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  1. The burden of malaria has decreased dramatically within the past several years in parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Further malaria control will require targeted control strategies based on evidence of risk. The ob...

    Authors: William J Moss, Harry Hamapumbu, Tamaki Kobayashi, Timothy Shields, Aniset Kamanga, Julie Clennon, Sungano Mharakurwa, Philip E Thuma and Gregory Glass
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:163
  2. Malaria is highly endemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but the limits and intensity of transmission within the country are unknown. It is important to discern these patterns as well as the driver...

    Authors: Jane P Messina, Steve M Taylor, Steven R Meshnick, Andrew M Linke, Antoinette K Tshefu, Benjamin Atua, Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa and Michael Emch
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:161
  3. Volume substitution remains subject of controversy in the light of effusions and oedema potentially complicating this highly febrile disease. Understanding the role of myocardial and circulatory function appea...

    Authors: Johanna Herr, Parisa Mehrfar, Stefan Schmiedel, Dominic Wichmann, Norbert W Brattig, Gerd D Burchard and Jakob P Cramer
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:160
  4. Malaria case management is one of the key strategies to control malaria. Various studies have demonstrated the feasibility of home management of malaria (HMM). However, data on the costs and effectiveness of a...

    Authors: Pascalina Chanda, Busiku Hamainza, Hawela B Moonga, Victor Chalwe, Patrick Banda and Franco Pagnoni
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:159
  5. Access to prompt and effective treatment is a cornerstone of the current malaria control strategy. Delays in starting appropriate treatment is a major contributor to malaria mortality. WHO recommends home mana...

    Authors: Pascalina Chanda, Busiku Hamainza, Hawela B Moonga, Victor Chalwe and Franco Pagnoni
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:158
  6. In insects, including Anopheles mosquitoes, Dscam (Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule) appears to be involved in phagocytosis of pathogens, and shows pathogen-specific splice-form expression between divergent p...

    Authors: Paul H Smith, Jonathan M Mwangi, Yaw A Afrane, Guiyun Yan, Darren J Obbard, Lisa C Ranford-Cartwright and Tom J Little
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:156
  7. At primary care facilities in Nigeria, national treatment guidelines state that malaria should be symptomatically diagnosed and treated with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT). Evidence from household...

    Authors: Lindsay J Mangham, Bonnie Cundill, Ogochukwu Ezeoke, Emmanuel Nwala, Benjamin SC Uzochukwu, Virginia Wiseman and Obinna Onwujekwe
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:155
  8. Urban malaria is becoming a major health priority across Africa. A study was undertaken to assess the importance of urban pollution and agriculture practice on the distribution and susceptibility to insecticid...

    Authors: Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio, Billy Tene Fossog, Cyrille Ndo, Benjamin Menze Djantio, Serge Zebaze Togouet, Parfait Awono-Ambene, Carlo Costantini, Charles S Wondji and Hilary Ranson
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:154
  9. In Ethiopia, information regarding highland malaria transmission is scarce, and no report has been presented from Butajira highland so far whether the appearance of malaria in the area was due to endemicity or...

    Authors: Solomon Tesfaye, Yeshambel Belyhun, Takele Teklu, Tesfaye Mengesha and Beyene Petros
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:153
  10. Prompt use of an effective anti-malarial drug is essential for controlling malaria and its adverse effects in pregnancy. The World Health Organization recommends an artemisinin-based combination therapy as the...

    Authors: Laura R Sangaré, Noel S Weiss, Paula E Brentlinger, Barbra A Richardson, Sarah G Staedke, Mpungu S Kiwuwa and Andy Stergachis
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:152
  11. Persistence of African anophelines throughout the long dry season (4-8 months) when no surface waters are available remains one of the enduring mysteries of medical entomology. Recent studies demonstrated that...

    Authors: Abdoulaye Adamou, Adama Dao, Seydou Timbine, Yaya Kassogué, Alpha Seydou Yaro, Moussa Diallo, Sékou F Traoré, Diana L Huestis and Tovi Lehmann
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:151
  12. The clinical use of mefloquine (MQ) has declined due to dose-related neurological events. Next generation quinoline methanols (NGQMs) that do not accumulate in the central nervous system (CNS) to the same exte...

    Authors: Geoffrey S Dow, Erin Milner, Ian Bathurst, Jayendra Bhonsle, Diana Caridha, Sean Gardner, Lucia Gerena, Michael Kozar, Charlotte Lanteri, Anne Mannila, William McCalmont, Jay Moon, Kevin D Read, Suzanne Norval, Norma Roncal, David M Shackleford…
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:150
  13. Malaria is a major health concern for displaced persons occupying refugee camps in sub-Saharan Africa, yet there is little information on the incidence of infection and nature of transmission in these settings...

