Correction to: Individual and household characteristics of persons with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sites with varying endemicities in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The zoonotic malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi has become an emerging threat to South East Asian countries particular in Malaysia. A recent study from Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo) discovered two distinct normocyte binding protein xa (Pknbpxa) types of P. knowlesi. In the present study, the Pknbpxa of clinic...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ahmed MA,Fong MY,Lau YL,Yusof R

更新日期：2016-04-26 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: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:The efficient allocation of financial resources for malaria control and the optimal distribution of appropriate interventions require accurate information on the geographic distribution of malaria risk and of the human populations it affects. Low population densities in rural areas and high population densit...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Tatem AJ,Guerra CA,Kabaria CW,Noor AM,Hay SI

更新日期：2008-10-27 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:Intermittent preventive (or presumptive) treatment of infants (IPTi), the administration of a curative anti-malarial dose to infants whether or not they are known to be infected, is being considered as a new strategy for malaria control. Five of the six trials using sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) for IPTi s...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Gosling RD,Ghani AC,Deen JL,von Seidlein L,Greenwood BM,Chandramohan D

更新日期：2008-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surveillance for drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum should be a component of malaria control programmes. Real-time PCR methods for the detection of parasite single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and gene amplification could be useful survellance tools. METHODS:A real-time PCR assay has been developed tha...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Purfield A,Nelson A,Laoboonchai A,Congpuong K,McDaniel P,Miller RS,Welch K,Wongsrichanalai C,Meshnick SR

更新日期：2004-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Molecular genotyping is performed in anti-malarial trials to determine whether recurrent parasitaemia after therapy represents a recrudescence (treatment failure) or new infection. The use of capillary instead of agarose gel electrophoresis for genotyping offers technical advantages, but it is unclear whethe...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Gupta V,Dorsey G,Hubbard AE,Rosenthal PJ,Greenhouse B

更新日期：2010-01-15 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:Modelling risk of malaria in longitudinal studies is common, because individuals are at risk for repeated infections over time. Malaria infections result in acquired immunity to clinical malaria disease. Prospective cohorts are an ideal design to relate the historical exposure to infection and development of...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Stanley CC,Kazembe LN,Mukaka M,Otwombe KN,Buchwald AG,Hudgens MG,Mathanga DP,Laufer MK,Chirwa TF

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria provide a practical alternative to light microscopy for malaria diagnosis in resource-limited settings. Three-band RDTs incorporating two parasite antigens may have enhanced diagnostic specificity, relative to two-band RDTs with a single parasite antigen (typically h...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Hawkes M,Conroy AL,Opoka RO,Namasopo S,Liles WC,John CC,Kain KC

更新日期：2014-02-01 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:Malaria is endemic in the Rajasthali region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh and the Rajasthali region is the most endemic area of Bangladesh. Quantifying the role of environmental and socio-economic factors in the local spatial patterns of malaria endemicity can contribute to successful malaria c...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Haque U,Soares Magalhães RJ,Mitra D,Kolivras KN,Schmidt WP,Haque R,Glass GE

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Control of mosquitoes requires the ability to evaluate new insecticides and to monitor resistance to existing insecticides. Monitoring tools should be flexible and low cost so that they can be deployed in remote, resource poor areas. Ideally, a bioassay should be able to simulate transient contact between mo...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Sternberg ED,Waite JL,Thomas MB

更新日期：2014-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in 2005, monitoring of anti-malarial drug efficacy, which includes the use of molecular tools to detect known genetic markers of parasite resistance, is important for first-hand information on the changes in parasite susceptibility to drugs...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Duah NO,Matrevi SA,de Souza DK,Binnah DD,Tamakloe MM,Opoku VS,Onwona CO,Narh CA,Quashie NB,Abuaku B,Duplessis C,Kronmann KC,Koram KA

更新日期：2013-10-30 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:Helminths and malaria are among the most prevalent infectious diseases in the world. They both occur in tropical area where they often affect the same populations. There are studies suggesting an effect of helminths on malariometric indices. For example, malaria attacks as well as disease severity has been s...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ateba-Ngoa U,Adegnika AA,Zinsou JF,Kassa Kassa RF,Smits H,Massinga-Loembe M,Mordmüller B,Kremsner PG,Yazdanbakhsh M

