Implementation of a malaria sentinel surveillance system in Togo: a pilot study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kohat district is one of the medium intensity malaria transmission areas in Pakistan where asymptomatic carriers are likely to form a reservoir of infection. This study was done to explore the possibility of using microscopy, rapid diagnostic testing (RDT), real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and RT...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Naeem MA,Ahmed S,Khan SA

更新日期：2018-01-22 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:The screening of lead compounds against in vitro parasite cultures is an essential step in the development of novel anti-malarial drugs, but currently relies on laboratory parasite lines established in vitro during the last century. This study sought to establish in continuous culture a series of recent Plas...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： van Schalkwyk DA,Burrow R,Henriques G,Gadalla NB,Beshir KB,Hasford C,Wright SG,Ding XC,Chiodini PL,Sutherland CJ

更新日期：2013-09-13 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:A key component of malaria elimination campaigns is the identification and targeting of high risk populations. To characterize high risk populations in north central Namibia, a prospective health facility-based case-control study was conducted from December 2012-July 2014. Cases (n = 107) were all patients p...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Smith JL,Auala J,Haindongo E,Uusiku P,Gosling R,Kleinschmidt I,Mumbengegwi D,Sturrock HJ

更新日期：2017-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Malaria is the largest cause of health services attendance, hospital admissions and child deaths in Tanzania. At the Abuja Summit in April 2000 Tanzania committed itself to protect 60% of its population at high risk of malaria by 2005. The country is, therefore, determined to ensure that sustainable malari...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Magesa SM,Lengeler C,deSavigny D,Miller JE,Njau RJ,Kramer K,Kitua A,Mwita A

更新日期：2005-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic manipulation of malaria parasites remains an inefficient, time-consuming and resource-intensive process. Presented here is a set of methods for 96-well plate-based transfection and culture that improve the efficiency of genetic manipulation of Plasmodium falciparum. Compared to standard protocols plate-based t...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Caro F,Miller MG,DeRisi JL

更新日期：2012-01-18 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:Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interferon gamma (IFN-γ), encoded by TNF-836 C/A (rs 1800630) and IFN-γ -1616 C/T (rs2069705) genes, are key immunological mediators that are believed to both play protective and pathological roles in malaria. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Nasr A,Allam G,Hamid O,Al-Ghamdi A

更新日期：2014-08-13 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:In endemic areas, children develop slowly and naturally anti-Plasmodium antibodies and become semi-immune. Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine + amodiaquine (SPAQ) is a new strategy to reduce malaria morbidity in West African young children. However, SMC may impact on the na...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mahaman Moustapha L,Adamou R,Ibrahim ML,Abdoulaye Louis Padounou M,Diallo A,Courtin D,Testa J,Ndiaye JLA

更新日期：2021-01-01 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: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：: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:Malaria is one of the most severe global public health problems worldwide, particularly in Africa, where Nigeria has the greatest number of malaria cases. This community-based study was designed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of malaria and to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Dawaki S,Al-Mekhlafi HM,Ithoi I,Ibrahim J,Atroosh WM,Abdulsalam AM,Sady H,Elyana FN,Adamu AU,Yelwa SI,Ahmed A,Al-Areeqi MA,Subramaniam LR,Nasr NA,Lau YL

更新日期：2016-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been adopted by the World Health Organization as a first-line treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. In endemic regions, it has proven more effective in treating the disease, and even in reducing its transmission. Nonetheless, there is a sca...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Pousibet-Puerto J,Salas-Coronas J,Sánchez-Crespo A,Molina-Arrebola MA,Soriano-Pérez MJ,Giménez-López MJ,Vázquez-Villegas J,Cabezas-Fernández MT

更新日期：2016-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: The development of Plasmodium falciparum within human erythrocytes induces a wide array of changes in the ultrastructure, function and antigenic properties of the host cell. Numerous proteins encoded by the parasite have been shown to interact with the erythrocyte membrane. The identification of new intera...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Lauterbach SB,Lanzillotti R,Coetzer TL