    Authors: M Nabie Bayoh, Willis Akhwale, Maurice Ombok, David Sang, Sammy C Engoki, Dan Koros, Edward D Walker, Holly A Williams, Heather Burke, Gregory L Armstrong, Martin S Cetron, Michelle Weinberg, Robert Breiman and Mary J Hamel
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:149
  14. The current guidelines for treatment of malaria include paracetamol to children with fever. No convincing evidence for the beneficial effects of this practice exists. Studies show that time to parasite clearan...

    Authors: Poul-Erik Kofoed, Johan Ursing, Amabelia Rodrigues and Lars Rombo
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:148
  15. Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children younger than 5 years in Kenya. Within the context of planning for a vaccine to be used alongside existing malaria control methods, this study e...

    Authors: David I Ojakaa, Peter Ofware, Yvonne W Machira, Emmanuel Yamo, Yvette Collymore, Antoinette Ba-Nguz, Preeti Vansadia and Allison Bingham
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:147
  16. The Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Binding Antigen-175 (EBA-175) is an antigen considered to be one of the leading malaria vaccine candidates. EBA-175 mediates sialic acid-dependent binding to glycophorin A on...

    Authors: Daiana S Perce-da-Silva, Dalma M Banic, Josué C Lima-Junior, Fátima Santos, Cláudio T Daniel-Ribeiro, Joseli de Oliveira-Ferreira and Lilian R Pratt-Riccio
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:146
  17. Malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Tanzania. According to health statistics, malaria accounts for about 30% and 15% of hospital admissions and deaths, respecti...

    Authors: Bruno P Mmbando, Mathias L Kamugisha, John P Lusingu, Filbert Francis, Deus S Ishengoma, Thor G Theander, Martha M Lemnge and Thomas H Scheike
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:145
  18. Quinine remains an important anti-malarial drug almost 400 years after its effectiveness was first documented. However, its continued use is challenged by its poor tolerability, poor compliance with complex do...

    Authors: Jane Achan, Ambrose O Talisuna, Annette Erhart, Adoke Yeka, James K Tibenderana, Frederick N Baliraine, Philip J Rosenthal and Umberto D'Alessandro
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:144
  19. This case study describes how a public-private partnership initiated to develop a new anti-malarial combination, ASAQ Winthrop, has evolved over time to address issues posed by its effective deployment in the ...

    Authors: François Bompart, Jean-René Kiechel, Robert Sebbag and Bernard Pecoul
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:143
  20. Artemisinin-based combination therapy is currently recommended worldwide for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. Fixed-dose combinations are preferred as they favour compliance. This paper reports on the i...

    Authors: Catherine Lacaze, Tina Kauss, Jean-René Kiechel, Antonella Caminiti, Fawaz Fawaz, Laurent Terrassin, Sylvie Cuart, Luc Grislain, Visweswaran Navaratnam, Bellabes Ghezzoul, Karen Gaudin, Nick J White, Piero L Olliaro and Pascal Millet
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:142
  21. The case of a 32-year-old Caucasian female with multi-drug resistant HIV-1 subtype B infection treated with a salvage regimen including maraviroc, raltegravir, etravirine and unboosted saquinavir who started a...

    Authors: Chiara Tommasi, Rita Bellagamba, Massimo Tempestilli, Antonio D'Avolio, Anna L Gallo, Jelena Ivanovic, Emanuele Nicastri, Leopoldo P Pucillo and Pasquale Narciso
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:141
  22. Intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp) at routine antenatal care (ANC) clinics is an important and efficacious intervention to reduce adverse health outcomes of malaria infections during pre...

    Authors: Karin Gross, Sandra Alba, Joanna Schellenberg, Flora Kessy, Iddy Mayumana and Brigit Obrist
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:140
  23. Gum Arabic (GA), a nonabsorbable nutrient from the exudate of Acacia senegal, exerts a powerful immunomodulatory effect on dendritic cells, antigen-presenting cells involved in the initiation of both innate and a...

    Authors: Adil Ballal, Diwakar Bobbala, Syed M Qadri, Michael Föller, Daniela Kempe, Omaima Nasir, Amal Saeed and Florian Lang
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:139
  24. Widespread urbanization over the next 20 years has the potential to drastically change the risk of malaria within Africa. The burden of the disease, its management, risk factors and appropriateness of targeted...

    Authors: Sandra A Mudhune, Emelda A Okiro, Abdisalan M Noor, Dejan Zurovac, Elizabeth Juma, Sam A Ochola and Robert W Snow
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:138
  25. Numbers of travellers visiting friends and relatives (VFRs) from Europe to malaria endemic countries are increasing and include long-term and second generation immigrants, who represent the major burden of mal...

