and present the epidemiological data of malaria. METHODS:This study was ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Yentur Doni N,Yildiz Zeyrek F,Seyrek A

更新日期：2016-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcomes from recent high profile deliberations concerning African health research and economic development all point towards the need for a mechanism to support health innovation on the continent. The mission of the African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI), is to promote and sustain African-led...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Addae-Mensah I,Fakorede F,Holtel A,Nwaka S

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many low-income countries, the private commercial sector plays an important role in the provision of malaria treatment. However, the quality of care it provides is often poor, with artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) generally being too costly for consumers. Decreasing ACT prices is critical for improvi...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Patouillard E,Hanson K,Kleinschmidt I,Palafox B,Tougher S,Pok S,O'Connell K,Goodman C

更新日期：2015-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the Republic of Korea (ROK), six sibling species of the Anopheles sinensis complex are considered the vector species of malaria, but data on their susceptibilities to malaria and vector capacities have been controversial. The intensive use of insecticides has contributed to the rapid development and sprea...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kang S,Jung J,Lee S,Hwang H,Kim W

更新日期：2012-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adequate coverage and proper use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spaying (IRS) reduce density of indoor-resting mosquitoes, man-mosquito contact and malaria infection. However, distribution, ownership and usage of the interventions may vary among households in a malarious area, ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Animut A,Negash Y,Kebede N

更新日期：2014-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interferon gamma (IFN-γ), encoded by TNF-836 C/A (rs 1800630) and IFN-γ -1616 C/T (rs2069705) genes, are key immunological mediators that are believed to both play protective and pathological roles in malaria. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Nasr A,Allam G,Hamid O,Al-Ghamdi A

更新日期：2014-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polyclonal B-cell activation is well known to occur in Plasmodium infections, but its role in pathogenesis or protection remains unclear. However, protective properties of natural antibodies have previously been demonstrated in other contexts. METHODS:Sera from asymptomatic and symptomatic Plasmodium-infect...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Fesel C,Goulart LF,Silva Neto A,Coelho A,Fontes CJ,Braga EM,Vaz NM

更新日期：2005-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study of the biology, transmission and pathogenesis of Plasmodium vivax is hindered due to the lack of a robustly propagating, continuous culture of this parasite. The current culture system for P. vivax parasites still suffered from consistency and difficulties in long-term maintenance of parasites in c...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Roobsoong W,Tharinjaroen CS,Rachaphaew N,Chobson P,Schofield L,Cui L,Adams JH,Sattabongkot J

更新日期：2015-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insecticide resistance in Anopheles coluzzii mosquitoes has become widespread throughout West Africa including in Burkina Faso. The insecticide resistance allele (kdr or L1014F) is a prime indicator that is highly correlated with phenotypic resistance in West Africa. Studies from Benin, Ghana and Mali have s...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Hanemaaijer MJ,Higgins H,Eralp I,Yamasaki Y,Becker N,Kirstein OD,Lanzaro GC,Lee Y

更新日期：2019-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) bears a high burden of malaria, which is exacerbated in pregnant women. The VAR2CSA protein plays a crucial role in pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM), and hence quantifying diversity at the var2csa locus in the DRC is important in understanding the basic epidemiolo...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Verity R,Hathaway NJ,Waltmann A,Doctor SM,Watson OJ,Patel JC,Mwandagalirwa K,Tshefu AK,Bailey JA,Ghani AC,Juliano JJ,Meshnick SR

更新日期：2018-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Behaviour change communication (BCC) can improve malaria prevention and treatment behaviour. As a one of the activities under Myanmar Artemisinin Resistance Containment (MARC) programme, BCC have been conducting. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the behaviour change communication and communi...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Nyunt MH,Aye KM,Kyaw MP,Wai KT,Oo T,Than A,Oo HW,Phway HP,Han SS,Htun T,San KK

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria remains a worldwide public health concern and, in Colombia, despite the efforts to stop malaria transmission, the incidence of cases has increased over the last few years. In this context, it is necessary to evaluate vector diversity, infection rates, and spatial distribution, to better understand di...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： González C,Molina AG,León C,Salcedo N,Rondón S,Paz A,Atencia MC,Tovar C,Ortiz M

更新日期：2017-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Cascades region, Burkina Faso, has a high malaria burden despite reported high insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN) use. Human and vector activities outside the hours when indoor interventions offer direct protection from infectious bites potentially increase exposure risk to bites from malaria-transmi...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Guglielmo F,Sanou A,Churcher T,Ferguson HM,Ranson H,Sherrard-Smith E

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria is a leading global cause of preventable morbidity and mortality, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, despite recent advances in treatment and prevention technologies. Scale-up and wide distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) could rapidly decrease malarial disease in endemic area...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Dye TD,Apondi R,Lugada ES,Kahn JG,Smith J,Othoro C

