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 south-eastern Senegal, malaria and onchocerciasis are co-endemic. Onchocerciasis in this region has been controlled by once or twice yearly mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin (IVM) for over fifteen years. Since laboratory-raised Anopheles gambiae s.s. are susceptible to ivermectin at concentra...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Sylla M,Kobylinski KC,Gray M,Chapman PL,Sarr MD,Rasgon JL,Foy BD

更新日期：2010-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous injection of mice with attenuated Plasmodium berghei sporozoites induces sterile immunity to challenge with viable sporozoites. Non-intravenous routes have been reported to yield poor immunity. Because intravenous immunization has been considered to be unacceptable for large scale vaccination of ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Voza T,Kebaier C,Vanderberg JP

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The successful control of insect disease vectors relies on a thorough understanding of their ecology and behaviour. However, knowledge of the ecology of many human disease vectors lags behind that of agricultural pests. This is partially due to the paucity of experimental tools for investigating their ecolog...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ng'habi KR,Mwasheshi D,Knols BG,Ferguson HM

更新日期：2010-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria is a leading global cause of preventable morbidity and mortality, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, despite recent advances in treatment and prevention technologies. Scale-up and wide distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) could rapidly decrease malarial disease in endemic area...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Dye TD,Apondi R,Lugada ES,Kahn JG,Smith J,Othoro C

更新日期：2010-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Widespread resistance of the main malaria vector Anopheles gambiae to pyrethroids reported in many African countries and operational drawbacks to current IRS methods suggest the convenience of exploring new products and approaches for vector control. Insecticide paint Inesfly 5A IGR™, containing two organoph...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mosqueira B,Chabi J,Chandre F,Akogbeto M,Hougard JM,Carnevale P,Mas-Coma S

更新日期：2010-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Combination treatments, preferably containing an artemisinin derivative, are recommended to improve efficacy and prevent Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance. Artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and artesunate-amodiaquine (AA) are efficacious regimens that have been widely adopted in sub-Saharan Africa. However, m...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Michael OS,Gbotosho GO,Folarin OA,Okuboyejo T,Sowunmi A,Oduola AM,Happi CT

更新日期：2010-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-lasting insecticidal nets are an effective tool for malaria prevention, and "universal coverage" with such nets is increasingly the goal of national malaria control programmes. However, national level campaigns in several countries have run out of nets in the course of distribution, indicating a problem...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kilian A,Boulay M,Koenker H,Lynch M

更新日期：2010-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Artemisinin is the current drug of choice for treatment of malaria and a number of other diseases. It is obtained from the annual herb, Artemisia annua and some microbial sources by genetic engineering. There is a great concern that the artemisinin production at current rate will not meet the increasing dema...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mannan A,Ahmed I,Arshad W,Asim MF,Qureshi RA,Hussain I,Mirza B

更新日期：2010-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The splenic complications of acute malaria include two different prognostic and treatment entities: splenic infarction and splenic rupture. This is the first case of splenic infarction during an acute malaria due to Plasmodium ovale in a 34-year-old man. As in the majority other described cases of splenic infarction, ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Cinquetti G,Banal F,Rondel C,Plancade D,de Saint Roman C,Adriamanantena D,Ragot C,Védy S,Graffin B

更新日期：2010-10-18 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: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:Improving the way artemether-lumefantrine (AL) is provided to patients attending clinics is critical to maximize the benefit of this new medicine. In 2007, a new initiative was launched in one part of Kenya to improve malaria case-management through enhanced in-service training and provision of job aids. ME...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Wasunna B,Zurovac D,Bruce J,Jones C,Webster J,Snow RW

更新日期：2010-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prompt and correct diagnosis of malaria is crucial for accurate epidemiological assessment and better case management, and while the gold standard of light microscopy is often available, it requires both expertise and time. Portable fluorescent microscopy using the CyScope offers a potentially quicker, easie...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Sousa-Figueiredo JC,Oguttu D,Adriko M,Besigye F,Nankasi A,Arinaitwe M,Namukuta A,Betson M,Kabatereine NB,Stothard JR

更新日期：2010-08-27 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 evolution of drug resistance in malaria parasites highlights a need to identify and evaluate strategies that could extend the useful therapeutic life of anti-malarial drugs. Such strategies are deployed to best effect before resistance has emerged, under conditions of great uncertainty. METHODS:Here, th...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Smith DL,Klein EY,McKenzie FE,Laxminarayan R

更新日期：2010-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the 2010 second edition of WHO's guidelines for the treatment of malaria, the relatively new fixed dose combination dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine is included as one of the recommended artemisinin combination therapies. However, experimental testing demonstrates that, due to its intrinsic chemical instability, dihy...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Jansen FH

更新日期：2010-07-22 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:The relationship between mosquito development and temperature is one of the keys to understanding the current and future dynamics and distribution of vector-borne diseases such as malaria. Many process-based models use mean air temperature to estimate larval development times, and hence adult vector densitie...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Paaijmans KP,Imbahale SS,Thomas MB,Takken W

更新日期：2010-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mice with genetic deficiencies in adaptive immunity are used for the grafting of human cells or pathogens, to study human diseases, however, the innate immune responses to xenografts in these mice has received little attention. Using the NOD/SCID Plasmodium falciparum mouse model an analysis of innate defenc...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Arnold L,Tyagi RK,Mejia P,Van Rooijen N,Pérignon JL,Druilhe P

