Screening for adulticidal activity against Anopheles arabiensis in ten plants used as mosquito repellent in South Africa.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria is an increasing concern in Indonesia. Socio-demographic factors were found to strongly influence malaria prevalence. This research aimed to explore the associations between socio-demographic factors and malaria prevalence in Indonesia. METHODS:The study used a cross-sectional design and analysed re...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Hasyim H,Dale P,Groneberg DA,Kuch U,Müller R

更新日期：2019-04-12 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:Understanding of malaria vector density, distribution, insecticide resistance, vector incrimination, infection status, and identification of sibling species are some of the essential components of vector control measures for achieving malaria elimination goals. METHODS:As part of the malaria elimination dem...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mishra AK,Bharti PK,Vishwakarma A,Nisar S,Rajvanshi H,Sharma RK,Saha KB,Shukla MM,Jayswar H,Das A,Kaur H,Wattal SL,Lal AA

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria is endemic in Garo hills of Meghalaya, and death cases are reported annually. Plasmodium falciparum is the major parasite, and is solely responsible for each malaria-attributable death case. Garo hills are categorized high-risk for drug-resistant malaria; however, there exists no data on malaria tran...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Dev V,Sangma BM,Dash AP

更新日期：2010-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The resistance of malaria parasites to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in 2007 led to the Malawi Ministry of Health changing to artemether-lumefantrine (AL) as first-line for uncomplicated malaria treatment. This study determined the efficacy and safety of AL for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium fal...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Dambe R,Sande J,Ali D,Chilima B,Dodoli W,Michelo C,Malenga G,Phiri KS

更新日期：2015-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate the profile of antibodies against several antigens of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in Mandalay, Myanmar. METHODS:Malaria parasites were identified by microscopic examination. To test the antibodies against P. vivax and P. falciparum in sera, an indirect...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kim TS,Kim HH,Kim JY,Kong Y,Na BK,Lin K,Moon SU,Kim YJ,Kwon MH,Sohn Y,Kim H,Lee HW

更新日期：2011-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The receptors for adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells (RBC) in the placenta have been identified as chondroitin-4-sulphate (C4S) proteoglycans, and the more sulphate-rich chondroitin oligosaccharides have been reported to inhibit adhesion. Since the anti-malarial drug chloroquine accum...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Bhattacharyya S,Solakyildirim K,Zhang Z,Linhardt RJ,Tobacman JK

更新日期：2009-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria represents a huge burden for the health care services across Africa. Describing malaria attending health services contributes to quantify the burden and describe the epidemiology and clinical presentation. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of data collected through the Manhiça morbidity surveillance sy...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Guinovart C,Bassat Q,Sigaúque B,Aide P,Sacarlal J,Nhampossa T,Bardají A,Nhacolo A,Macete E,Mandomando I,Aponte JJ,Menéndez C,Alonso PL

更新日期：2008-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe anaemia can develop in the aftermath of Plasmodium falciparum malaria because of protracted bone marrow suppression, possibly due to residual subpatent parasites. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Blood was collected from patients with recent malaria and negative malaria microscopy. Detection of the Plasmodium a...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Helleberg M,Goka BQ,Akanmori BD,Obeng-Adjei G,Rodriques O,Kurtzhals JA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Very few data on anti-malarial efficacy are available from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). DRC changed its anti-malarial treatment policy to amodiaquine (AQ) and artesunate (AS) in 2005. METHODS:The results of two in vivo efficacy studies, which tested AQ and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) monother...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Bonnet M,Broek Iv,van Herp M,Urrutia PP,van Overmeir C,Kyomuhendo J,Ndosimao CN,Ashley E,Guthmann JP

更新日期：2009-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patterns of decreasing malaria transmission intensity make presumptive treatment of malaria an unjustifiable approach in many African settings. The controlled use of anti-malarials after laboratory confirmed diagnosis is preferable in low endemic areas. Diagnosis may be facilitated by malaria rapid diagnosti...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Bastiaens GJ,Schaftenaar E,Ndaro A,Keuter M,Bousema T,Shekalaghe SA

更新日期：2011-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is an enzyme involved in prevention of cellular oxidative damage, particularly protecting erythrocytes from haemolysis. An estimated 400 million people present variable degrees of inherited G6PD deficiency (G6PDd) which puts them at risk for developing haemolysis trig...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Valencia SH,Ocampo ID,Arce-Plata MI,Recht J,Arévalo-Herrera M

更新日期：2016-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data collected in clinical trials have been used to develop scoring systems that identify adults with malaria at greatest risk of death. One of these, the RCAM score, can be simply determined by measuring a patient's Glasgow Coma Score and respiratory rate on admission to hospital. However the safety of usin...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kaung M,Kyi TT,Aung NM,Kyaw MP,Min M,Htet ZW,Anstey NM,Kyi MM,Hanson J

更新日期：2015-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With less than one severe case per year in average, Plasmodium vivax is very rarely associated with severe imported malaria in France. Two cases of P. vivax severe malaria occurred in patients with no evident co-morbidity. Interestingly, both cases did not occur at the primary infection but during relapses. ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Izri A,Cojean S,Leblanc C,Cohen Y,Bouchaud O,Durand R

更新日期：2019-12-16 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:In malaria-endemic areas, human populations are frequently exposed to immunomodulatory salivary components injected during mosquito blood feeding. The consequences on pathogen-specific immune responses are not well known. This study evaluated and compared the humoral responses specific to merozoite stage vac...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Aka KG,Traoré DF,Sagna AB,Zoh DD,Assi SB,Tchiekoi BN,Adja AM,Remoue F,Poinsignon A

