abstract：BACKGROUND:As a result of the reintroduction of malaria in the Republic of Korea (ROK) in 1993 and the threat to military and civilian populations, the Korea Military National Defense (MND) increased emphasis on vector control in 2012 at ROK Army (ROKA) installations located near the DMZ, while decreasing chemoprophyla...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Chang KS,Yoo DH,Ju YR,Lee WG,Roh JY,Kim HC,Klein TA,Shin EH

更新日期：2016-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Uganda, over half of under-five child mortality is attributed to three infectious diseases: malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea. Integrated community case management (iCCM) trains village health workers (VHWs) to provide in-home diagnosis and treatment of these common childhood illnesses. For severely ill ch...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： English L,Miller JS,Mbusa R,Matte M,Kenney J,Bwambale S,Ntaro M,Patel P,Mulogo E,Stone GS

更新日期：2016-04-29 00:00:00

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:Malaria prevention has remained a critical area in the absence of efficacious vaccines against malaria. Drugs currently used as chemotherapeutics are also used in chemoprophylaxis increasing possible drug resistance. Asiatic acid is a natural phytochemical with oxidant, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory prop...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mavondo GA,Mkhwananzi BN,Mabandla MV

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anopheles arabiensis is stereotypical of diverse vectors that mediate residual malaria transmission globally, because it can feed outdoors upon humans or cattle, or enter but then rapidly exit houses without fatal exposure to insecticidal nets or sprays. METHODS:Life histories of a well-characterized An. ar...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Killeen GF,Govella NJ,Lwetoijera DW,Okumu FO

更新日期：2016-04-19 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:Challenges persist in ensuring access to and optimal use of long-lasting, insecticidal bed nets (LLINs). Factors associated with ownership and use may differ depending on the history of malaria and prevention control efforts in a specific region. Understanding how the cultural and social-environmental contex...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ernst KC,Hayden MH,Olsen H,Cavanaugh JL,Ruberto I,Agawo M,Munga S

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anopheles nuneztovari sensu lato comprises cryptic species in northern South America, and the Brazilian populations encompass distinct genetic lineages within the Brazilian Amazon region. This study investigated, based on two molecular markers, whether these lineages might actually deserve species status. M...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Scarpassa VM,Cunha-Machado AS,Saraiva JF

更新日期：2016-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite declining prevalence of malaria in The Gambia, non-adherence to anti-malarial treatment still remains a challenge to control efforts. There is limited evidence on the socio-cultural factors that influence adherence to anti-malarial treatment in pregnancy. This study explored perceptions of malaria in...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Jaiteh F,Dierickx S,Gryseels C,O'Neill S,D'Alessandro U,Scott S,Balen J,Grietens KP

更新日期：2016-04-11 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:Over the past 15 years, mortality and morbidity due to malaria have been reduced substantially in sub-Saharan Africa and local elimination has been achieved in some settings. This study addresses the bio-ecology of larval and adult stages of malaria vectors, Plasmodium infection in Anopheles gambiae s.l. in ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kouassi BL,de Souza DK,Goepogui A,Balde SM,Diakité L,Sagno A,Djameh GI,Chammartin F,Vounatsou P,Bockarie MJ,Utzinger J,Koudou BG

更新日期：2016-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a need for accurate and field-applicable instruments for the evaluation of the quality of anti-malarial drugs. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the NanoRam(®), a handheld Raman spectrometer (RS), to identify anti-malarial drugs. METHODS:In total, 289 anti-malarial d...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Visser BJ,de Vries SG,Bache EB,Meerveld-Gerrits J,Kroon D,Boersma J,Agnandji ST,van Vugt M,Grobusch MP

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Avian malaria vector competence studies are needed to understand more succinctly complex avian parasite-vector-relations. The lack of vector competence trials may be attributed to the difficulty of obtaining gametocytes for the majority of Plasmodium species and lineages. To conduct avian malaria infectivity...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Carlson JS,Giannitti F,Valkiūnas G,Tell LA,Snipes J,Wright S,Cornel AJ

