Plasmodium vivax trophozoites insensitive to chloroquine.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prompt and effective malaria diagnosis not only alleviates individual suffering, but also decreases malaria transmission at the community level. The commonly used diagnostic methods, microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests, are usually insensitive at very low-density parasitaemia. Molecular techniques, on the ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Golassa L,Enweji N,Erko B,Aseffa A,Swedberg G

更新日期：2013-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increases in the coverage of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) have significantly reduced the abundance of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto in several African settings, leaving its more zoophagic sibling species Anopheles arabiensis as the primary vector. This study investigated the impact of livestock o...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mayagaya VS,Nkwengulila G,Lyimo IN,Kihonda J,Mtambala H,Ngonyani H,Russell TL,Ferguson HM

更新日期：2015-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Between 2007 and 2013, the Tanzanian public sector received 93.1 million doses of first-line anti-malarial artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in the form of artemether-lumefantrine entirely supplied by funding partners. The introduction of a health facility ACT stock monitoring system using SMS tech...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mikkelsen-Lopez I,Shango W,Barrington J,Ziegler R,Smith T,deSavigny D

更新日期：2014-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are assumed to be simple-to-use and mobile technologies that have the capacity to standardize parasitological diagnosis for malaria across a variety of clinical settings. In order to evaluate these tests, it is important to consider how such assumptions play out in pract...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Beisel U,Umlauf R,Hutchinson E,Chandler CI

更新日期：2016-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and mortality of COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization reports, shows a noticeable difference between North America, Western Europe, and South Asia on one hand and most African countries on the other hand, especially the malaria-endemic countries. Although this observation could be attribu...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Hussein MIH,Albashir AAD,Elawad OAMA,Homeida A

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mosquito larval control may prove to be an effective tool for incorporating into integrated vector management (IVM) strategies for reducing malaria transmission. Here the efficacy of microbial larvicides against Anopheles gambiae s.l. was tested in preparation for a large-scale larviciding programme in The G...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Majambere S,Lindsay SW,Green C,Kandeh B,Fillinger U

更新日期：2007-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The circumsporozoite protein (CS protein) on the malaria parasites in mosquitoes plays an important role in sporogony in mosquitoes. The RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine candidate, which has shown significant efficacy against clinical malaria in a large Phase 3 trial, targets the Plasmodium falciparum CS protein, ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Miura K,Jongert E,Deng B,Zhou L,Lusingu JP,Drakeley CJ,Fay MP,Long CA,Vekemans J

更新日期：2014-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Artesunate (AS) is a clinically versatile artemisinin derivative utilized for the treatment of mild to severe malaria infection. Given the therapeutic significance of AS and the necessity of appropriate AS dosing, substantial research has been performed investigating the pharmacokinetics of AS and its active metabolit...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Morris CA,Duparc S,Borghini-Fuhrer I,Jung D,Shin CS,Fleckenstein L

更新日期：2011-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is currently a threat to malaria elimination due to risk of primaquine-induced haemolysis in G6PD deficient individuals. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends G6PD screening before providing primaquine as a radical treatment against vivax malaria. ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Marasini B,Lal BK,Thapa S,Awasthi KR,Bajracharya B,Khanal P,Neupane S,Jha SN,Acharya S,Iama S,Koirala M,Koirala D,Bhandari S,Mahato RK,Chaudhary A,Ghimire P,Magar RG,Bhattarai RK,Gornsawun G,Penpitchaporn P,Bancon

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deltamethrin-impregnated, long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) were distributed in the study area from November 2014 to January 2015 to evaluate their impact on malaria transmission in the presence of insecticide-resistant vectors. Studies were carried out in 16 selected clusters in Keshkal sub-district, C...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kona MP,Kamaraju R,Donnelly MJ,Bhatt RM,Nanda N,Chourasia MK,Swain DK,Suman S,Uragayala S,Kleinschmidt I,Pandey V

更新日期：2018-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The intermittent screening and treatment (IST) of school children for malaria is one possible intervention strategy that could help reduce the burden of malaria among school children. Future implementation of IST will not only depend on its efficacy and cost-effectiveness but also on its acceptability to par...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Okello G,Ndegwa SN,Halliday KE,Hanson K,Brooker SJ,Jones C

更新日期：2012-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: Removal of exhaled air from total body emanations or artificially standardising carbon dioxide (CO2) outputs has previously been shown to eliminate differential attractiveness of humans to certain blackfly (Simuliidae) and mosquito (Culicidae) species. Whether or not breath contributes to between-person di...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mukabana WR,Takken W,Killeen GF,Knols BG

更新日期：2004-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Most human Plasmodium infections in western Kenya are asymptomatic and are believed to contribute importantly to malaria transmission. Elimination of asymptomatic infections requires active treatment approaches, such as mass testing and treatment (MTaT) or mass drug administration (MDA), as infected persons do not see...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Samuels AM,Awino N,Odongo W,Abong'o B,Gimnig J,Otieno K,Shi YP,Were V,Allen DR,Were F,Sang T,Obor D,Williamson J,Hamel MJ,Patrick Kachur S,Slutsker L,Lindblade KA,Kariuki S,Desai M