更新日期：2020-02-21 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:The recent reports on the decreasing susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to artemisinin derivatives along the Thailand and Myanmar border are worrying. Indeed it may spread to India and then Africa, repeating the same pattern observed for chloroquine resistance. Therefore, it is essential to start monito...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Tinto H,Bonkian LN,Nana LA,Yerbanga I,Lingani M,Kazienga A,Valéa I,Sorgho H,Kpoda H,Guiguemdé TR,Ouédraogo JB,Mens PF,Schallig H,D'Alessandro U

更新日期：2014-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arthropod vectors of disease may encounter more than one infected host during the course of their lifetime. The consequences of super-infection to parasite development are rarely investigated, but may have substantial epidemiological and evolutionary consequences. METHODS:Using a rodent malaria model system...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ferguson HM,Read AF

更新日期：2004-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) enable point-of-care testing to be nearly as sensitive and specific as reference microscopy. The Senegal National Malaria Control Programme introduced RDTs in 2007, along with a case management algorithm for uncomplicated febrile illness, in which the first step stipulat...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Thwing J,Ba F,Diaby A,Diedhiou Y,Sylla A,Sall G,Diouf MB,Gueye AB,Gaye S,Ndiop M,Cisse M,Ndiaye D,Ba M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to identify factors at individual and community level influencing insecticide-treated net (ITN) usage among groups of women of childbearing age (WOCBA) in Malawi. METHODS:Factors influencing ITN usage in Malawi were assessed through interviews with 16,130 WOCBA (15-49 years) across 850 comm...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Nkoka O,Chuang TW,Chuang KY,Chen YH

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many recent studies have examined the impact of urbanization on Plasmodium falciparum malaria endemicity and found a general trend of reduced transmission in urban areas. However, none has examined the effect of urbanization on Plasmodium vivax malaria, which is the most widely distributed malaria species an...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Qi Q,Guerra CA,Moyes CL,Elyazar IR,Gething PW,Hay SI,Tatem AJ

更新日期：2012-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine transporter gene (pfcrt) is known to be involved in chloroquine and amodiaquine resistance, and more particularly the mutations on the loci 72 to 76 localized within the second exon. Additionally, new mutations (T93S, H97Y, C101F, F145I, M343L, C350R and G353V) were rece...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Foguim FT,Bogreau H,Gendrot M,Mosnier J,Fonta I,Benoit N,Amalvict R,Madamet M,Wein S,Pradines B,French National Reference Centre for Imported Malaria Study Group.

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequently encountered complication of imported Plasmodium falciparum infection. Markers of structural kidney damage have been found to detect AKI earlier than serum creatinine-based prediction models but have not yet been evaluated in imported malaria. This pilot study aims to...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： van Wolfswinkel ME,Koopmans LC,Hesselink DA,Hoorn EJ,Koelewijn R,van Hellemond JJ,van Genderen PJ

更新日期：2016-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiplasmodial activities of angiotensin II and its analogues have been extensively investigated in Plasmodium gallinaceum and Plasmodium falciparum parasite species. Due to its vasoconstrictor property angiotensin II cannot be used as an anti-malarial drug. METHODS:This work presents the solid-phase synthe...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Silva AF,Torres MD,Silva Lde S,Alves FL,Pinheiro AA,Miranda A,Capurro ML,Oliveira VX Jr

更新日期：2015-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isolation of a concentrated, living preparation of malarial parasite-infected red blood cells (PRBCs) that have low contamination of white blood cells (WBCs) facilitates research on the molecular, biochemical and immunological aspects of malarial parasites. This is currently carried out by a two-step method,...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Trang DT,Huy NT,Kariu T,Tajima K,Kamei K

更新日期：2004-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the context of malaria elimination/eradication, drugs that are effective against the different developmental stages of the parasite are highly desirable. The oldest synthetic anti-malarial drug, the thiazine dye methylene blue (MB), is known for its activity against Plasmodium blood stages, including game...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Bosson-Vanga H,Franetich JF,Soulard V,Sossau D,Tefit M,Kane B,Vaillant JC,Borrmann S,Müller O,Dereuddre-Bosquet N,Le Grand R,Silvie O,Mazier D

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While sub-microscopic malarial infections are frequent and potentially deleterious during pregnancy, routine molecular detection is still not feasible. This study aimed to assess the performance of a Histidine Rich Protein 2 (HRP2)-based ultrasensitive rapid diagnostic test (uRDT, Alere Malaria Ag Pf) for th...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Briand V,Cottrell G,Tuike Ndam N,Martiáñez-Vendrell X,Vianou B,Mama A,Kouwaye B,Houzé S,Bailly J,Gbaguidi E,Sossou D,Massougbodji A,Accrombessi M,Mayor A,Ding XC,Fievet N

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study evaluated the SD Bioline Malaria Ag 05FK40 (SDFK40), a three-band RDT detecting Plasmodium falciparum-specific parasite lactate dehydrogenase (Pf-pLDH) and pan Plasmodium-specific pLDH (pan-pLDH), in a reference setting. METHODS:The SDFK40 was retrospectively and prospectively tested again...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Maltha J,Gillet P,Cnops L,Bottieau E,Van Esbroeck M,Bruggeman C,Jacobs J

更新日期：2011-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Control of vivax malaria in endemic areas requires management of recurrence. The Brazilian National Malaria Surveillance System (SIVEP-Malária) records every case of malaria in Brazil, but is not designed to differentiate between primary and recurrent infections. The aim of this study was to explore whether ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Daher A,Silva JCAL,Stevens A,Marchesini P,Fontes CJ,Ter Kuile FO,Lalloo DG

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00