Real-time PCR detection of Plasmodium directly from whole blood and filter paper samples.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria is a potentially lethal illness for which preventive measures are not optimally used among all travellers. Travellers visiting friends and relatives in their country of origin (VFRs) are known to use chemoprophylaxis less consistently compared to tourist travellers. In this study, factors explaining ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Wieten RW,Harting J,Biemond PM,Grobusch MP,van Vugt M

更新日期：2013-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As a result of the reintroduction of malaria in the Republic of Korea (ROK) in 1993 and the threat to military and civilian populations, the Korea Military National Defense (MND) increased emphasis on vector control in 2012 at ROK Army (ROKA) installations located near the DMZ, while decreasing chemoprophyla...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Chang KS,Yoo DH,Ju YR,Lee WG,Roh JY,Kim HC,Klein TA,Shin EH

更新日期：2016-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Monitoring and evaluation of malaria programmes may require a combination of approaches to detect any effects of control. This is particularly true at lower transmission levels where detecting both infection and exposure to infection will provide additional evidence of any change. This paper describes use of...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Stevenson JC,Stresman GH,Baidjoe A,Okoth A,Oriango R,Owaga C,Marube E,Bousema T,Cox J,Drakeley C

更新日期：2015-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasmodium vivax is estimated to affect 75 million people annually. It is reportedly absent, however, from west and central Africa due to the high prevalence of the Duffy negative phenotype in the indigenous populations. Despite this, non-African travellers consistently return to their own countries with P. ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Culleton RL,Mita T,Ndounga M,Unger H,Cravo PV,Paganotti GM,Takahashi N,Kaneko A,Eto H,Tinto H,Karema C,D'Alessandro U,do Rosário V,Kobayakawa T,Ntoumi F,Carter R,Tanabe K

更新日期：2008-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Kilombero Valley is a highly malaria-endemic agricultural area in south-eastern Tanzania. Seasonal flooding of the valley is favourable to malaria transmission. During the farming season, many households move to distant field sites (shamba in Swahili) in the fertile river floodplain for the cultivation o...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Hetzel MW,Alba S,Fankhauser M,Mayumana I,Lengeler C,Obrist B,Nathan R,Makemba AM,Mshana C,Schulze A,Mshinda H

更新日期：2008-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A reversal of chloroquine (CQ) resistance following a period of withdrawal has raised the possibility of its re-introduction. This study evaluated the current prevalence of Pfcrt and Pfmdr1 alleles in Plasmodium falciparum isolates, 11 years after CQ withdrawal in Southeast Nigeria. METHODS:Filter-paper blo...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ikegbunam MN,Nkonganyi CN,Thomas BN,Esimone CO,Velavan TP,Ojurongbe O

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria remains a major public health problem, and its control has been hampered by drug resistance. For a number of drugs, Plasmodium falciparum single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with altered drug sensitivity and can be used as markers of drug resistance. Several techniques have been stu...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Nankoberanyi S,Mbogo GW,LeClair NP,Conrad MD,Tumwebaze P,Tukwasibwe S,Kamya MR,Tappero J,Nsobya SL,Rosenthal PJ

更新日期：2014-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) signalling is reported to be primed by the infection of human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. However, little is known about the regulation of macrophages TLR signalling by the infection of lethal or non-lethal strain of rodent malaria parasites. METHODS:BALB/c mice were ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Fu Y,Ding Y,Zhou T,Fu X,Xu W

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of exchange transfusion in patients with severe imported falciparum malaria. Twelve patients who met the diagnostic criteria for severe malaria were treated with exchange transfusion 14 times according to a conventional anti-malarial treatment. This study eval...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Lin J,Huang X,Qin G,Zhang S,Sun W,Wang Y,Ren K,Xu J,Han X

更新日期：2018-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasmodium vivax is very rarely seen in West Africa, although specific detection methods are not widely applied in the region, and it is now considered to be absent from North Africa. However, this parasite species has recently been reported to account for most malaria cases in Nouakchott, the capital of Mau...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ba H,Duffy CW,Ahouidi AD,Deh YB,Diallo MY,Tandia A,Conway DJ

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence of parasite drug resistance, especially Plasmodium falciparum, persists as a major obstacle for malaria control and elimination. To develop effective public health containment strategies, a clear understanding of factors that govern the emergence and spread of resistant parasites in the field i...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mharakurwa S,Sialumano M,Liu K,Scott A,Thuma P

更新日期：2013-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria continues to be a disease of massive burden in Africa, and the public health resources targeted at surveillance, prevention, control, and intervention comprise large outlays of expense. Malaria transmission is largely constrained by the suitability of the climate for Anopheles mosquitoes and Plasmodi...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ryan SJ,Lippi CA,Zermoglio F

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-malarial resistance in Plasmodium falciparum remains an obstacle for malaria control. Resistance-associated genes were analysed in Brazilian samples over four decades to evaluate the impact of different treatment regimens on the parasite genetic profile. METHODS:Samples were collected on filter paper f...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Inoue J,Lopes D,do Rosário V,Machado M,Hristov AD,Lima GF,Costa-Nascimento MJ,Segurado AC,Di Santi SM

