Effect of artesunate-mefloquine fixed-dose combination in malaria transmission in Amazon basin communities.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria was endemic in the Rhône-Alpes area of eastern France in the 19th century and life expectancy was particularly shortened in Alpine valleys. This study was designed to determine how the disease affected people in the area and to identify the factors influencing malaria transmission. METHODS:Demograph...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Sérandour J,Girel J,Boyer S,Ravanel P,Lemperière G,Raveton M

更新日期：2007-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intensified efforts are urgently needed to contain and eliminate artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in the Greater Mekong subregion. Médecins Sans Frontières plans to support the Ministry of Health in eliminating P. falciparum in an area with artemisinin resistance in the north-east of Cambodia. As ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Bosman P,Stassijns J,Nackers F,Canier L,Kim N,Khim S,Alipon SC,Chuor Char M,Chea N,Dysoley L,Van den Bergh R,Etienne W,De Smet M,Ménard D,Kindermans JM

更新日期：2014-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last decade, several epidemiological studies have demonstrated the potential of using seroprevalence (SP) and seroconversion rate (SCR) as informative indicators of malaria burden in low transmission settings or in populations on the cusp of elimination. However, most of studies are designed to contro...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Sepúlveda N,Drakeley C

更新日期：2015-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mass distribution campaigns of insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention are usually accompanied by intensive behaviour change communication (BCC) to encourage hanging and use of nets. However, data on the effectiveness of these communication efforts are scarce. In preparation for the next round of mas...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kilian A,Lawford H,Ujuju CN,Abeku TA,Nwokolo E,Okoh F,Baba E

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) has been in use for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Malaysia since the 1970s and is still widely employed in spite of widespread clinical resistance. Resistance to SP is known to be mediated by mutations in the pfdhfr and pfdhps genes. The aim of the prese...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Abdullah NR,Norahmad NA,Jelip J,Sulaiman LH,Mohd Sidek H,Ismail Z,Noedl H

更新日期：2013-06-12 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：BACKGROUND:The objective of this work was to develop a model to predict malaria incidence in an area of unstable transmission by studying the association between environmental variables and disease dynamics. METHODS:The study was carried out in Karuzi, a province in the Burundi highlands, using time series of monthly ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Gomez-Elipe A,Otero A,van Herp M,Aguirre-Jaime A

更新日期：2007-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inter-individual variability in plasma concentration-time profiles might contribute to differences in anti-malarial treatment response. This study investigated the pharmacokinetics of three different forms of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) in Tanzania and Cambodia to quantify and identify potential so...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Staehli Hodel EM,Guidi M,Zanolari B,Mercier T,Duong S,Kabanywanyi AM,Ariey F,Buclin T,Beck HP,Decosterd LA,Olliaro P,Genton B,Csajka C

更新日期：2013-07-10 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:Advances in digitized video-tracking and behavioural analysis have enabled accurate recording and quantification of mosquito flight and host-seeking behaviours, facilitating development of individual (agent) based models at much finer spatial scales than previously possible. METHODS:Quantified behavioural p...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Jones J,Murray GPD,McCall PJ

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New World vultures (Cathartiformes: Cathartidae) are obligate scavengers comprised of seven species in five genera throughout the Americas. Of these, turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) and black vultures (Coragyps atratus) are the most widespread and, although ecologically similar, have evolved differences in ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Yabsley MJ,Vanstreels RET,Martinsen ES,Wickson AG,Holland AE,Hernandez SM,Thompson AT,Perkins SL,West CJ,Bryan AL,Cleveland CA,Jolly E,Brown JD,McRuer D,Behmke S,Beasley JC

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The development of insecticide resistance and the increased outdoor-biting behaviour of malaria vectors reduce the efficiency of indoor vector control methods. Attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSBs), a method targeting the sugar-feeding behaviours of vectors both indoors and outdoors, is a promising supplement...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Zhu L,Marshall JM,Qualls WA,Schlein Y,McManus JW,Arheart KL,Hlaing WM,Traore SF,Doumbia S,Müller GC,Beier JC

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measures of malaria burden using microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) in cross-sectional household surveys may incompletely describe the burden of malaria in low-transmission settings. This study describes the pattern of malaria transmission in Ethiopia using serological antibody estimates derived fr...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Assefa A,Ali Ahmed A,Deressa W,Sime H,Mohammed H,Kebede A,Solomon H,Teka H,Gurrala K,Matei B,Wakeman B,Wilson GG,Sinha I,Maude RJ,Ashton R,Cook J,Shi YP,Drakeley C,von Seidlein L,Rogier E,Hwang J

更新日期：2019-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria the first causes of death from parasitic infection worldwide. Interventions to reduce the burden of malaria have produced a tremendous drop in malaria morbidity and mortality. However, progress is slower in DRC, which shares with Nigeria 39% of deaths related to malaria globally. Inappropriate use of...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ntamabyaliro NY,Burri C,Nzolo DB,Engo AB,Lula YN,Mampunza SM,Nsibu CN,Mesia GK,Kayembe JN,Likwela JL,Kintaudi LM,Tona GL

