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  1. While malaria research has traditionally been strong in Europe, targeted and sustained support for cooperative malaria research at EU level, namely through the EU's 6th and 7th Framework Programmes for researc...

    Authors: Andreas Holtel, Marita Troye-Blomberg and Inmaculada Penas-Jimenez
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:11
  2. Malaria vector control in Africa depends upon effective insecticides in bed nets and indoor residual sprays. This study investigated the extent of insecticide resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l., Anopheles gambi...

    Authors: Derrick K Mathias, Eric Ochomo, Francis Atieli, Maurice Ombok, M Nabie Bayoh, George Olang, Damaris Muhia, Luna Kamau, John M Vulule, Mary J Hamel, William A Hawley, Edward D Walker and John E Gimnig
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:10
  3. Fulani are a widely spread African ethnic group characterized by lower susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum, clinical malaria morbidity and higher rate of lactase persistence compared to sympatric tribes. Lact...

    Authors: A Inkeri Lokki, Irma Järvelä, Elisabeth Israelsson, Bakary Maiga, Marita Troye-Blomberg, Amagana Dolo, Ogobara K Doumbo, Seppo Meri and Ville Holmberg
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:9
  4. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cultivation system in which the proper atmospheric conditions for growing Plasmodium falciparum parasites were maintained in a sealed bag. The Genbag® system associated w...

    Authors: Aurélie Pascual, Leonardo K Basco, Eric Baret, Rémy Amalvict, Dominique Travers, Christophe Rogier and Bruno Pradines
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:8
  5. The present study evaluated the SD Bioline Malaria Ag 05FK40 (SDFK40), a three-band RDT detecting Plasmodium falciparum-specific parasite lactate dehydrogenase (Pf-pLDH) and pan Plasmodium-specific pLDH (pan-pLDH...

    Authors: Jessica Maltha, Philippe Gillet, Lieselotte Cnops, Emmanuel Bottieau, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Cathrien Bruggeman and Jan Jacobs
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:7
  6. Malaria prevalence has recently declined markedly in many parts of Tanzania and other sub-Saharan African countries due to scaling-up of control interventions including more efficient treatment regimens (e.g. ...

    Authors: Deus S Ishengoma, Sudi Lwitiho, Rashid A Madebe, Nyagonde Nyagonde, Ola Persson, Lasse S Vestergaard, Ib C Bygbjerg, Martha M Lemnge and Michael Alifrangis
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:6
  7. There is a growing concern that global climate change will affect the potential for pathogen transmission by insect species that are vectors of human diseases. One of these species is the former European malar...

    Authors: José L Vicente, Carla A Sousa, Bulent Alten, Selim S Caglar, Elena Falcutá, José M Latorre, Celine Toty, Hélène Barré, Berna Demirci, Marco Di Luca, Luciano Toma, Ricardo Alves, Patrícia Salgueiro, Teresa L Silva, Maria D Bargues, Santiago Mas-Coma…
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:5
  8. Over its life cycle, the Plasmodium falciparum parasite is exposed to different environmental conditions, particularly to variations in O2 pressure. For example, the parasite circulates in human venous blood at 5...

    Authors: Marylin Torrentino-Madamet, Lionel Alméras, Jérôme Desplans, Yannick Le Priol, Maya Belghazi, Matthieu Pophillat, Patrick Fourquet, Yves Jammes and Daniel Parzy
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:4
  9. Improvements in availability and accessibility of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for malaria treatment and the emergence of multi-drug-resistant parasites have prompted many countries to adopt ACT...

    Authors: Rushika S Wijesinghe, Jo-An M Atkinson, Albino Bobogare, Lyndes Wini and Maxine Whittaker
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:3
  10. Individual malaria interventions provide only partial protection in most epidemiological situations. Thus, there is a need to investigate whether combining interventions provides added benefit in reducing mort...

    Authors: Sanie Sesay, Paul Milligan, Ensa Touray, Maimuna Sowe, Emily L Webb, Brian M Greenwood and Kalifa A Bojang
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:2
  11. 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 i...