更新日期：2010-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Development of resistance to different classes of insecticides is a potential threat to malaria control. With the increasing coverage of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets in Tanzania, the continued monitoring of resistance in vector populations is crucial. It may facilitate the development of novel strat...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Matowo J,Kulkarni MA,Mosha FW,Oxborough RM,Kitau JA,Tenu F,Rowland M

更新日期：2010-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care demand studies help to examine the behaviour of individuals and households during illnesses. Few of existing health care demand studies examine the choice of treatment services for childhood illnesses. Besides, in their analyses, many of the existing studies compare alternative treatment options ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Nonvignon J,Aikins MK,Chinbuah MA,Abbey M,Gyapong M,Garshong BN,Fia S,Gyapong JO

更新日期：2010-06-28 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：BACKGROUND:Malaria transmission is complex and is believed to be associated with local climate changes. However, simple attempts to extrapolate malaria incidence rates from averaged regional meteorological conditions have proven unsuccessful. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine if variations in spec...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Loha E,Lindtjørn B

更新日期：2010-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two major cities in West Africa, Accra, the capital of Ghana, and Lagos, the largest city of Nigeria, have significant problems with substandard pharmaceuticals. Both have actively combated the problem in recent years, particularly by screening products on the market using the Global Pharma Health Fund e.V. ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Bate R,Hess K

更新日期：2010-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laboratory studies have demonstrated that a variety of immune signaling pathways regulate malaria parasite infection in Anopheles gambiae, the primary vector species in Africa. METHODS:To begin to understand the importance of these associations under natural conditions, an association mapping approach was a...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Horton AA,Lee Y,Coulibaly CA,Rashbrook VK,Cornel AJ,Lanzaro GC,Luckhart S

更新日期：2010-06-11 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: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:Individuals in a malaria endemic community differ from one another. Many of these differences, such as heterogeneities in transmission or treatment-seeking behaviour, affect malaria epidemiology. The different kinds of heterogeneity are likely to be correlated. Little is known about their impact on the shape...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ross A,Smith T

更新日期：2010-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetically-modified (GM) mosquitoes have been proposed as part of an integrated vector control strategy for malaria control. Public acceptance is essential prior to field trials, particularly since mosquitoes are a vector of human disease and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) face strong scepticism in d...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Marshall JM,Touré MB,Traore MM,Famenini S,Taylor CE

更新日期：2010-05-14 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:Malaria is a major public health burden in Southeastern Bangladesh, particularly in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. Malaria is endemic in 13 districts of Bangladesh and the highest prevalence occurs in Khagrachari (15.47%). METHODS:A risk map was developed and geographic risk factors identified using a B...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Haque U,Magalhães RJ,Reid HL,Clements AC,Ahmed SM,Islam A,Yamamoto T,Haque R,Glass GE

更新日期：2010-05-09 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 continues to be a major public health problem in remote forested areas in Cambodia. As a national strategy to strengthen community-based malaria control, the Cambodian government has been running the Village Malaria Worker (VMW) project since 2001. This study sought to examine the nature and quality ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Yasuoka J,Poudel KC,Poudel-Tandukar K,Nguon C,Ly P,Socheat D,Jimba M

更新日期：2010-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum was first described in the Republic of Vanuatu in the early 1980s. In 1991, the Vanuatu Ministry of Health instituted new treatment guidelines for uncomplicated P. falciparum infection consisting of chloroquine/sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine combination therapy. Chloro...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kinzer MH,Chand K,Basri H,Lederman ER,Susanti AI,Elyazar I,Taleo G,Rogers WO,Bangs MJ,Maguire JD

更新日期：2010-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With an Annual Parasite Incidence (API) of 132.1, in the high and moderate risks zones, the Maroni area of French Guiana has the second highest malaria incidence of South-America after Guyana (API = 183.54) and far above Brazil (API = 28.25). Malaria transmission is occurring despite strong medical assistanc...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Fouque F,Gaborit P,Carinci R,Issaly J,Girod R

更新日期：2010-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Azithromycin (AZM) is a macrolide antibiotic that displays an excellent safety profile even in children and pregnant women and has been shown to have anti-malarial activity against blood stage Plasmodium falciparum. This study evaluated the transmission-blocking effect of AZM using a rodent malaria model. M...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Shimizu S,Osada Y,Kanazawa T,Tanaka Y,Arai M

更新日期：2010-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Control of the major African malaria vector species continues to rely extensively on the application of residual insecticides through indoor house spraying or bed net impregnation. Insecticide resistance is undermining the sustainability of these control strategies. Alternatives to the currently available co...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kikankie CK,Brooke BD,Knols BG,Koekemoer LL,Farenhorst M,Hunt RH,Thomas MB,Coetzee M

更新日期：2010-03-08 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:Previous efforts to eradicate malaria parasites, particularly Plasmodium falciparum, have failed in part due to the emergence of drug resistant parasites and mosquitoes resistant to insecticides. Using an artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) that kills parasites quickly, a strategy was designed to eli...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Song J,Socheat D,Tan B,Dara P,Deng C,Sokunthea S,Seila S,Ou F,Jian H,Li G

更新日期：2010-02-23 00:00:00