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Dried blood spots are commonly used for sample collection in clinical and non-clinical settings. This method is simple, and biomolecules in the samples remain stable for months at room temperature. In the fiel...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:350
Published on: 23 August 2017
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Case investigation and reactive case detection (RACD) activities are widely-used in low transmission settings to determine the suspected origin of infection and identify and treat malaria infections nearby to ...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:347
Published on: 22 August 2017
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Haemolysis risk with single dose or short course primaquine was evaluated in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient people.
Malaria Journal 2017 16:346
Published on: 22 August 2017
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Although use of malaria diagnostic tests has increased in recent years, health workers often prescribe anti-malarial drugs to individuals who test negative for malaria. This study investigates how health worke...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:349
Published on: 22 August 2017
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Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically widespread malaria species and codominates with Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest form of the malaria parasite. For the last few years, t...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:348
Published on: 22 August 2017
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VAR2CSA, a member of the Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) family, mediates the binding of P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes to chondroitin sulfate A, a surface-associated molecule e...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:343
Published on: 17 August 2017
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Malaria vector control methods involving the use of pyrethroids remain the strategies being used against malaria vectors in Ghana. These methods include the use of long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor res...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:342
Published on: 17 August 2017
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The measure of new drug- or vaccine-based approaches for malaria control is based on direct membrane feeding assays (DMFAs) where gametocyte-infected blood samples are offered to mosquitoes through an artifici...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:345
Published on: 17 August 2017
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Health facility-based data reported through routine health information systems form the primary data source for programmatic monitoring and evaluation in most developing countries. The adoption of District Hea...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:344
Published on: 17 August 2017
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Anti-malarial drugs are an important tool for malaria control and elimination. Alongside their direct benefit in the treatment of disease, drug use has a community-level effect, clearing the reservoir of infec...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:341
Published on: 16 August 2017
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Malaria control today is threatened by widespread insecticide resistance in vector populations. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of a mixture of unrelated insecticides for indoor residual...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:340
Published on: 16 August 2017
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Mosquitoes belonging to the Anopheles gambiae complex are the main vectors of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Among these, An. gambiae, Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles arabiensis are the most efficient vectors an...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:337
Published on: 15 August 2017
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An increasing number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa are moving towards malaria-elimination, mostly thanks to successful vector control campaigns. However, elimination has proven challenging, resulting in t...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:338
Published on: 15 August 2017
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Severe malaria has a poor prognosis with a morbidity rate of 80% in tropical areas. The early parasite detection is one of the effective means to prevent severe malaria of which specific treatment strategies a...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:334
Published on: 15 August 2017
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Artemisinin resistance is present in the Greater Mekong region and poses a significant threat for current anti-malarial treatment guidelines in Bangladesh. The aim of this molecular study was to assess the cur...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:335
Published on: 15 August 2017
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Mosquito nets containing synergists designed to overcome metabolic resistance mechanisms in vectors have been developed. These may enhance excitability in the mosquitoes and affect how they respond to CDC ligh...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:336
Published on: 15 August 2017
Case report
Since several malaria parasite species are usually present in a particular area, co-infections with more than one species of Plasmodium are more likely to occur in humans infected in these areas. In many mixed in...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:339
Published on: 15 August 2017
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Emergence of artemisinin-resistant malaria in Southeast Asian countries threatens the global control of malaria. Although K13 kelch propeller has been assessed for artemisinin resistance molecular marker, most...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:333
Published on: 14 August 2017
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Mass drug administration (MDA) appears to be effective in reducing the risk of malaria parasitaemia. This study reports on programmatic coverage and compliance of MDA using artemisinin-based combination therap...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:332
Published on: 14 August 2017
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The sexual stages (gametocytes) of Plasmodium falciparum do not directly contribute to the pathology of malaria but are essential for transmission of the parasite from the human host to the mosquito. Mature gamet...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:330
Published on: 11 August 2017
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The zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi is a major cause of human malaria in Malaysia. This parasite uses the Duffy binding protein (PkDBPαII) to interact with the Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC) receptor o...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:331
Published on: 11 August 2017
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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a new strategy recommended by WHO in areas of highly seasonal transmission in March 2012. Although randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have shown SMC to be highly effe...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:325
Published on: 10 August 2017
Case report
The major malaria vector in Sri Lanka is reported to be Anopheles culicifacies with Anopheles subpictus, Anopheles annularis, and Anopheles varuna considered as potential vectors. The occurrence of Anopheles step...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:326
Published on: 10 August 2017
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Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is being implemented as one of the malaria prevention methods in the Northern Region of Ghana. Changes in longevity, sporozoite and entomological inoculation rates (EIRs) of majo...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:324
Published on: 10 August 2017
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This study was initiated from the observation that prevalence of malaria obtained with rapid diagnostic test (RDT) (CareStart™Malaria HRP2/pLDH Combo Test) was higher than in microscopy in a malaria low transm...
Malaria Journal 2017 16:328
Published on: 10 August 2017
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