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  1. Malaria treatment-seeking practices vary worldwide and Bangladesh is no exception. Individuals from 88 villages in Rajasthali were asked about their treatment-seeking practices. A portion of these households p...

    Authors: Ubydul Haque, Lauren M Scott, Masahiro Hashizume, Emily Fisher, Rashidul Haque, Taro Yamamoto and Gregory E Glass
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:63
  2. Innate immunity plays a crucial role in the host defense against malaria including Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pregnancy, but the roles of the various underlying genes and mechanisms predisposing to the dise...

    Authors: Ville Holmberg, Päivi Onkamo, Elisa Lahtela, Päivi Lahermo, George Bedu-Addo, Frank P Mockenhaupt and Seppo Meri
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:61
  3. Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding protein (PvDBP) plays an essential role in erythrocyte invasion and a potential asexual blood stage vaccine candidate antigen against P. vivax. The polymorphic nature of PvDBP, part...

    Authors: Hye-Lim Ju, Jung-Mi Kang, Sung-Ung Moon, Jung-Yeon Kim, Hyeong-Woo Lee, Khin Lin, Woon-Mok Sohn, Jin-Soo Lee, Tong-Soo Kim and Byoung-Kuk Na
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:60
  4. Mefloquine-artesunate is a formulation of artemisinin based combination therapy (ACT) recommended by the World Health Organization and historically the first ACT used clinically. The use of ACT demands constan...

    Authors: Grace O Gbotosho, Christian T Happi, Omowunmi Lawal, Abayomi Sijuade, Akin Sowunmi and Ayoade Oduola
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:59
  5. Drug resistance to anti-malarials is a major public health problem worldwide. This study aimed at establishing the efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine (ACT) in Igombe-Mwanza, north-western Tanzania after a few...

    Authors: Erasmus Kamugisha, Sun Jing, Mercy Minde, Johaness Kataraihya, Gilbert Kongola, Fred Kironde and Göte Swedberg
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:58
  6. The gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor-chloride channel complex is known to be the target site of dieldrin, a cyclodiene insecticide. GABA-receptors, with a naturally occurring amino acid substitution, A3...

    Authors: Puji BS Asih, Lepa Syahrani, Ismail EP Rozi, Nandha R Pratama, Sylvia S Marantina, Dian S Arsyad, Wibowo Mangunwardoyo, William Hawley, Ferdinand Laihad, Shinta, Supratman Sukowati, Neil F Lobo and Din Syafruddin
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:57
  7. The human biting rate (HBR), an important parameter for assessing malaria transmission and evaluating vector control interventions, is commonly estimated by human landing collections (HLC). Although intense ef...

    Authors: Hans J Overgaard, Solve Sæbø, Michael R Reddy, Vamsi P Reddy, Simon Abaga, Abrahan Matias and Michel A Slotman
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:56
  8. Increasing access to health care services is considered central to improving the health of populations. Existing reviews to understand factors affecting access to health care have focused on attributes of pati...

    Authors: James Kizito, Miriam Kayendeke, Christine Nabirye, Sarah G Staedke and Clare IR Chandler
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:55
  9. Geldanamycin (GA), a benzoquinone ansamycin antibiotic has been shown in vitro to possess anti-plasmodial activity. Pharmacological activity of this drug is attributed to its ability to inhibit PfHSP90. The pa...

    Authors: Rubul Mout, Zhi-Dong Xu, Angela K H Wolf, Vincent Jo Davisson and Gotam K Jarori
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:54
  10. The majority of Haemosporida species infect birds or reptiles, but many important genera, including Plasmodium, infect mammals. Dipteran vectors shared by avian, reptilian and mammalian Haemosporida, suggest mult...

    Authors: Fardo Witsenburg, Nicolas Salamin and Philippe Christe
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:53
  11. In August 2009, one case of autochthonous malaria due to Plasmodium vivax was diagnosed in Greece in a young woman residing in the Eastern Attica region. The source of infection could not be identified. No other ...