    Authors: Guido Calleri, Ron H Behrens, Matthias L Schmid, Federico Gobbi, Martin P Grobusch, Francesco Castelli, Joaquim Gascon, Zeno Bisoffi, Tomas Jelinek and Pietro Caramello
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:137
  26. Recent WHO guidelines recommend a universal "test and treat" strategy for malaria, mainly by use of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) in all areas. The evidence for this approach is questioned here as there is a ris...

    Authors: Bertrand Graz, Merlin Willcox, Thomas Szeless and André Rougemont
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:136
  27. Increased control has produced remarkable reductions of malaria in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, including Rwanda. In the southern highlands, near the district capital of Butare (altitude, 1,768 m), a comb...

    Authors: Jean-Bosco Gahutu, Christian Steininger, Cyprien Shyirambere, Irene Zeile, Neniling Cwinya-Ay, Ina Danquah, Christoph H Larsen, Teunis A Eggelte, Aline Uwimana, Corine Karema, Andre Musemakweri, Gundel Harms and Frank P Mockenhaupt
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:134
  28. In the Solomon Islands, the Malaria Eradication Programmes of the 1970s virtually eliminated the malaria vectors: Anopheles punctulatus and Anopheles koliensis, both late night biting, endophagic species. However...

    Authors: Hugo Bugoro, Robert D Cooper, Charles Butafa, Charles Iro'ofa, Donna O Mackenzie, Cheng-Chen Chen and Tanya L Russell
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:133
  29. Malaria is a major public health problem, especially for children. However, recent reports suggest a decline in the malaria burden. The aim of this study was to assess the change in the prevalence of malaria i...

    Authors: Pierre De Beaudrap, Carolyn Nabasumba, Francesco Grandesso, Eleanor Turyakira, Birgit Schramm, Yap Boum II and Jean-François Etard
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:132
  30. Quantitative data are lacking on published malaria research. The purpose of the study is to characterize trends in malaria-related literature from 1990 to 2009 in 11 Asian-Pacific countries that are committed ...

    Authors: Finn Andersen, Nick M Douglas, Dorina Bustos, Gawrie Galappaththy, Gao Qi, Michelle S Hsiang, Rita Kusriastuti, Kamini Mendis, George Taleo, Maxine Whittaker, Ric N Price and Lorenz von Seidlein
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:131
  31. In a number of malaria endemic regions, tourists and travellers face a declining risk of travel associated malaria, in part due to successful malaria control. Many millions of visitors to these regions are rec...

    Authors: Eduardo Massad, Ben C Behrens, Francisco AB Coutinho and Ronald H Behrens
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:130
  32. Travellers' malaria is an exciting topic. It is a field in flux with evolving options for chemoprophylaxis, self-diagnosis, self-treatment, risk/strategy analyses and surveillance. Ideologies vary and experts ...

    Authors: Patricia Schlagenhauf and Marcel Hommel
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:129
  33. The epidemiology of fevers and their management in areas of low malaria transmission in Africa is not well understood. The characteristics of fever, its treatment and association with infection prevalence from...

    Authors: Khalid A Elmardi, Abdisalan M Noor, Sophie Githinji, Tareg M Abdelgadir, ElFatih M Malik and Robert W Snow
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:128
  34. Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) has recently been accepted as an important component of the malaria control strategy. Intermittent preventive treatment for children (IPTc) combined with timely treatmen...

    Authors: Collins K Ahorlu, Kwadwo A Koram, Atsu Seake-Kwawu and Mitchell G Weiss
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:127
  35. The Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein Pf38 is targeted by antibodies of malaria immune adults and has been shown to be under balancing (immune) selection in a Gambian parasite population, indicating...

    Authors: John C Reeder, Johanna Wapling, Ivo Mueller, Peter M Siba and Alyssa E Barry
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:126
  36. It is critical that vector control pesticides are used for their acceptable purpose without causing adverse effects on health and the environment. This paper provides a global overview of the current status of...

    Authors: Henk van den Berg, Jeffrey Hii, Agnes Soares, Abraham Mnzava, Birkinesh Ameneshewa, Aditya P Dash, Mikhail Ejov, Soo Hian Tan, Graham Matthews, Rajpal S Yadav and Morteza Zaim
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:125
  37. Until recently the Chittagong Hill tracts have been hyperendemic for malaria. A past cross-sectional RDT based survey in 2007 recorded rates of approximately 15%. This study was designed to understand the pres...