更新日期：2010-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colombia contributes a significant proportion of malaria cases in the Americas, which are predominantly rural. However, in the last 8 years ~ 10 % of the endemic municipalities have also reported urban and peri-urban malaria cases, a growing concern for health authorities. This study focused on the character...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Padilla JC,Chaparro PE,Molina K,Arevalo-Herrera M,Herrera S

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) and real-time PCR (qPCR) assays are sensitive for diagnosing malaria, but because they detect antigen and DNA, respectively, positivity may not reflect active infection. Performance characteristics of RDT and qPCR in Plasmodium falciparum positive specimens were evaluated over ti...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Phuong M,Lau R,Ralevski F,Boggild AK

更新日期：2015-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in 2005, monitoring of anti-malarial drug efficacy, which includes the use of molecular tools to detect known genetic markers of parasite resistance, is important for first-hand information on the changes in parasite susceptibility to drugs...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Duah NO,Matrevi SA,de Souza DK,Binnah DD,Tamakloe MM,Opoku VS,Onwona CO,Narh CA,Quashie NB,Abuaku B,Duplessis C,Kronmann KC,Koram KA

更新日期：2013-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasmodium vivax is a major cause of malaria and is still primarily treated with chloroquine. Chloroquine inhibits the polymerization of haem to inert haemozoin. Free haem monomers are thought to catalyze oxidative damage to the Plasmodium spp. trophozoite, the stage when haemoglobin catabolism is maximal. H...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Sharrock WW,Suwanarusk R,Lek-Uthai U,Edstein MD,Kosaisavee V,Travers T,Jaidee A,Sriprawat K,Price RN,Nosten F,Russell B

更新日期：2008-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of malaria can be difficult in non-endemic areas, such as the United States, and delays in diagnosis and errors in treatment occur too often. METHODS:A nationwide survey of laboratories in the United States and its nine dependent territories was conducted in 2010 to determine factors that may ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Abanyie FA,Arguin PM,Gutman J

更新日期：2011-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, the scale-up of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) has greatly reduced malaria transmission. However, malaria remains a global public health concern with the majority of the disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa. Insecticide resistance is a growing probl...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Stica C,Jeffries CL,Irish SR,Barry Y,Camara D,Yansane I,Kristan M,Walker T,Messenger LA

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several anti-malarial drugs are associated with adverse cardiovascular effects. These effects may be exacerbated when different anti-malarials are used in combination. There has been no report yet on the potential cardiac effects of the combination artesunate-amodiaquine. METHODS:Electrocardiographic (ECG) ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Adjei GO,Oduro-Boatey C,Rodrigues OP,Hoegberg LC,Alifrangis M,Kurtzhals JA,Goka BQ

更新日期：2012-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Togo, the National Malaria Control Programme, in collaboration with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has implemented a pilot study for malaria sentinel surveillance since 2017, which consists of collecting information in real time and analysing this information for decision-making....

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Thomas A,Bakai TA,Atcha-Oubou T,Tchadjobo T,Voirin N

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The Global Technical Strategy 2016-2030 of the World Health Organization (WHO) has the ambitious goal of malaria being eliminated from at least 35 countries by 2030. However, in areas with once-stable malaria transmission, the reservoir of human infection may be intermittently symptomatic or fully silent yet still lea...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Eisele TP

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoglycaemia is a poor prognostic indicator in severe malaria. Intravenous infusions are rarely feasible in rural areas. The efficacy of sublingual sugar (SLS) was assessed in a pilot randomized controlled trial among hypoglycaemic children with severe malaria in Mali. METHODS:Of 151 patients with presumed...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Graz B,Dicko M,Willcox ML,Lambert B,Falquet J,Forster M,Giani S,Diakite C,Dembele EM,Diallo D,Barennes H

更新日期：2008-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of the population genetics and transmission dynamics of Plasmodium vivax is crucial in predicting the emergence of drug resistance, relapse pattern and novel parasite phenotypes, all of which are relevant to the control of vivax infections. The aim of this study was to analyse changes in the geneti...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Maneerattanasak S,Gosi P,Krudsood S,Tongshoob J,Lanteri CA,Snounou G,Khusmith S

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunization with attenuated malaria sporozoites protects humans from experimental malaria challenge by mosquito bite. Protection in humans is strongly correlated with the production of T cells targeting a heterogeneous population of pre-erythrocyte antigen proteoforms, including liver stage antigens. Curren...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Winer B,Edgel KA,Zou X,Sellau J,Hadiwidjojo S,Garver LS,McDonough CE,Kelleher NL,Thomas PM,Villasante E,Ploss A,Gerbasi VR

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Standard methods for defining clinical malaria in intervention trials in endemic areas do not guarantee that efficacy estimates will be unbiased, and do not indicate whether the intervention has its effect by modifying the force of infection, the parasite density, or the risk of pathology at given parasite d...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Smith TA

更新日期：2007-05-02 00:00:00