    Authors: Chariclia V Loupa, Konstantina Tzanetou, Ioannis Kotsantis, Stylianos Panopoulos and Moyssis Lelekis
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:52
  12. In countries where tracking mortality and clinical cause of death are not routinely undertaken, gathering verbal autopsies (VA) is the principal method of estimating cause of death. The most common method for ...

    Authors: Johanna C Rankin, Eva Lorenz, Florian Neuhann, Maurice Yé, Ali Sié, Heiko Becher and Heribert Ramroth
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:51
  13. Virus-like particles have been regularly used as an antigen delivery system for a number of Plasmodium peptides or proteins. The present study reports the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of bacterium-like ...

    Authors: Krystelle Nganou-Makamdop, Maarten L van Roosmalen, Sandrine AL Audouy, Geert-Jan van Gemert, Kees Leenhouts, Cornelus C Hermsen and Robert W Sauerwein
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:50
  14. Clinical immunity to malaria in human populations is developed after repeated exposure to malaria. Regulation and balance of host immune responses may lead to optimal immunity against malaria parasite infectio...

    Authors: Xiaotong Zhu, Yanyan Pan, Li Zheng, Liwang Cui and Yaming Cao
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:49
  15. Since its introduction in the national antenatal care (ANC) system in Tanzania in 2001, little evidence is documented regarding the motivation and performance of health workers (HWs) in the provision of interm...

    Authors: Godfrey M Mubyazi, Paul Bloch, Jens Byskov, Pascal Magnussen, Ib C Bygbjerg and Kristian S Hansen
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:48
  16. In malaria endemic areas, host genetics influence whether a Plasmodium falciparum-infected child develops uncomplicated or severe malaria. TLR2 has been identified as a receptor for P. falciparum-derived glycosyl...

    Authors: Jennifer A Greene, Nadia Sam-Agudu, Chandy C John, Robert O Opoka, Peter A Zimmerman and James W Kazura
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:47
  17. Malaria transmission in most of Latin America can be considered as controlled. In such a scenario, parameters of baseline immunity to malaria antigens are of specific interest with respect to future malaria er...

    Authors: Andreas Baumann, Magda M Magris, Marie-Luz Urbaez, Sarai Vivas-Martinez, Rommy Durán, Tahidid Nieves, Meral Esen, Benjamin G Mordmüller, Michael Theisen, Luisana Avilan and Wolfram G Metzger
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:46
  18. The aim of the present work was to assess i) ex vivo activity of pyronaridine (PND) and piperaquine (PPQ), as new components of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), to define susceptibility baseline, ii) ...

    Authors: Aurélie Pascual, Philippe Parola, Françoise Benoit-Vical, Fabrice Simon, Denis Malvy, Stéphane Picot, Pascal Delaunay, Didier Basset, Danièle Maubon, Bernard Faugère, Guillaume Ménard, Nathalie Bourgeois, Claude Oeuvray, Eric Didillon, Christophe Rogier and Bruno Pradines
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:45
  19. Deployment of highly effective artemisinin-based combination therapy for treating uncomplicated malaria calls for better targeting of malaria treatment to improve case management and minimize drug pressure for...

    Authors: Allen Namagembe, Umaru Ssekabira, Marcia R Weaver, Nancy Blum, Sarah Burnett, Grant Dorsey, Lydia Mpanga Sebuyira, Alex Ojaku, Gisela Schneider, Kelly Willis and Adoke Yeka
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:44
  20. The objective of this study was to investigate the use of novel surveillance tools in a malaria endemic region where prevalence information is limited. Specifically, online reporting for participatory epidemio...

    Authors: Rumi Chunara, Vina Chhaya, Sunetra Bane, Sumiko R Mekaru, Emily H Chan, Clark C Freifeld and John S Brownstein
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:43
  21. Genome and transcriptome studies of Plasmodium nucleic acids obtained from parasitized whole blood are greatly improved by depletion of human DNA or enrichment of parasite DNA prior to next-generation sequencing ...