    Authors: Wasif A Khan, David A Sack, Sabeena Ahmed, Chai Shawi Prue, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Rashidul Haque, Jacob Khyang, Malathi Ram, Jasmin Akter, Myaing Myaing Nyunt, Douglas Norris, Gregory Glass, Timothy Shields, Md Zahirul Haq, Alejandro Cravioto and David J Sullivan Jr
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:124
  38. Drug resistance contributes to the global malaria burden. Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) polymorphisms confer resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP...

    Authors: Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Sunny Oyakhirome, Rosalynn Ord, Julian J Gabor, Katja C Greutélaers, Katharina Profanter, Benedikt Greutélaers, Florian Kurth, Bertrand Lell, Jürgen FJ Kun, Saadou Issifou, Cally Roper, Peter G Kremsner and Martin P Grobusch
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:123
  39. In 2010, Brazil recorded 3343,599 cases of malaria, with 99.6% of them concentrated in the Amazon region. Plasmodium vivax accounts for 86% of the cases circulating in the country. The extra-Amazonian region, whe...

    Authors: Patrícia Brasil, Anielle de Pina Costa, Renata Saraiva Pedro, Clarisse da Silveira Bressan, Sidnei da Silva, Pedro Luiz Tauil and Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:122
  40. The ecology of malaria vectors particularly in semi-arid areas of Africa is poorly understood. Accurate knowledge on this subject will boost current efforts to reduce the burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Afric...

    Authors: Albert O Mala, Lucy W Irungu, Josephat I Shililu, Ephantus J Muturi, Charles M Mbogo, Joseph K Njagi, Wolfgang R Mukabana and John I Githure
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:121
  41. Reliable information on mobility patterns of migrants is a crucial part of the strategy to contain the spread of artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites in South-East Asia, and may also be helpful to efforts t...

    Authors: Amnat Khamsiriwatchara, Piyaporn Wangroongsarb, Julie Thwing, James Eliades, Wichai Satimai, Charles Delacollette and Jaranit Kaewkungwal
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:120
  42. The prevalence of drug resistance amongst the human malaria Plasmodium species has most commonly been associated with genomic mutation within the parasites. This phenomenon necessitates evolutionary predictive st...

    Authors: Wachiraporn Tipsuwan, Somdet Srichairatanakool, Sumalee Kamchonwongpaisan, Yongyuth Yuthavong and Chairat Uthaipibull
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:119
  43. Malaria infects over 300 million people every year and one of the major obstacles for the eradication of the disease is parasite's resistance to current chemotherapy, thus new drugs are urgently needed. Quantu...

    Authors: Min-Je Ku, Fernando M Dossin, Youngseon Choi, Carolina B Moraes, Jiyoung Ryu, Rita Song and Lucio H Freitas-Junior
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:118
  44. Population movements along the Thailand-Cambodia border, particularly among highly mobile and hard-to-access migrant groups from Cambodia and Myanmar, are assumed to play a key role in the spread of artemisini...

    Authors: Piyaporn Wangroongsarb, Wichai Satimai, Amnat Khamsiriwatchara, Julie Thwing, James M Eliades, Jaranit Kaewkungwal and Charles Delacollette
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:117
  45. As a result of widespread chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance, 90% of sub-Saharan African countries had adopted policies of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for treatment of u...

    Authors: Anne EP Frosch, Meera Venkatesan and Miriam K Laufer
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:116
  46. Multiplex cytokine profiling systems are useful tools for investigating correlates of protective immunity. Several Luminex and flow cytometry methods are commercially available but there is limited information...

    Authors: Tamara K Berthoud, Maria Nelia Manaca, Diana Quelhas, Ruth Aguilar, Caterina Guinovart, Laura Puyol, Arnoldo Barbosa, Pedro L Alonso and Carlota Dobaño
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:115
  47. The World Health Organization endorses the use of artemisinin-based combination therapy for treatment of acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. However, the eff...

    Authors: Carrie A Morris, Marie A Onyamboko, Edmund Capparelli, Matthew A Koch, Joseph Atibu, Vicky Lokomba, Macaya Douoguih, Jennifer Hemingway-Foday, David Wesche, Robert W Ryder, Carl Bose, Linda Wright, Antoinette K Tshefu, Steven Meshnick and Lawrence Fleckenstein
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:114
  48. Chloroquine (CQ) resistant vivax malaria is spreading. In this case, Plasmodium vivax infections during pregnancy and in the postpartum period were not satisfactorily cleared by CQ, despite adequate drug concentr...

    Authors: Marcus J Rijken, Machteld E Boel, Bruce Russell, Mallika Imwong, Mara L Leimanis, Aung Pyae Phyo, Atis Muehlenbachs, Niklas Lindegardh, Rose McGready, Laurent Rénia, Georges Snounou, Pratap Singhasivanon and François Nosten
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:113

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