更新日期：2014-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In rural south-eastern Tanzania, Anopheles funestus is a major malaria vector, and has been implicated in nearly 90% of all infective bites. Unfortunately, little is known about the natural ecological requirements and survival strategies of this mosquito species. METHODS:Potential mosquito aquatic habitats ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Nambunga IH,Ngowo HS,Mapua SA,Hape EE,Msugupakulya BJ,Msaky DS,Mhumbira NT,Mchwembo KR,Tamayamali GZ,Mlembe SV,Njalambaha RM,Lwetoijera DW,Finda MF,Govella NJ,Matoke-Muhia D,Kaindoa EW,Okumu FO

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is a cornerstone of malaria chemoprophylaxis and is considered for programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). However, SP efficacy is threatened by drug resistance, that is conferred by mutations in the dhfr and dhps genes. The World Health Organization has specified...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： van Lenthe M,van der Meulen R,Lassovski M,Ouabo A,Bakula E,Badio C,Cibenda D,Okell L,Piriou E,Grignard L,Lanke K,Rao B,Bousema T,Roper C

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: In areas of high-level, year-round malaria transmission, morbidity and mortality due to malaria decrease after the first two to three years of life. This reduction may be related to the development of cellular immunity to specific antigens expressed in the different life-cycle stages of Plasmodium falcipar...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Chelimo K,Sumba PO,Kazura JW,Ofula AV,John CC

更新日期：2003-11-05 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: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：:While significant advances have been made in the prevention and treatment of malaria in recent years, these successes continue to fall short of the World Health Organization (WHO) goals for malaria control and elimination. For elimination strategies to be effective, limited disease transmission, achieved through rapid...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Makanga M

更新日期：2014-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internally displaced persons (IDP) represent vulnerable populations whose public health conditions merit special attention. In the China-Myanmar border area, human movement and resettlements of IDP can influence malaria transmission. Comparison of disease incidence and vector densities between IDP camps and ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Zhou G,Lo E,Zhong D,Wang X,Wang Y,Malla S,Lee MC,Yang Z,Cui L,Yan G

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:North East Kenya is an area of semi-arid terrain, prone to malaria epidemics. The distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) has long been a key malaria intervention, however, for nomadic populations who live and sleep outside, in harsh climates and areas with increasing reports of exophagic beha...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Gore-Langton GR,Mungai J,Alenwi N,Abagira A,Bicknell OM,Harrison R,Hassan FA,Munga S,Njoroge F,Juma E,Allan R

更新日期：2015-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heads of Government from Asia and the Pacific have committed to a malaria-free region by 2030. In 2015, the total number of confirmed cases reported to the World Health Organization by 22 Asia Pacific countries was 2,461,025. However, this was likely a gross underestimate due in part to incidence data not be...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mercado CE,Ekapirat N,Dondorp AM,Maude RJ

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The sterile insect technique (SIT) has been shown to be an effective and sustainable genetic approach to control populations of selected major pest insects, when part of area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. The technique introduces genetic sterility in females of the target population in the field...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Robinson AS,Knols BG,Voigt G,Hendrichs J

更新日期：2009-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) delivered during antenatal care (ANC) visits has been shown to be a highly efficacious and cost-effective intervention. Given the high rates of ANC attendance in sub-Saharan Africa, the current low IPTp coverage represents considerable missed opportunitie...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Maheu-Giroux M,Castro MC

更新日期：2014-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As South Africa strives to achieve malaria elimination by 2018 (zero local cases) the country needs to strengthen its disease surveillance system by reducing the timeliness from case diagnosis to notification of key stakeholders in the malaria programme. This study evaluated the feasibility of a 24-h mobile ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Baloyi RE,Shandukani MB,Graffy R,Misiani E,Mayet N,Mabunda E,Mabuza A,Qwabe B,Ngwenyama B,Reddy C,Moonasar D

更新日期：2018-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria vector control in Tanzania is based on use of long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS), which both rely on the use of chemical insecticides. The effectiveness of these control tools is endangered by the development of insecticide resistance in the major malaria...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kisinza WN,Nkya TE,Kabula B,Overgaard HJ,Massue DJ,Mageni Z,Greer G,Kaspar N,Mohamed M,Reithinger R,Moore S,Lorenz LM,Magesa S

更新日期：2017-10-30 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:The objective of this project was to achieve high, sustainable levels of net coverage in a village in rural Tanzania by combining free distribution of long-lasting insecticide-impregnated nets (LLINs) with community-tailored education. In Tanzania, malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Alt...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Widmar M,Nagel CJ,Ho DY,Benziger PW,Hennig N

更新日期：2009-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria is a major health problem in sub-Saharan Africa where over 90% of the world's malaria cases occur. Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is recommended by the World Health Organization as first-line and second-line treatments for uncomplicated falciparum malaria. However, there are a growing nu...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ndwigah S,Stergachis A,Abuga K,Mugo H,Kibwage I

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to identify attitudes and misconceptions related to acceptance or refusal of indoor residual spraying (IRS) in Tanzania for both the general population and among certain groups (e.g., farmers, fishermen, community leaders, and women). METHODS:This study was a series of qualit...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kaufman MR,Rweyemamu D,Koenker H,Macha J

更新日期：2012-07-02 00:00:00