    Authors: Meera Venkatesan, Chanaki Amaratunga, Susana Campino, Sarah Auburn, Oliver Koch, Pharath Lim, Sambunny Uk, Duong Socheat, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Rick M Fairhurst and Christopher V Plowe
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:41
  22. In Gabon, vector transmission has been poorly studied. Since the implementation of the Roll Back malaria recommendations, clinical studies have shown a decline in the burden of malaria in Libreville, the capit...

    Authors: Jean-Romain Mourou, Thierry Coffinet, Fanny Jarjaval, Christelle Cotteaux, Eve Pradines, Lydie Godefroy, Maryvonne Kombila and Frédéric Pagès
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:40
  23. The antifolate sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) has been used in the intermittent prevention of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp). SP is an ideal choice for IPTp, however, as resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to SP in...

    Authors: Julie Gutman, S Patrick Kachur, Laurence Slutsker, Alexis Nzila and Theonest Mutabingwa
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:39
  24. In Colombia, Plasmodium falciparum infection rarely results in severe disease or mortality compared to infections in African populations. During natural infection NK cells exhibit a cytolytic effect and regulate ...

    Authors: Olga Agudelo, Julio Bueno, Andres Villa and Amanda Maestre
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:38
  25. Health facility stock-outs of artemether-lumefantrine (AL), the common first-line therapy for uncomplicated malaria across Africa, adversely affect effective malaria case-management. They have been previously ...

    Authors: Raymond K Sudoi, Sophie Githinji, Andrew Nyandigisi, Alex Muturi, Robert W Snow and Dejan Zurovac
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:37
  26. Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian malaria parasite, has been reported in humans in many Southeast Asian countries. In Thailand, most of the limited numbers of cases reported so far were from areas near neighbouring c...

    Authors: Natthawan Sermwittayawong, Balbir Singh, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi, Nongyao Sawangjaroen and Varaporn Vuddhakul
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:36
  27. Cerebral malaria, a severe form of Plasmodium falciparum infection, is an important cause of mortality in sub-Saharan African children. A Taqman 24 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP) molecular barcode assay wa...

    Authors: Danny A Milner Jr, Jimmy Vareta, Clarissa Valim, Jacqui Montgomery, Rachel F Daniels, Sarah K Volkman, Daniel E Neafsey, Daniel J Park, Stephen F Schaffner, Nira C Mahesh, Kayla G Barnes, David M Rosen, Amanda K Lukens, Daria Van Tyne, Roger C Wiegand, Pardis C Sabeti…
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:35
  28. Recent renewed emphasis on the eradication of malaria has highlighted the need for more tools with which to achieve this ambitious goal. One high priority area is the need to determine the gametocytocidal acti...

    Authors: Christopher L Peatey, Didier Leroy, Donald L Gardiner and Katharine R Trenholme
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:34
  29. Cytoadherence of infected red blood cells to brain endothelium is causally implicated in malarial coma, one of the severe manifestations of falciparum malaria. Cytoadherence is mediated by specific binding of ...

    Authors: Farrah A Fatih, Angela Siner, Atique Ahmed, Lu Chan Woon, Alister G Craig, Balbir Singh, Sanjeev Krishna and Janet Cox-Singh
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:33
  30. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are effective tools for malaria prevention and can significantly reduce severe disease and mortality due to malaria, especially among children under five in endemic areas. Howev...

    Authors: Yazoume Ye, Elizabeth Patton, Albert Kilian, Samantha Dovey and Erin Eckert
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:32
  31. Attractive toxic sugar bait (ATSB) methods are a new and promising "attract and kill" strategy for mosquito control. Sugar-feeding female and male mosquitoes attracted to ATSB solutions, either sprayed on plan...

    Authors: John C Beier, Günter C Müller, Weidong Gu, Kristopher L Arheart and Yosef Schlein
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:31
  32. Experimental murine malaria has been shown to result in significant hearing impairment. Microscopic evaluation of the temporal bones of these animals has revealed regular morphology of the cochlea duct. Furthe...