更新日期：2016-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of vector control on malaria transmission by long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) depends on the vectors entering houses to blood feed and rest when people are inside houses. In the Solomon Islands, significant reductions in malaria have been achieved in...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Russell TL,Beebe NW,Bugoro H,Apairamo A,Chow WK,Cooper RD,Collins FH,Lobo NF,Burkot TR

更新日期：2016-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports the changing pattern of US President's Malaria Initiative-funded IRS in sub-Saharan Africa between 2008 and 2015. IRS coverage in sub-Saharan Africa increased from <2 % of the at-risk population in 2005, to 11 % or 78 million people in 2010, mainly as a result of increased funding from PMI. The sc...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Oxborough RM

更新日期：2016-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the dramatic increase in international travel among Chinese people, the risk of malaria importation from malaria-endemic regions threatens the achievement of the malaria elimination goal of China. METHODS:Epidemiological investigations of all imported malaria cases were conducted in nine provinces of C...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Li Z,Zhang Q,Zheng C,Zhou S,Sun J,Zhang Z,Geng Q,Zhang H,Wang L,Lai S,Hu W,Clements AC,Zhou XN,Yang W

更新日期：2016-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The US FDA recently developed CD3+, a counterfeit detection tool that is based on sample illumination at specific wavelengths of light and visual comparison of suspect sample and packaging materials to an authentic sample. To test performance of the CD3+ in field conditions, a study was conducted in Ghana wh...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Batson JS,Bempong DK,Lukulay PH,Ranieri N,Satzger RD,Verbois L

更新日期：2016-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The fight against malaria is increasingly threatened by failures in vector control due to growing insecticide resistance. This review examines the recent primary research that addresses the putative relationship between agricultural insecticide use and trends in insecticide resistance. To do so, descriptive evidence o...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Reid MC,McKenzie FE

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thrombocytopaenia is the most frequent malaria-associated haematologic alteration observed with all five Plasmodium parasites causing disease in humans. Although not included in the World Health Organization criteria for severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria, severe thrombocytopaenia has been increasingly men...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Antinori S,Corona A,Ridolfo AL,Galimberti L,Ricaboni D,Milazzo L,Corbellino M

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:This meeting report presents the key findings and discussion points of a 1-day meeting entitled 'Fake anti-malarials: start with the facts' held on 28th May 2015, in Geneva, Switzerland, to disseminate the findings of the artemisinin combination therapy consortium's drug quality programme. The teams purchased over 10,...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kaur H,Clarke S,Lalani M,Phanouvong S,Guérin P,McLoughlin A,Wilson BK,Deats M,Plançon A,Hopkins H,Miranda D,Schellenberg D

更新日期：2016-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of the population genetics and transmission dynamics of Plasmodium vivax is crucial in predicting the emergence of drug resistance, relapse pattern and novel parasite phenotypes, all of which are relevant to the control of vivax infections. The aim of this study was to analyse changes in the geneti...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Maneerattanasak S,Gosi P,Krudsood S,Tongshoob J,Lanteri CA,Snounou G,Khusmith S

更新日期：2016-02-09 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 rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are assumed to be simple-to-use and mobile technologies that have the capacity to standardize parasitological diagnosis for malaria across a variety of clinical settings. In order to evaluate these tests, it is important to consider how such assumptions play out in pract...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Beisel U,Umlauf R,Hutchinson E,Chandler CI

更新日期：2016-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chloroquine has been the treatment of choice for acute vivax malaria for more than 60 years. Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax has recently shown resistance to chloroquine in some places. This study compared the efficacy and safety of fixed dose combination (FDC) of arterolane maleate and piperaquine phosph...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Valecha N,Savargaonkar D,Srivastava B,Rao BH,Tripathi SK,Gogtay N,Kochar SK,Kumar NB,Rajadhyaksha GC,Lakhani JD,Solanki BB,Jalali RK,Arora S,Roy A,Saha N,Iyer SS,Sharma P,Anvikar AR

更新日期：2016-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Behaviour change communication (BCC) can improve malaria prevention and treatment behaviour. As a one of the activities under Myanmar Artemisinin Resistance Containment (MARC) programme, BCC have been conducting. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the behaviour change communication and communi...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Nyunt MH,Aye KM,Kyaw MP,Wai KT,Oo T,Than A,Oo HW,Phway HP,Han SS,Htun T,San KK