更新日期：2003-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rethinking Malaria Leadership Forum, held at Harvard Business School in February 2017 with collaboration of the Barcelona Institute for Global Health and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, identified this training gap as a high priority for both analysis and action. The gap in human resource training ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Wirth DF,Casamitjana N,Tanner M,Reich MR

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been adopted as the most effective treatment against malaria in many endemic countries like Kenya while quinine has remained the second line. The objective of the current study was to assess access to Kenya's policy recommended anti-malarials, ACT and quinine i...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Watsierah CA,Ouma C

更新日期：2014-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The immunological mechanisms responsible for protection against malaria infection vary among Plasmodium species, host species and the developmental stage of parasite, and are poorly understood. A challenge with live parasites is the most relevant approach to testing the efficacy of experimental malaria vacci...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Leitner WW,Bergmann-Leitner ES,Angov E

更新日期：2010-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The importance of net durability and the average useful life of a net is increasingly recognized as one of the critical factors that determine how often nets need to be replaced. A study to assess the effect of a net care and repair behaviour change communication (BCC) programme on net durability was conduct...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Helinski MH,Namara G,Koenker H,Kilian A,Hunter G,Acosta A,Scandurra L,Selby RA,Mulondo K,Fotheringham M,Lynch M

更新日期：2015-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the increase in use of point-of-care diagnostic tests for malaria and other diseases comes the necessity of storing the diagnostic kits and the drugs required for subsequent management, in remote areas, where temperatures are high and electricity supply is unreliable or unavailable. METHODS:To address ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Chanthap L,Ariey F,Socheat D,Tsuyuoka R,Bell D

更新日期：2010-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The global health community is interested in the health impact of the billions of dollars invested to fight malaria in Africa. A recent publication used trends in malaria cases and deaths based on health facility records to evaluate the impact of malaria control efforts in Rwanda and Ethiopia. Although the authors dem...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Rowe AK,Kachur SP,Yoon SS,Lynch M,Slutsker L,Steketee RW

更新日期：2009-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fixed-dose combination antimalarial drugs have played an increasingly important role in the treatment and chemoprophylaxis of falciparum malaria since the worldwide failure of monotherapy with chloroquine. Atovaquone-proguanil is one such combination drug used both for prophylaxis in travellers, and for trea...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Sutherland CJ,Laundy M,Price N,Burke M,Fivelman QL,Pasvol G,Klein JL,Chiodini PL

更新日期：2008-11-20 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:Malaria is one of the most severe public health issues that result in massive morbidity and mortality in most countries of the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study aimed to determine the scope of household, accessibility to malaria care and factors associated with household malaria in the Democratic Republic...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ngatu NR,Kanbara S,Renzaho A,Wumba R,Mbelambela EP,Muchanga SMJ,Muzembo BA,Leon-Kabamba N,Nattadech C,Suzuki T,Oscar-Luboya N,Wada K,Ikeda M,Nojima S,Sugishita T,Ikeda S

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Ghana, malaria is endemic and perennial (with significant seasonal variations in the three Northern Regions), accounting for 33 % of all deaths among children under 5 years old, with prevalence rates in children under-five ranging from 11 % in Greater Accra to 40 % in Northern Region. Ghana adopted the WH...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Nonvignon J,Aryeetey GC,Issah S,Ansah P,Malm KL,Ofosu W,Tagoe T,Agyemang SA,Aikins M

更新日期：2016-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rosetting is associated with severe malaria and a primary cause of death in Plasmodium falciparum infections. Detailed understanding of this adhesive phenomenon may enable the development of new therapies interfering with rosette formation. For this, it is crucial to determine parameters such as rosetting an...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kudella PW,Moll K,Wahlgren M,Wixforth A,Westerhausen C

更新日期：2016-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An initial study of genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum in Asembo, western Kenya showed that the parasite maintained overall genetic stability 5 years after insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) introduction in 1997. This study investigates further the genetic diversity of P. falciparum 10 years after ini...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Gatei W,Gimnig JE,Hawley W,Ter Kuile F,Odero C,Iriemenam NC,Shah MP,Howard PP,Omosun YO,Terlouw DJ,Nahlen B,Slutsker L,Hamel MJ,Kariuki S,Walker E,Shi YP

更新日期：2015-12-09 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