The complexities of simple technologies: re-imagining the role of rapid diagnostic tests in malaria control efforts.

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: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: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: 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:Zooprophylaxis, the diversion of disease carrying insects from humans to animals, may reduce transmission of diseases such as malaria. However, as the number of animals increases, improved availability of blood meals may increase mosquito survival, thereby countering the impact of diverting feeds. METHODS:C...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Saul A

更新日期：2003-09-19 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:Recently, a real-time PCR assay known as photo-induced electron transfer (PET)-PCR which relies on self-quenching primers for the detection of Plasmodium spp. and Plasmodium falciparum was described. PET-PCR assay was found to be robust, and easier to use when compared to currently available real-time PCR me...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Lucchi NW,Karell MA,Journel I,Rogier E,Goldman I,Ljolje D,Huber C,Mace KE,Jean SE,Akom EE,Oscar R,Buteau J,Boncy J,Barnwell JW,Udhayakumar V

更新日期：2014-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Artesunate plus sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine is one of the four artemisinin-based combination therapies currently recommended by WHO as first-line treatment for falciparum malaria. Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine is also used for intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy. Drug use patterns and drug...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Gbotosho GO,Happi CT,Sijuade AO,Sowunmi A,Oduola AM

更新日期：2009-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-malarial drugs are the major focus in the prevention and treatment of malaria. Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is the WHO recommended first-line treatment for Plasmodium falciparum malaria across the endemic world. Also ACT is increasingly relied upon in treating Plasmodium vivax malaria whe...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Njokah MJ,Kang'ethe JN,Kinyua J,Kariuki D,Kimani FT

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Within the context of combined interventions, malaria vaccine may provide additional value in malaria prevention. Stakeholders' perspectives are thus critical for informed recommendation of the vaccine in Tanzania. This paper presents the views of stakeholders with regards to malaria vaccine in 12 Tanzanian ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mtenga S,Kimweri A,Romore I,Ali A,Exavery A,Sicuri E,Tanner M,Abdulla S,Lusingu J,Kafuruki S

更新日期：2016-04-05 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:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of malaria. In low resource settings, a lack of diagnostic tools and delayed treatment of malaria associated AKI lead to significant morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic performance of salivary urea nitrogen (SUN) dipst...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Calice-Silva V,Sacomboio E,Raimann JG,Evans R,Dos Santos Sebastião C,Tchivango AT,Kotanko P,Levin N,Pecoits-Filho R

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the abundance of studies conducted on the role of mosquitoes in malaria transmission, the biology and interaction of Plasmodium with its insect host still holds many mysteries. This paper provides the first study to follow the sporogonic cycle of Plasmodium vivax in a wild insecticide-resistant mysor...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Basseri HR,Doosti S,Akbarzadeh K,Nateghpour M,Whitten MM,Ladoni H

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It was unknown whether the main reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, which infects mosquitoes in Thailand, was (a) in people feeling sufficiently ill with malaria to come to a clinic or (b) in people who had remained in their home villages with some fever symptoms or with none. METHODS:M...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Pethleart A,Prajakwong S,Suwonkerd W,Corthong B,Webber R,Curtis C

更新日期：2004-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum in pregnancy can result in adverse maternal and fetal sequelae. This review evaluated the adherence of the national guidelines drawn from World Health Organization (WHO) regions, Africa, Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and Western Pacific, to the WHO recommendat...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Al Khaja KAJ,Sequeira RP

更新日期：2021-01-23 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:Increased resistance by Plasmodium falciparum parasites led to the withdrawal of the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Ethiopia. Since 2004 artemether-lumefantrine has served to treat uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria. However, increasing reports on delayed parasite clearance...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mekonnen SK,Aseffa A,Berhe N,Teklehaymanot T,Clouse RM,Gebru T,Medhin G,Velavan TP

更新日期：2014-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Defining the number and location of sprayable structures (houses) is foundational to plan and monitor indoor residual spray (IRS) implementation, a primary intervention used to control the transmission of malaria. Only by mapping the location and type of all sprayable structures can IRS operations be planned...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kamanga A,Renn S,Pollard D,Bridges DJ,Chirwa B,Pinchoff J,Larsen DA,Winters AM

更新日期：2015-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasmodium falciparum readily develops resistance to the anti-folates pyrimethamine and proguanil via a characteristic set of mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase (PfDHFR) gene that leads to reduced competitive drug binding at the enzyme's active site. Analogous mutations can be found in the DHFR gene in...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Choowongkomon K,Theppabutr S,Songtawee N,Day NP,White NJ,Woodrow CJ,Imwong M

更新日期：2010-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Global malaria control strategies highlight the need to increase early uptake of effective antimalarials for childhood fevers in endemic settings, based on a presumptive diagnosis of malaria in this age group. Many control programmes identify private medicine sellers as important targets to promote effective...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Abuya TO,Mutemi W,Karisa B,Ochola SA,Fegan G,Marsh V

更新日期：2007-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a previous study, severe and cerebral malaria have been connected with acute cochlear malfunction in children, demonstrated by a decrease of transitory evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) reproducibility. This study aims to determine whether cochlear malfunction persists for 4 years after recovery from ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Reiterer E,Reider S,Lackner P,Fischer N,Dejaco D,Riechelmann H,Zorowka P,Kremsner PG,Adegnika AA,Schmutzhard E,Schmutzhard J

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite some problems related to accuracy and applicability, malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), are currently considered the best option in areas with limited laboratory services for improving case management and reducing over-treatment. However, their performance must be established taking into the acco...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Muhindo HM,Ilombe G,Meya R,Mitashi PM,Kutekemeni A,Gasigwa D,Lutumba P,Van Geertruyden JP

更新日期：2012-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) detect Plasmodium falciparum and an antigen common to the four species. Plasmodium vivax-specific RDTs target P. vivax-specific parasite lactate dehydrogenase (Pv-pLDH). Previous observations of false positive Pv-pLDH test lines in P. falciparum samples incited to t...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Maltha J,Gillet P,Cnops L,van den Ende J,van Esbroeck M,Jacobs J

更新日期：2010-07-10 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：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate baseline data on malaria before the evaluation of new vector control strategies in an area of pyrethroid-resistance of vectors. The burden of malaria was estimated in terms of infection (prevalence and parasite density) and of clinical episodes. METHODS:Between December 2007 ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Damien GB,Djènontin A,Rogier C,Corbel V,Bangana SB,Chandre F,Akogbéto M,Kindé-Gazard D,Massougbodji A,Henry MC

更新日期：2010-12-31 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：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:Malaria during pregnancy is associated with poor maternal and pregnancy outcome and the World Health Organization recommends the administration of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and distribution of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) to all preg...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Salomão C,Sacarlal J,Gudo ES

更新日期：2017-05-25 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：:In the past decade, research on the functions of extracellular vesicles in malaria has expanded dramatically. Investigations into the various vesicle types, from both host and parasite origin, has revealed important roles for extracellular vesicles in disease pathogenesis and susceptibility, as well as cell-cell commu...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Sampaio NG,Cheng L,Eriksson EM

更新日期：2017-06-09 00:00:00