Malaria and COVID-19: unmasking their ties.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prompt, quality assured laboratory diagnosis is key to effective malaria case management and control, especially since the introduction of the more expensive artemisinin combination therapy (ACT). The malaria programme and its non-government partners, on the basis of WHO recommended Lot Quality Assurance met...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Khan MA,Walley JD,Munir MA,Khan MA,Khokar NG,Tahir Z,Nazir A,Shams N

更新日期：2011-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urban malaria can be a serious public health problem in Africa. Human-landing catches of mosquitoes, a standard entomological method to assess human exposure to malaria vector bites, can lack sensitivity in areas where exposure is low. A simple and highly sensitive tool could be a complementary indicator for...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Drame PM,Machault V,Diallo A,Cornélie S,Poinsignon A,Lalou R,Sembène M,Dos Santos S,Rogier C,Pagès F,Le Hesran JY,Remoué F

更新日期：2012-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Declining in clinical efficacy of artesunate-mefloquine combination has been documented in areas along the eastern border (Thai-Cambodian) of Thailand. In the present study, the clinical efficacy of the three-day combination regimen of artesunate-mefloquine as first-line treatment for acute uncomplicated fal...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Na-Bangchang K,Ruengweerayut R,Mahamad P,Ruengweerayut K,Chaijaroenkul W

更新日期：2010-10-08 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:Insecticide-treated nets (ITN) and long-lasting insecticidal treated nets (LLIN) are important means of malaria prevention. Although there is consensus regarding their importance, there is uncertainty as to which delivery strategies are optimal for dispensing these life saving interventions. A targeted mass ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Beer N,Ali AS,de Savigny D,Al-Mafazy AW,Ramsan M,Abass AK,Omari RS,Björkman A,Källander K

更新日期：2010-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypnozoite reservoir of Plasmodium vivax represents both the greatest obstacle and opportunity for ultimately eradicating this species. It is silent and cannot be diagnosed until it awakens and provokes a clinical attack with attendant morbidity, risk of mortality, and opportunities for onward transmission. The on...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Baird JK,Battle KE,Howes RE

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cases of transfusion-transmitted malaria have been described around the world and highlighted in some studies. Semi-immune individuals are more likely to transmit malaria as they may be asymptomatic. Some countries allow blood donations only based on epidemiological criteria while others reinforce their crit...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Portugal-Calisto D,Ferreira AR,Silva MS,Teodósio R

更新日期：2016-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal to eliminate malaria from the Asia-Pacific by 2030 will require the safe and widespread delivery of effective radical cure of malaria. In October 2017, the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network Vivax Working Group met to discuss the impediments to primaquine (PQ) radical cure, how these can be overcome and...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Thriemer K,Bobogare A,Ley B,Gudo CS,Alam MS,Anstey NM,Ashley E,Baird JK,Gryseels C,Jambert E,Lacerda M,Laihad F,Marfurt J,Pasaribu AP,Poespoprodjo JR,Sutanto I,Taylor WR,van den Boogaard C,Battle KE,Dysoley L,Ghim

更新日期：2018-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Molecular tools are very sensitive and specific and could be an alternative for the diagnosis of malaria. The complexity and need for expensive equipment may hamper implementation and, therefore, simplifications to current protocols are warranted. METHODS:A PCR detecting the different Plasmodium species and...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mens PF,Moers AP,de Bes LM,Flint J,Sak JR,Keereecharoen L,van Overmeir C,Verweij JJ,Hallett RL,Wihokhoen B,Proux S,Schallig HD,van Amerongen A

更新日期：2012-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria in highland areas of Kenya affects children and adults. Local clinicians include symptoms other than fever when screening for malaria because they believe that fever alone does not capture all cases of malaria. METHODS:Individuals who presented to dispensaries in a highland Kenya site of low, unstab...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mutanda AL,Cheruiyot P,Hodges JS,Ayodo G,Odero W,John CC

更新日期：2014-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria is still an important parasitic infectious disease that affecting poor and vulnerable communities in many developing countries, including Indonesia. During the period of 2010-2017, there have been approximately 2.2 million confirmed malaria cases reported across Indonesia. This study aimed to identif...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Dhewantara PW,Ipa M,Widawati M

更新日期：2019-04-04 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:A previous study showed for Anopheles gambiae s.s. a gradation of feeding preference on common plant species growing in a malaria holoendemic area in western Kenya. The present follow-up study determines whether there is a relationship between the mosquito's preferences and its survival and fecundity. METHO...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Manda H,Gouagna LC,Foster WA,Jackson RR,Beier JC,Githure JI,Hassanali A

更新日期：2007-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Premature death of Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes is considered to favourably influence the clinical course of malaria. Aurothiomalate has previously been shown to trigger erythrocyte death or eryptosis, which is characterized by cell membrane scrambling leading to phosphatidylserine exposure at the cell s...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Alesutan I,Bobbala D,Qadri SM,Estremera A,Föller M,Lang F