    Authors: Georgia B Damien, Armel Djènontin, Christophe Rogier, Vincent Corbel, Sahabi B Bangana, Fabrice Chandre, Martin Akogbéto, Dorothée Kindé-Gazard, Achille Massougbodji and Marie-Claire Henry
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:380
  12. The control of most vectors of malaria is threatened by the spread of insecticide resistance. One factor that has been hitherto largely overlooked is the potential effects of insecticide resistance on the abil...

    Authors: Julien Vézilier, Antoine Nicot, Sylvain Gandon and Ana Rivero
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:379
  13. Several studies have demonstrated the efficacy of artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) across malaria zones of the world. Fixed dose ACT with shorter courses and fewer tablets may be key determinants to ease ...

    Authors: Idowu Adejumoke Ayede, Adegoke Gbadegesin Falade, Akintunde Sowunmi and Frans Herwig Jansen
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:378
  14. Orissa state in eastern India accounts for the highest malaria burden to the nation. However, evidences are limited on its treatment-seeking behaviour in the state. We assessed the treatment-seeking behaviour ...

    Authors: Ashis Das and TK Sundari Ravindran
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:377
  15. Primaquine is currently the only medication used for radical cure of Plasmodium vivax infection. Unfortunately, its use is not without risk. Patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency have ...

    Authors: Kathy L Burgoine, Germana Bancone and François Nosten
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:376
  16. The Worldwide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) is a global collaboration to support the objective that anyone affected by malaria receives effective and safe drug treatment. The Pharmacology module aims...

    Authors: Chris Lourens, William M Watkins, Karen I Barnes, Carol H Sibley, Philippe J Guerin, Nicholas J White and Niklas Lindegardh
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:375
  17. In Vietnam, malaria is becoming progressively restricted to specific foci where human and vector characteristics alter the known malaria epidemiology, urging for alternative or adapted control strategies. Long...

    Authors: Wim Van Bortel, Ho Dinh Trung, Le Xuan Hoi, Nguyen Van Ham, Nguyen Van Chut, Nguyen Dinh Luu, Patricia Roelants, Leen Denis, Niko Speybroeck, Umberto D'Alessandro and Marc Coosemans
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:373
  18. Overnight stays in farming huts are known to pose a risk of malaria infection. However, studies reporting the risk were conducted in the settings of poor net coverage. This study sought to assess whether an ov...

    Authors: Daisuke Nonaka, Sakhone Laimanivong, Jun Kobayashi, Keobouphaphone Chindavonsa, Shigeyuki Kano, Viengxay Vanisaveth, Junko Yasuoka, Samlane Phompida and Masamine Jimba
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:372
  19. Presumptive treatment for malaria is common in resource-limited settings, yet controversial given the imprecision of clinical diagnosis. The researchers compared costs of diagnosis and drugs for two strategies...

    Authors: Ravi Parikh, Isaac Amole, Margaret Tarpley, Daniel Gbadero, Mario Davidson and Sten H Vermund
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:371
  20. Building on previous acceptability research undertaken in sub-Saharan Africa this article aims to investigate the acceptability of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) in Papua New Gu...

    Authors: Christopher Pell, Lianne Straus, Suparat Phuanukoonnon, Sebeya Lupiwa, Ivo Mueller, Nicolas Senn, Peter Siba, Marjolein Gysels and Robert Pool
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:369
  21. Pentoxifylline (PTX) affects many processes that may contribute to the pathogenesis of severe malaria and it has been shown to reduce the duration of coma in children with cerebral malaria. This pilot study wa...

    Authors: Bertrand Lell, Carsten Köhler, Betty Wamola, Christopher HO Olola, Esther Kivaya, Gilbert Kokwaro, David Wypij, Sadik Mithwani, Terrie E Taylor, Peter G Kremsner and Charles RJC Newton
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:368
  22. National malaria control programmes and international agencies are keen to scale-up the use of effective rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria. The high proportion of the Ugandan population seeking care at...

    Authors: Anthony K Mbonye, Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Asaph Turinde, Pascal Magnussen, Siân Clarke and Clare Chandler
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:367
  23. 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 fift...

