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  1. In Savannakhet province, Laos and Quang Tri province, Vietnam, malaria is still an important health problem and most cases are found in the mountainous, forested border areas where ethnic minority groups live....

    Authors: Tiengkham Pongvongsa, Hoang Ha, Le Thanh, Ron P Marchand, Daisuke Nonaka, Bumpei Tojo, Panom Phongmany, Kazuhiko Moji and Jun Kobayashi
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:262
  2. The incidence of malaria in the Amazon is seasonal and mosquito vectorial capacity parameters, including abundance and longevity, depend on quantitative and qualitative aspects of the larval diet. Anopheles darli...

    Authors: Maisa da-Silva Araújo, Luiz Herman S Gil and Alexandre de-Almeida e-Silva
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:261
  3. The widespread use of artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) for treating uncomplicated malaria makes it important to gather and analyse information on its tolerability.

    Authors: Julien Zwang, Grant Dorsey, Abdoulaye Djimdé, Corine Karema, Andreas Mårtensson, Jean-Louis Ndiaye, Sodiomon B Sirima and Piero Olliaro
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:260
  4. The 8-aminoquinoline (8AQ) drug primaquine (PQ) is currently the only approved drug effective against the persistent liver stage of the hypnozoite forming strains Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale as well as ...

    Authors: Brandon S Pybus, Jason C Sousa, Xiannu Jin, James A Ferguson, Robert E Christian, Rebecca Barnhart, Chau Vuong, Richard J Sciotti, Gregory A Reichard, Michael P Kozar, Larry A Walker, Colin Ohrt and Victor Melendez
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:259
  5. Insecticides are an effective and practical tool for reducing malaria transmission but the development of resistance to the insecticides can potentially compromise controls efforts. In this study a mathematica...

    Authors: Susana Barbosa and Ian M Hastings
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:258
  6. Plasmodium vivax re-emerged in 1993 and has now become a major public health problem during the summer season in South Korea. The aim of this study was to interpret and understand the meaning of seroepidemiologic...

    Authors: Jung-Yeon Kim, Hyung-Hwan Kim, Byoung-Kuk Na, Yeon-Joo Kim, Youngjoo Sohn, Hyuck Kim, Tong-Soo Kim and Hyeong-Woo Lee
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:257
  7. Severe malaria results in over a million deaths every year, most of them in children aged less than five years and living in sub-Saharan Africa. Injectable artesunate (AS) was recommended as initial treatment ...

    Authors: Robert Scott Miller, Qigui Li, Louis R Cantilena, Kevin J Leary, George A Saviolakis, Victor Melendez, Bryan Smith and Peter J Weina
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:255
  8. Calcium (Ca2+) signalling is fundamental for host cell invasion, motility, in vivo synchronicity and sexual differentiation of the malaria parasite. Consequently, cytoplasmic free Ca2+ is tightly regulated throug...

    Authors: J Enrique Salcedo-Sora, Steve A Ward and Giancarlo A Biagini
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:254
  9. Severe malarial anaemia (SMA) is a major life-threatening complication of paediatric malaria. Protracted production of pro-inflammatory cytokines promoting erythrophagocytosis and depressing erythropoiesis is ...

    Authors: Philippe S Boeuf, Séverine Loizon, Gordon A Awandare, John KA Tetteh, Michael M Addae, George O Adjei, Bamenla Goka, Jørgen AL Kurtzhals, Odile Puijalon, Lars Hviid, Bartholomew D Akanmori and Charlotte Behr
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:253
  10. Plasmodium falciparum and HIV-1 infection cause substantial morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Increasing evidence suggests these two pathogens interact negatively when infecting the same individual.

    Authors: Emilia V Noormahomed, Marika Orlov, Virgilio do Rosario, Brett W Petersen, Carly Guthrie, Roberto Badaro and Robert T Schooley
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:252
  11. Malaria is still a public health problem in Malaysia with chloroquine (CQ) being the first-line drug in the treatment policy of uncomplicated malaria. There is a scarcity in information about the magnitude of Pla...

    Authors: Wahib M Atroosh, Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi, Mohammed AK Mahdy and Johari Surin
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:251
  12. Malaria parasites undergo, in the vertebrate host, a developmental switch from asexual replication to sexual differentiation leading to the formation of gametocytes, the only form able to survive in the mosqui...