更新日期：2010-05-07 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 sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine (SDX/PYR) combination had been chosen to treat uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Malaysia for more than 30 years. Non-silent mutations in dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) genes are responsible for the resistance to pyrimethamine and sulphadox...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Lau TY,Sylvi M,William T

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The counterfeiting of anti-malarials represents a form of attack on global public health in which fake and substandard anti-malarials serve as de facto weapons of mass destruction, particularly in resource-constrained endemic settings, where malaria causes nearly 660,000 preventable deaths and threatens mill...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Karunamoorthi K

更新日期：2014-06-02 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:Obtaining single parasite clones is required for many techniques in malaria research. Cloning by limiting dilution using microscopy-based assessment for parasite growth is an arduous and labor-intensive process. An alternative method for the detection of parasite growth in limiting dilution assays is using a...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Butterworth AS,Robertson AJ,Ho MF,Gatton ML,McCarthy JS,Trenholme KR

更新日期：2011-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria is a notifiable disease in the Netherlands, a non-endemic country. Imported malaria infections occur regularly among travellers, migrants and visitors. Surveillance data were analysed from 2008 to 2015. Trends in amounts of notifications among risk groups were analysed using Poisson regression. For a...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： de Gier B,Suryapranata FS,Croughs M,van Genderen PJ,Keuter M,Visser LG,van Vugt M,Sonder GJ

更新日期：2017-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Control of mosquitoes that transmit malaria has been the mainstay in the fight against the disease, but alternative methods are required in view of emerging insecticide resistance. Entomopathogenic fungi are candidate alternatives, but to date, few trials have translated the use of these agents to field-base...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mnyone LL,Lyimo IN,Lwetoijera DW,Mpingwa MW,Nchimbi N,Hancock PA,Russell TL,Kirby MJ,Takken W,Koenraadt CJ

更新日期：2012-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The WHO has reported that RDT and microscopy-confirmed malaria cases have declined in recent years. However, it is still unclear if this reflects a real decrease in incidence in Bangladesh, as particularly the hilly and forested areas of the Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) Districts report more than 80% of all c...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Starzengruber P,Fuehrer HP,Ley B,Thriemer K,Swoboda P,Habler VE,Jung M,Graninger W,Khan WA,Haque R,Noedl H

更新日期：2014-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The United Nation's sustainable development goal for 2030 is to eradicate the global malaria epidemic, primarily as the disease continues to be one of the major concerns for public health in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2015, the region accounted for 90% of malaria deaths. Mozambique recorded a malaria mortality r...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ferrão JL,Mendes JM,Painho M,Zacarias S

更新日期：2017-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The erythrocytic stage of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in humans is clinically important, as the parasites at this growth stage causes malarial symptoms. Most of the currently available anti-malarial drugs target this stage, but the emergence and spread of parasites resistant to anti-malarial drugs are a ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Tougan T,Toya Y,Uchihashi K,Horii T

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Following publication of the original article [1], one of the authors has highlighted an xml-related discrepancy concerning the author group titled 'Additional Tracking Resistance to Artemisinin Collaboration authors (TRAC Group Authorship)', listed under the Acknowledgements section. ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Srimuang K,Miotto O,Lim P,Fairhurst RM,Kwiatkowski DP,Woodrow CJ,Imwong M,Tracking Resistance to Artemisinin Collaboration.

更新日期：2018-09-10 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 clinical presentation of malaria, considered as the result of a complex interaction between parasite and human genetics, is described to be different between rural and urban areas. The analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity in children with uncomplicated malaria, living in these two diff...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Soulama I,Nébié I,Ouédraogo A,Gansane A,Diarra A,Tiono AB,Bougouma EC,Konaté AT,Kabré GB,Taylor WR,Sirima SB

更新日期：2009-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prior studies have shown that annual entomological inoculation rates (EIRs) must be reduced to less than one to substantially reduce the prevalence of malaria infection. In this study, EIR values were used to quantify the impact of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs), indoor residual spraying (IRS), and sour...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Shaukat AM,Breman JG,McKenzie FE

更新日期：2010-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The importance of the submicroscopic reservoir of Plasmodium infections for malaria elimination depends on its size, which is generally considered small in low transmission settings. The precise estimation of this reservoir requires more sensitive parasite detection methods. The prevalence of asymptomatic, s...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Imwong M,Nguyen TN,Tripura R,Peto TJ,Lee SJ,Lwin KM,Suangkanarat P,Jeeyapant A,Vihokhern B,Wongsaen K,Van Hue D,Dong le T,Nguyen TU,Lubell Y,von Seidlein L,Dhorda M,Promnarate C,Snounou G,Malleret B,Rénia L,Keeree

更新日期：2015-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current available malaria diagnostic methods each have some limitations to meet the need for real-time and large-scale screening of asymptomatic and low density malaria infection at community level. It was proposed that malaria parasite-specific low molecular-weight metabolites could be used as biomarkers fo...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Park YH,Shi YP,Liang B,Medriano CA,Jeon YH,Torres E,Uppal K,Slutsker L,Jones DP

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00