    Authors: Joachim Schmutzhard, Christian H Kositz, Rudolf Glueckert, Erich Schmutzhard, Annelies Schrott-Fischer and Peter Lackner
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:30
  33. Malaria is a serious parasitic disease in the developing world, causing high morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of malaria is complex, and the clinical presentation of disease ranges from severe and com...

    Authors: Dolie D Laishram, Patrick L Sutton, Nutan Nanda, Vijay L Sharma, Ranbir C Sobti, Jane M Carlton and Hema Joshi
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:29
  34. In the pathophysiology of hyponatraemia in malaria, the relative contribution of appropriate and inappropriate arginine vasopressin (AVP) release is unknown; the trigger for inappropriate AVP release is also u...

    Authors: Ewout J Hoorn, Marlies E van Wolfswinkel, Dennis A Hesselink, Yolanda B de Rijke, Rob Koelewijn, Jaap J van Hellemond and Perry JJ van Genderen
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:26
  35. Artesunate-amodiaquine (AS&AQ) is a widely used artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) for falciparum malaria. A comprehensive appreciation of its effects on haematology vs other anti-malarials is needed in view o...

    Authors: Julien Zwang, Jean-Louis Ndiaye, Abdoulaye Djimdé, Grant Dorsey, Andreas Mårtensson, Corine Karema and Piero Olliaro
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:25
  36. The operational impact of insecticide resistance on the effectiveness of long-lasting insecticide nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) is poorly understood. One factor which may prolong the effectiv...

    Authors: Christopher M Jones, Antoine Sanou, Wamdaogo M Guelbeogo, N'Fale Sagnon, Paul CD Johnson and Hilary Ranson
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:24
  37. Anti-malarial drug resistance poses a threat to current global efforts towards control and elimination of malaria. Several methods are used in monitoring anti-malarial drug resistance. Molecular markers such a...

    Authors: Edwin Kamau, Saba Alemayehu, Karla C Feghali, LaDonna S Tolbert, Bernard Ogutu and Christian F Ockenhouse
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:23
  38. Integrated vector management (IVM) is increasingly being recommended as an option for sustainable malaria control. However, many malaria-endemic countries lack a policy framework to guide and promote the appro...

    Authors: Clifford M Mutero, Dieter Schlodder, Narcis Kabatereine and Randall Kramer
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:21
  39. Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) reduce malaria transmission by protecting individuals from infectious bites, and by reducing mosquito survival. In recent years, millions of LLINs have been distributed a...

    Authors: Olivier JT Briët, Diggory Hardy and Thomas A Smith
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:20
  40. Health ministries and providers are rapidly scaling up insecticide-treated nets (ITN) distribution to control malaria, yet possession and proper use typically remain below targeted levels. In Malawi, health fa...

    Authors: Peter S Larson, Don P Mathanga, Carl H Campbell Jr and Mark L Wilson
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:18
  41. Chloroquine resistance (CQR) phenotype in Plasmodium falciparum is associated with mutations in pfcrt and pfmdr-1 genes. Mutations at amino acid position 72-76 of pfcrt gene, here defined as pfcrt haplotype are a...

    Authors: Prashant K Mallick, Hema Joshi, Neena Valecha, Surya K Sharma, Alex Eapen, Rajendra M Bhatt, Harish C Srivastava, Patrick L Sutton, Aditya P Dash and Virendra K Bhasin
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:16
  42. One of the major complications of Plasmodium falciparum infection is cerebral malaria (CM), which causes one million deaths worldwide each year, results in long-term neurological sequelae and the treatment for wh...

    Authors: Jean-Baptiste Souraud, Sébastien Briolant, Jérome Dormoi, Joel Mosnier, Hélène Savini, Eric Baret, Rémy Amalvict, Raoulin Soulard, Christophe Rogier and Bruno Pradines
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:13

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