    Authors: Luc Reininger, Miguel Garcia, Andrew Tomlins, Sylke Müller and Christian Doerig
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:250
  13. The success of community case management in improving access to effective malaria treatment for young children relies on broad utilization of community health workers (CHWs) to diagnose and treat fever cases. ...

    Authors: James Kisia, Florence Nelima, David Odhiambo Otieno, Kioko Kiilu, Wamalwa Emmanuel, Salim Sohani, Kendra Siekmans, Andrew Nyandigisi and Willis Akhwale
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:248
  14. The Bureau of Vector-borne Diseases, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, has implemented an electronic Malaria Information System (eMIS) as part of a strategy to contain artemisinin resistance. The attempt co...

    Authors: Amnat Khamsiriwatchara, Prayuth Sudathip, Surasak Sawang, Saowanit Vijakadge, Thanapon Potithavoranan, Aumnuyphan Sangvichean, Wichai Satimai, Charles Delacollette, Pratap Singhasivanon, Saranath Lawpoolsri and Jaranit Kaewkungwal
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:247
  15. Malaria is a potentially severe disease widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Clinically, the progression of the disease can be life-threatening if it is not promptly diagnosed and ...

    Authors: Renata S Pedro, Lusiele Guaraldo, Dayse P Campos, Anielle P Costa, Cláudio T Daniel-Ribeiro and Patrícia Brasil
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:245
  16. The mutations in Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (pfcrt), multidrug resistance 1 (pfmdr1), dihydrofolate reductase (pfdhfr), dihydropteroate synthase (pfdhps) and ATPase (pfatp6) genes we...

    Authors: Fang Huang, Linhua Tang, Henglin Yang, Shuisen Zhou, Hui Liu, Junwei Li and Shaohua Guo
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:243
  17. Malaria is endemic on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, with year-round transmission. In 2004 an intensive malaria control strategy primarily based on indoor residual spraying (IRS) was launched. The limited re...

    Authors: John Bradley, Abrahan Matias, Christopher Schwabe, Daniel Vargas, Feliciano Monti, Gloria Nseng and Immo Kleinschmidt
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:242
  18. Mozambique presents a very high prevalence of both malaria and HIV infection, but the impact of co-cancel infection on morbidity in this population has been rarely investigated. The aim of this study was to de...

    Authors: Annalisa Saracino, Edy A Nacarapa, Ézio A da Costa Massinga, Domenico Martinelli, Marco Scacchetti, Carlos de Oliveira, Anita Antonich, Donata Galloni, Josefo J Ferro and César A Macome
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:241
  19. In Jimma Zone, Ethiopia, the first-line treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria has been changed from sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) to artemether-lumefantrine (AL) in 2006. The objective of this study ...

    Authors: Teferi Eshetu, Nasir Abdo, Kunuz H Bedru, Sintayehu Fekadu, Andreas Wieser, Michael Pritsch, Thomas Löscher and Nicole Berens-Riha
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:240
  20. White blood cells count (WBCc) is a bedrock in the estimation of malaria parasite density in malaria field trials, interventions and patient management. White blood cells are indirectly and relatively used in ...

    Authors: Dennis Adu-Gyasi, Mohammed Adams, Sabastina Amoako, Emmanuel Mahama, Maxwell Nsoh, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Frank Baiden, Kwaku Poku Asante, Sam Newton and Seth Owusu-Agyei
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:238
  21. In 2003, Timor-Leste successfully obtained its first Global Fund grant for a three-year programme for malaria control. The grant aimed to reduce malaria-related morbidity and mortality by 30 % by the end of th...

    Authors: João Soares Martins, Anthony B Zwi and Paul M Kelly
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:237
  22. To control malaria, the Rwandan government and its partners distributed insecticide-treated nets (ITN) and made artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) widely available from 2005 onwards. The impact of the...

    Authors: Corine Karema, Maru W Aregawi, Alphonse Rukundo, Alain Kabayiza, Monique Mulindahabi, Ibrahima S Fall, Khoti Gausi, Ryan O Williams, Michael Lynch, Richard Cibulskis, Ngabo Fidele, Jean-Pierre Nyemazi, Daniel Ngamije, Irenee Umulisa, Robert Newman and Agnes Binagwaho
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:236
  23. Functional in vitro assays could provide insights into the efficacy of malaria vaccine candidates. For estimating the anti-parasite effect induced by a vaccine candidate, an accurate determination of live parasit...