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria currently causes more harm to human beings than any other parasitic disease, and disproportionally affects low-income populations. The ethical issues raised by efforts to control or eliminate malaria have received little explicit analysis, in comparison with other major diseases of poverty. While some ethical ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Jamrozik E,de la Fuente-Núñez V,Reis A,Ringwald P,Selgelid MJ

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The anti-malarials quinine and artemisinin were isolated from traditionally used plants (Cinchona spp. and Artemisia annua, respectively). The synthetic quinoline anti-malarials (e.g. chloroquine) and semi-synthetic artemisinin derivatives (e.g. artesunate) were developed based on these natural products. Mal...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Lima RB,Rocha e Silva LF,Melo MR,Costa JS,Picanço NS,Lima ES,Vasconcellos MC,Boleti AP,Santos JM,Amorim RC,Chaves FC,Coutinho JP,Tadei WP,Krettli AU,Pohlit AM

更新日期：2015-12-18 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：BACKGROUND:The development of insecticide resistance and the increased outdoor-biting behaviour of malaria vectors reduce the efficiency of indoor vector control methods. Attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSBs), a method targeting the sugar-feeding behaviours of vectors both indoors and outdoors, is a promising supplement...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Zhu L,Marshall JM,Qualls WA,Schlein Y,McManus JW,Arheart KL,Hlaing WM,Traore SF,Doumbia S,Müller GC,Beier JC

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This analysis examined how the proportion of children less than 5-years-old who slept under a bed net the previous night changed during and after a national long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) distribution campaign in Sierra Leone in November-December 2010. METHODS:A citywide cross-sectional study in 2010-...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Ranasinghe S,Ansumana R,Bockarie AS,Bangura U,Jimmy DH,Stenger DA,Jacobsen KH

更新日期：2015-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colombia contributes a significant proportion of malaria cases in the Americas, which are predominantly rural. However, in the last 8 years ~ 10 % of the endemic municipalities have also reported urban and peri-urban malaria cases, a growing concern for health authorities. This study focused on the character...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Padilla JC,Chaparro PE,Molina K,Arevalo-Herrera M,Herrera S

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malaria is a major public health problem in Uganda and the current policy recommends introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria (RDTs) to facilitate effective case management. However, provision of RDTs in drug shops potentially raises a new set of issues, such as adherence to RDTs results, managemen...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Mbonye AK,Clarke SE,Lal S,Chandler CI,Hutchinson E,Hansen KS,Magnussen P

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasmodium ovale, considered the rarest of the malaria parasites of humans, consists of two morphologically identical but genetically distinct sympatric species, Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri. These parasites resemble morphologically to Plasmodium vivax with which they also share a ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Chavatte JM,Tan SB,Snounou G,Lin RT

更新日期：2015-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The emergence of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinins threatens to undermine the effectiveness of artemisinin-based combination anti-malarial therapy. Developing suitable drugs to replace artemisinins requires the identification of new compounds that display rapid parasite killing kinetics. Howev...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Linares M,Viera S,Crespo B,Franco V,Gómez-Lorenzo MG,Jiménez-Díaz MB,Angulo-Barturen Í,Sanz LM,Gamo FJ

更新日期：2015-11-05 00:00:00

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: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:Malaria in Southeast Asia frequently clusters along international borders. For example, while most of Thailand is malaria free, the border region shared with Myanmar continues to have endemic malaria. This spatial pattern is the result of complex interactions between landscape, humans, mosquito vectors, and ...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Parker DM,Carrara VI,Pukrittayakamee S,McGready R,Nosten FH

更新日期：2015-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pro-inflammatory S100 calcium binding protein A8 (S100A8) is elevated in the serum of patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but its function in Plasmodium vivax malaria is not yet clear. This function was investigated in P. vivax-infected patients in this study. METHODS:The level of S100A8 in the...

journal_title：Malaria journal

authors： Kim TS,Kang YJ,Kim JY,Lee S,Lee WJ,Sohn Y,Lee HW

更新日期：2015-10-05 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: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