更新日期：2018-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPT-SP) is currently the recommended regimen for prevention of malaria in pregnancy in endemic areas. This study sets out to evaluate the effectiveness of IPT-SP in the prevention of maternal and placental malaria in parturient mothers in Iba...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Falade CO,Yusuf BO,Fadero FF,Mokuolu OA,Hamer DH,Salako LA

更新日期：2007-07-06 00:00:00

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:Numerous countries around the world are approaching malaria elimination. Until global eradication is achieved, countries that successfully eliminate the disease will contend with parasite reintroduction through international movement of infected people. Human-mediated parasite mobility is also important with...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ruktanonchai NW,Bhavnani D,Sorichetta A,Bengtsson L,Carter KH,Córdoba RC,Le Menach A,Lu X,Wetter E,Zu Erbach-Schoenberg E,Tatem AJ

更新日期：2016-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Five species of Plasmodium are known to infect humans. For proper treatment of malaria, accurate identification of the parasite species is crucial. The current gold standard for malaria diagnosis is microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained blood smears. Since the parasite species are identified by microscop...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Hashimoto M,Sakamoto H,Ido Y,Tanaka M,Yatsushiro S,Kajimoto K,Kataoka M

更新日期：2018-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:KwaZulu-Natal, one of South Africa's three malaria endemic provinces, is nearing malaria elimination, reporting fewer than 100 locally-acquired cases annually since 2010. Despite sustained implementation of essential interventions, including annual indoor residual spraying, prompt case detection using malari...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Raman J,Gast L,Balawanth R,Tessema S,Brooke B,Maharaj R,Munhenga G,Tshikae P,Lakan V,Mwamba T,Makowa H,Sangweni L,Mkhabela M,Zondo N,Mohulatsi E,Nyawo Z,Ngxongo S,Msimang S,Dagata N,Greenhouse B,Birkholtz LM,Shi

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anopheles baimaii is a primary vector of human malaria in the forest settings of Southeast Asia including the north-eastern region of India. Here, the genetic population structure and the basic population genetic parameters of An. baimaii in north-east India were estimated using DNA sequences of the mitochon...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Sarma DK,Prakash A,O'Loughlin SM,Bhattacharyya DR,Mohapatra PK,Bhattacharjee K,Das K,Singh S,Sarma NP,Ahmed GU,Walton C,Mahanta J

更新日期：2012-03-20 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: 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：BACKGROUND:Public health facilities are usually the first to receive interventions compared to private facilities, yet majority of health seeking care is first done with the latter. This study compared the capacity to manage acute febrile illnesses in children below 5 years in private vs public health facilities in ord...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Buregyeya E,Rutebemberwa E,LaRussa P,Lal S,Clarke SE,Hansen KS,Magnussen P,Mbonye AK

更新日期：2017-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in Pfkelch13 and Pfplasmepsin2/3 gene amplification are well-established markers for artemisinin and piperaquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum, a widespread problem in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). The Plasmodium vivax parasite population has experienced varying drug pressure dependent ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Duanguppama J,Mathema VB,Tripura R,Day NPJ,Maxay M,Nguon C,von Seidlein L,Dhorda M,Peto TJ,Nosten F,White NJ,Dondorp AM,Imwong M

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Residents of malaria-endemic communities spend several hours outdoors performing different activities, e.g. cooking, story-telling or eating, thereby exposing themselves to potentially-infectious mosquitoes. This compromises effectiveness of indoor interventions, notably long-lasting insecticide-treated nets...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Masalu JP,Finda M,Killeen GF,Ngowo HS,Pinda PG,Okumu FO

更新日期：2020-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diversity and abundance of Anopheles larvae has significant influence on the resulting adult mosquito population and hence the dynamics of malaria transmission. Studies were conducted to examine larval habitat dynamics and ecological factors affecting survivorship of aquatic stages of malaria vectors in ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mwangangi JM,Shililu J,Muturi EJ,Muriu S,Jacob B,Kabiru EW,Mbogo CM,Githure J,Novak RJ

更新日期：2010-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of the ecology and behaviour of a target species is a prerequisite for the successful development of any vector control strategy. Before the implementation of any strategy it is essential to have comprehensive information on the bionomics of species in the targeted area. The aims of this study were...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Munhenga G,Brooke BD,Spillings B,Essop L,Hunt RH,Midzi S,Govender D,Braack L,Koekemoer LL

更新日期：2014-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria is highly prevalent in many parts of India and is mostly caused by the parasite species Plasmodium vivax followed by Plasmodium falciparum. Chloroquine (CQ) is the first-line treatment for blood stage P. vivax parasites, but cases of drug resistance to CQ have been reported from India. One of the sur...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Joy S,Mukhi B,Ghosh SK,Achur RN,Gowda DC,Surolia N

更新日期：2018-01-19 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:The malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are now widely used in the world. Compared to Plasmodium falciparum, a poor sensitivity of RDTs was reported against Plasmodium vivax based on the adopted antibody against pan-Plasmodium antigen lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) or aldolase. Levels of pLDH were measured f...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Jang JW,Cho CH,Han ET,An SS,Lim CS

更新日期：2013-06-03 00:00:00