    Authors: Prajakta S Jogdand, Susheel K Singh, Michael Christiansen, Morten H Dziegiel, Subhash Singh and Michael Theisen
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:235
  24. In Ethiopia, light microscopy is the gold standard for malaria diagnosis although it is not available in most peripheral health facilities. It is time consuming, requires trained personnel and needs careful pr...

    Authors: Beyene Moges, Bemnet Amare, Yeshambel Belyhun, Zinaye Tekeste, Muchiye Gizachew, Meseret Workineh, Amare Gebrehiwot, Desalegn Woldeyohannes, Andargachew Mulu and Afework Kassu
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:234
  25. Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to commonly used anti-malarial drugs, especially chloroquine, is being increasingly documented in India. By 2007, the first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria has been re...

    Authors: Nicola Gargano, David Ubben, Silva Tommasini, Antonella Bacchieri, Marco Corsi, Prabhash C Bhattacharyya, Bappanad HK Rao, Nagesh Dubashi, Vas Dev, Susanta K Ghosh, Ashwani Kumar, Bina Srivastava and Neena Valecha
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:233
  26. A longitudinal Anopheles gambiae s.l. insecticide-resistance monitoring programme was established in four sentinel sites in Burkina Faso. For three years, between 2008 and 2010, WHO diagnostic dose assays were us...

    Authors: Athanase Badolo, Alphonse Traore, Christopher M Jones, Antoine Sanou, Lori Flood, Wamdaogo M Guelbeogo, Hilary Ranson and N’Fale Sagnon
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:232
  27. Placental malaria (PM) is one major feature of malaria during pregnancy. A murine model of experimental PM using BALB/c mice infected with Plasmodium berghei ANKA was recently established, but there is need for a...

    Authors: Lurdes Rodrigues-Duarte, Luciana Vieira de Moraes, Renato Barboza, Claudio RF Marinho, Blandine Franke-Fayard, Chris J Janse and Carlos Penha-Gonçalves
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:231
  28. Severe malaria has been attributed to the expression of a restricted subset of the var multi-gene family, which encodes for Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1). PfEMP1 mediates cytoadher...

    Authors: Joseph Mugasa, Weihong Qi, Sebastian Rusch, Matthias Rottmann and Hans-Peter Beck
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:230
  29. The recommendation of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) as first-line treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria is supported by a plethora of high quality clinical trials. However, their recommendatio...

    Authors: Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Christian Kleine, Arti Basra, Heike Würbel, Daisy A Diop, Mesküre Capan, Ayola A Adegnika, Florian Kurth, Benjamin Mordmüller, Fanny Joanny, Peter G Kremsner, Michael Ramharter and Sabine Bélard
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:120
  30. The malaria test positivity rate (TPR) is increasingly used as an indicator of malaria morbidity because TPR is based on laboratory-confirmed cases and is simple to incorporate into existing surveillance syste...

    Authors: Damon Francis, Anne Gasasira, Ruth Kigozi, Simon Kigozi, Sussann Nasr, Moses R Kamya and Grant Dorsey
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:229
  31. Plasmodium knowlesi is a monkey malaria species that is becoming a serious public health concern infecting hundreds and perhaps thousands of humans in Southeast Asia. Invasion of erythrocytes by merozoites entail...

    Authors: Amma A Semenya, Tuan M Tran, Esmeralda VS Meyer, John W Barnwell and Mary R Galinski
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:228
  32. Malaria control relies heavily on treated bed nets and indoor residual spraying with pyrethroid insecticides. Unfortunately, the resistance to pyrethroid insecticides, mainly due to the kdr mutation, is spreading...

    Authors: Athanase Badolo, Kyioshi Okado, Wamdaogo M Guelbeogo, Hiroka Aonuma, Hironori Bando, Shinya Fukumoto, N’Fale Sagnon and Hirotaka Kanuka
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:227
  33. Malaria affects large parts of the developing world and is responsible for almost 800,000 deaths annually. As climates change, concerns have arisen as to how this vector-borne disease will be impacted by chang...