    Authors: Massamba Sylla, Kevin C Kobylinski, Meg Gray, Phillip L Chapman, Moussa D Sarr, Jason L Rasgon and Brian D Foy
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:365
  24. Intermittent preventive treatment in children (IPTc) is a promising strategy to control malaria morbidity. A significant concern is whether IPTc increases children's susceptibility to subsequent malaria infect...

    Authors: Denis Boulanger, Jean Biram Sarr, Florie Fillol, Cheikh Sokhna, Badara Cisse, Anne-Marie Schacht, Jean-François Trape, Gilles Riveau, François Simondon, Brian Greenwood and Franck Remoué
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:363
  25. 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. Becaus...

    Authors: Tatiana Voza, Chahnaz Kebaier and Jerome P Vanderberg
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:362
  26. Accurate diagnosis of Plasmodium infections is essential for malaria morbidity and mortality reduction in tropical areas. Despite great advantages of light microscopy (LM) for malaria diagnosis, its limited sensi...

    Authors: Anna Rosanas-Urgell, Dania Mueller, Inoni Betuela, Céline Barnadas, Jonah Iga, Peter A Zimmerman, Hernando A del Portillo, Peter Siba, Ivo Mueller and Ingrid Felger
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:361
  27. Anopheles gambiae is a major vector of malaria in the West African region. Resistance to multiple insecticides has been recorded in An. gambiae S form in the Ahafo region of Ghana. A laboratory population (GAH) e...

    Authors: Maria L Kaiser, Lizette L Koekemoer, Maureen Coetzee, Richard H Hunt and Basil D Brooke
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:360
  28. Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are increasingly used as a tool for the diagnosis of malaria, both in endemic and in non-endemic settings. The present study reports the results of an external quality ass...

    Authors: Philippe Gillet, Pierre Mukadi, Kris Vernelen, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Cathrien Bruggeman and Jan Jacobs
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:359
  29. In November 2009, the fifth Pan African Malaria conference was held in Nairobi. Thirteen years after the founding initiative in Dakar, the first African Secretariat based in Africa (TANZANIA) organized this ma...

    Authors: Francine Ntoumi and Gunilla Priebe
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9(Suppl 3):S7

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 9 Supplement 3

  30. Growth kinetic of Plasmodium falciparum in culture or in the host fall short of expected growth rate considering that there are 4 x 106/µL red blood cell (RBCs) available for invasion and about 16 merozoites grow...

    Authors: Beth K Mutai and John N Waitumbi
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9(Suppl 3):S6

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 9 Supplement 3

  31. Lack of adequate human resource capacity, good governance, sound physical infrastructure and well-functioning systems impede economic growth in low- and middle-income countries. The heavy burden from disease c...

    Authors: Charles S Mgone
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9(Suppl 3):S5

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 9 Supplement 3

  32. Malaria is the commonest cause of childhood morbidity in Western Kenya with varied heamatological consequences. The t study sought to elucidate the haemotological changes in children infected with malaria and ...

    Authors: Robert N Maina, Douglas Walsh, Charla Gaddy, Gordon Hongo, John Waitumbi, Lucas Otieno, David Jones and Bernhards R Ogutu
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9(Suppl 3):S4

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 9 Supplement 3

  33. Anti-malarial drugs can make a significant contribution to the control of malaria in endemic areas when used for prevention as well as for treatment. Chemoprophylaxis is effective in preventing deaths and morb...

    Authors: Brian Greenwood
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9(Suppl 3):S2

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 9 Supplement 3

  34. Malaria remains a major health burden especially for the developing countries. Despite concerted efforts at using the current control tools, such as bed nets, anti malarial drugs and vector control measures, t...

    Authors: Roma Chilengi and Jesse Gitaka
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9(Suppl 3):S1

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 9 Supplement 3

  35. Plasmodium ovale is responsible for 5% of imported malaria in French travellers. The clinical and biological features of six clustered cases of P. ovale malaria in an army unit of 62 French soldiers returning fro...

    Authors: Franck de Laval, Manuela Oliver, Christophe Rapp, Vincent Pommier de Santi, Alexandre Mendibil, Xavier Deparis and Fabrice Simon
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2010 9:358

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