更新日期：2015-02-25 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:Successful reduction of malaria transmission to very low levels has made Isabel Province, Solomon Islands, a target for early elimination by 2014. High malaria transmission in neighbouring provinces and the potential for local asymptomatic infections to cause malaria resurgence highlights the need for sub-na...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Atkinson JA,Johnson ML,Wijesinghe R,Bobogare A,Losi L,O'Sullivan M,Yamaguchi Y,Kenilorea G,Vallely A,Cheng Q,Ebringer A,Bain L,Gray K,Harris I,Whittaker M,Reid H,Clements A,Shanks D

更新日期：2012-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reported malaria cases continue to decline globally, and this has been attributed to strategic implementation of multiple malaria control tools. Gains made would however need to be sustained through continuous monitoring to ensure malaria elimination and eradication. Entomological inoculation rate (EIR) is c...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kusi KA,Bosomprah S,Dodoo D,Kyei-Baafour E,Dickson EK,Mensah D,Angov E,Dutta S,Sedegah M,Koram KA

更新日期：2014-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum infections present novel challenges for vaccine development, including parasite replication dynamics not previously encountered for viral pathogens, and enormous diversity in target antigens. These challenges are illustrated by using a mathematical model to describe the association between the pr...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： White MT,Smith DL

更新日期：2013-08-08 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:Kenya recently changed its antimalarial drug policy to a specific artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), artemether-lumefantrine (AL). New national guidelines on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention were developed and disseminated to health workers together with in-service training. METHODS:Between...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Wasunna B,Zurovac D,Goodman CA,Snow RW

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To date, human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) have been used mainly in immune stimulation assays and the interpretation of data can be influenced by the previous immunological history of donors and cross reactivity with other infectious agents. Resolving these limitations requires an alternative ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Chitsanoor S,Somsri S,Panburana P,Mungthin M,Ubalee R,Emyeam M,Jongwutiwes S,Sattabongkot J,Udomsangpetch R

更新日期：2017-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The widespread use of indoor-based malaria vector control interventions has been shown to alter the behaviour of vectors in Africa. There is an increasing concern that such changes could sustain residual transmission. This study was conducted to assess vector species composition, feeding behaviour and their ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Degefa T,Yewhalaw D,Zhou G,Lee MC,Atieli H,Githeko AK,Yan G

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relatively little is known about the prevalence of blood parasites in shorebirds, especially those breeding in the tropics. The prevalence of blood parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon was assessed in blood samples from Kentish plovers and cream-coloured coursers in Cape Verde, ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Martínez-de la Puente J,Eberhart-Phillips LJ,Cristina Carmona-Isunza M,Zefania S,Navarro MJ,Kruger O,Hoffman JI,Székely T,Figuerola J

更新日期：2017-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug resistance determination for Plasmodium falciparum infections are important to determining the type of treatment to be given. Besides in vivo experiments, molecular methods, such as sequencing and PCR, are now increasingly being used. Here a cheaper alternative to sequencing or the use of multiplex 5'nu...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Gan LS,Loh JP

更新日期：2010-05-21 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:Increased control has produced remarkable reductions of malaria in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, including Rwanda. In the southern highlands, near the district capital of Butare (altitude, 1,768 m), a combined community-and facility-based survey on Plasmodium infection was conducted early in 2010. METHO...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Gahutu JB,Steininger C,Shyirambere C,Zeile I,Cwinya-Ay N,Danquah I,Larsen CH,Eggelte TA,Uwimana A,Karema C,Musemakweri A,Harms G,Mockenhaupt FP

更新日期：2011-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The erythrocytic stage, where malaria parasites proliferate in human blood, is clinically significant as this causes the symptoms and illness of malaria. Experimental rodent models of malaria at the erythrocytic stage are used for the development of anti-malarial drugs and for biological analysis. An automat...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Tougan T,Suzuki Y,Izuka M,Aono K,Okazaki T,Toya Y,Uchihashi K,Horii T

更新日期：2018-04-16 00:00:00