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insecticide resistance is the major emerging challenge facing the malaria vector control programmes in Tanzania. Proper monitoring and detection is of paramount importance guiding the vector control programmes. This paper presents the effect of mosquito aging on insecticide resistance status in Anopheles ara...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mbepera S,Nkwengulila G,Peter R,Mausa EA,Mahande AM,Coetzee M,Kweka EJ

更新日期：2017-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasmodium malariae is the most neglected of the six human malaria species and it is still unknown which is the mechanism underlying the long latency of this Plasmodium. CASE PRESENTATION:A case of PCR-confirmed P. malariae recurrence in a 52-year old Italian man was observed 5 months after a primary attack...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Grande R,Antinori S,Meroni L,Menegon M,Severini C

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2001, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the use of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) as the first-line treatment of uncomplicated malaria cases, as monotherapies had become ineffective in many parts of the world. As a result, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) withdrew chlo...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mvumbi DM,Boreux R,Sacheli R,Lelo M,Lengu B,Nani-Tuma S,Melin P,Ntumba K,Lunganza K,DeMol P,Hayette MP

更新日期：2013-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rethinking Malaria Leadership Forum, held at Harvard Business School in February 2017 with collaboration of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, identified this training gap as a high priority for both analysis and action. The gap in human resource training ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Wirth DF,Casamitjana N,Tanner M,Reich MR

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Malaria is the largest cause of health services attendance, hospital admissions and child deaths in Tanzania. At the Abuja Summit in April 2000 Tanzania committed itself to protect 60% of its population at high risk of malaria by 2005. The country is, therefore, determined to ensure that sustainable malari...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Magesa SM,Lengeler C,deSavigny D,Miller JE,Njau RJ,Kramer K,Kitua A,Mwita A

更新日期：2005-07-22 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:IPTi delivered through EPI has been shown to reduce the incidence of clinical malaria by 20-59%. However, new health interventions can only be effective if they are also socially and culturally acceptable. It is also crucial to ensure that attitudes to IPTi do not negatively influence attitudes to and uptake...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Gysels M,Pell C,Mathanga DP,Adongo P,Odhiambo F,Gosling R,Akweongo P,Mwangi R,Okello G,Mangesho P,Slutsker L,Kremsner PG,Grobusch MP,Hamel MJ,Newman RD,Pool R

更新日期：2009-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have tracked the distribution and persistence of avian haemosporidian communities across space and time at the population level, but few studies have investigated these aspects of infection at the individual level over time. Important aspects of parasite infection at the individual level can be ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： van Rooyen J,Lalubin F,Glaizot O,Christe P

更新日期：2013-01-30 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:Public health pesticides has been the mainstay control of vectors of malaria and other diseases, and public health pests, but there is increasing concern over how these pesticides are being managed. Poor pesticide management could lead to risks to human health and the environment, or diminish the effectivene...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： van den Berg H,Yadav RS,Zaim M

更新日期：2014-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical presentation of malaria, considered as the result of a complex interaction between parasite and human genetics, is described to be different between rural and urban areas. The analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity in children with uncomplicated malaria, living in these two diff...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Soulama I,Nébié I,Ouédraogo A,Gansane A,Diarra A,Tiono AB,Bougouma EC,Konaté AT,Kabré GB,Taylor WR,Sirima SB

更新日期：2009-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombocytopaenia is the most frequent malaria-associated haematologic alteration observed with all five Plasmodium parasites causing disease in humans. Although not included in the World Health Organization criteria for severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria, severe thrombocytopaenia has been increasingly men...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Antinori S,Corona A,Ridolfo AL,Galimberti L,Ricaboni D,Milazzo L,Corbellino M

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Appropriate case management of suspected malaria in Cambodia is critical given anti-malarial drug resistance in the region. Improving diagnosis and the use of recommended malarial treatments is a challenge in Cambodia where self-treatment and usage of drug cocktails is widespread, a notable difference from m...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： O'Connell KA,Samandari G,Phok S,Phou M,Dysoley L,Yeung S,Allen H,Littrell M

更新日期：2012-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental vaccines targeting Plasmodium falciparum have had some success in recent years. These vaccines use attenuated parasites, recombinant sporozoite proteins, or DNA and virus combinations to induce cell-mediated immune responses and/or antibodies targeting sporozoite surface proteins. To capitalize ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Zou X,House BL,Zyzak MD,Richie TL,Gerbasi VR

更新日期：2013-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasmodium infections trigger complex immune reactions from their hosts against several life stages of the parasite, including gametocytes. These immune responses are highly variable, depending on age, genetics, and exposure history of the host as well as species and strain of parasite. Although the effects ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： McQueen PG,Williamson KC,McKenzie FE

更新日期：2013-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-malarial herbal preparations (HPs) continue to enjoy high patronage in Ghana despite reports that the artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), the recommended first choice for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the country, remains efficacious. A major issue with the use of these preparations is ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Wilmot D,Ameyaw EO,Amoako-Sakyi D,Boampong JN,Quashie NB

更新日期：2017-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Global efforts to address the burden of malaria have stagnated in recent years with malaria cases beginning to rise. Substandard and falsified anti-malarial treatments contribute to this stagnation. Poor quality anti-malarials directly affect health outcomes by increasing malaria morbidity and mortality, as ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ozawa S,Evans DR,Higgins CR,Laing SK,Awor P

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00