    Authors: Candice L Lyons, Maureen Coetzee, John S Terblanche and Steven L Chown
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:226
  34. The World Health Organization presently recommends Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) as first-line therapy for uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria. Many malaria-endemic countries, including Rwanda, have...

    Authors: Stephen Rulisa, Nadine Kaligirwa, Steven Agaba, Corine Karema, Petra F Mens and Peter J de Vries
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:225
  35. Despite some problems related to accuracy and applicability, malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), are currently considered the best option in areas with limited laboratory services for improving case managem...

    Authors: Hypolite Mavoko Muhindo, Gillon Ilombe, Ruth Meya, Patrick M Mitashi, Albert Kutekemeni, Didier Gasigwa, Pascal Lutumba and Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:224
  36. Malaria parasite population genetic structure varies among areas of differing endemicity, but this has not been systematically studied across Plasmodium falciparum populations in Africa where most infections occu...

    Authors: Victor A Mobegi, Kovana M Loua, Ambroise D Ahouidi, Judith Satoguina, Davis C Nwakanma, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa and David J Conway
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:223
  37. Malaria in pregnancy has a negative impact on foetal growth, but it is not known whether this also affects the foetal nervous system. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of malaria on foetal corte...

    Authors: Marcus J Rijken, Merel Charlotte de Wit, Eduard JH Mulder, Suporn Kiricharoen, Noaeni Karunkonkowit, Tamalar Paw, Gerard HA Visser, Rose McGready, François H Nosten and Lourens R Pistorius
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:222
  38. The World Health Organization recommends parasitological confirmation of all malaria cases. Tanzania is implementing a phased rollout of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for routine use in all levels of c...

    Authors: Irene M Masanja, Majige Selemani, Baraka Amuri, Dan Kajungu, Rashid Khatib, S Patrick Kachur and Jacek Skarbinski
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:221
  39. The objective of this study was to identify attitudes and misconceptions related to acceptance or refusal of indoor residual spraying (IRS) in Tanzania for both the general population and among certain groups (e....

    Authors: Michelle R Kaufman, Datius Rweyemamu, Hannah Koenker and Jacob Macha
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:220
  40. Sardinia is a Mediterranean area endemic for malaria up to the last century. During a screening study to evaluate the anti-plasmodial activity of some aromatic plants traditionally used in Sardinia, Myrtus commun...

    Authors: Mario Dell’Agli, Cinzia Sanna, Patrizia Rubiolo, Nicoletta Basilico, Elisa Colombo, Maria M Scaltrito, Mamadou Ousmane Ndiath, Luca Maccarone, Donatella Taramelli, Carlo Bicchi, Mauro Ballero and Enrica Bosisio
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:219
  41. The use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) is one of the principal interventions to prevent malaria in young children, reducing episodes of malaria by 50% and child deaths by one fifth. Prioritizing you...

    Authors: Hannah Koenker, Beatriz Munoz, Marc Boulay, Harran Mkocha, Joshua Levens, Sheila K West and Matthew Lynch
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:218
  42. In Vietnam, the artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine is currently used for first-line treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. However, limited efficacy a...

    Authors: Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Trieu Nguyen Trung, Nguyen Chinh Phong, Huynh Hong Quang, Bui Dai, G Dennis Shanks, Marina Chavchich and Michael D Edstein
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:217
  43. Cerebral malaria (CM) is a severe complication of malaria with considerable mortality. In addition to acute encephalopathy, survivors frequently suffer from neurological sequelae. The pathogenesis is incomplet...

    Authors: Casper Hempel, Poul Hyttel, Trine Staalsø, Jens R Nyengaard and Jørgen AL Kurtzhals
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:216
  44. To identify the factors that account for differences in clinical outcomes of malaria as well as its relationship with ethnicity, transmission intensity and parasite density.

    Authors: Eric A Achidi, Tobias O Apinjoh, Judith K Anchang-Kimbi, Regina N Mugri, Andre N Ngwai and Clarisse N Yafi
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:215
  45. Relapsing Plasmodium vivax infection results in significant morbidity for the individual and is a key factor in transmission. Primaquine remains the only licensed drug for prevention of relapse. To minimize relap...

    Authors: Nicola Townell, David Looke, David McDougall and James S McCarthy
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:214

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