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  1. Emergence of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemether-lumefantrine in Africa prompted the pilot introduction of multiple first-line therapies (MFT) against malaria in Kenya, potentially exposing women-of-ch...

    Authors: Caroline B. Osoro, Stephanie Dellicour, Eleanor Ochodo, Taryn Young, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Julie R. Gutman and Jenny Hill
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:274
  2. Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are coendemic in Ethiopia, with different proportion in different settings. Microscopy is the diagnostic tool in Ethiopian health centres. Accurate species-specific diag...

    Authors: Engida Yigezu, Biniam Wondale, Daniel Abebe, Girum Tamiru, Nigatu Eligo, Bernt Lindtjørn, Endalamaw Gadisa, Fitsum Girma Tadesse and Fekadu Massebo
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:273
  3. Malaria and schistosomiasis persist as major public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. These infections have independently and also in polyparasitic infection been implicated in anaemia and nutritional de...

    Authors: Sylvester Donne Dassah, Kingsley Enock Nyaah, Dodzi Kwaku Jnr Senoo, Juventus B. Ziem, Yaw Aniweh, Lucas Amenga-Etego, Gordon A. Awandare and James Abugri
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:272
  4. The routine surveillance of asymptomatic malaria using nucleic acid-based amplification tests is essential in obtaining reliable data that would inform malaria policy formulation and the implementation of appr...

    Authors: Felix Ansah, Kwamina Nyame, Rukaya Laryea, Richard Owusu, Denick Amon, Mark-Jefferson Buer Boyetey, Dzidzor Ayeke, Nasibatu Razak, Victor E. Kornu, Sarah Ashitei, Caleb Owusu-Appiah, Jersley D. Chirawurah, James Abugri, Yaw Aniweh, Nicholas Opoku, Colin J. Sutherland…
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:271
  5. Widespread artemisinin resistance in Africa could be catastrophic when drawing parallels with the failure of chloroquine in the 1970s and 1980s. This article explores the role of anti-malarial market character...

    Authors: Rosemonde M. Guissou, Chanaki Amaratunga, Freek de Haan, Fatoumata Tou, Phaik Yeong Cheah, R. Serge Yerbanga, Ellen H. M. Moors, Mehul Dhorda, Paulina Tindana, Wouter P. C. Boon, Arjen M. Dondorp and Jean Bosco Ouédraogo
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:269
  6. Malaria remains a major public health concern around the world, particularly in resource-constrained countries. Malaria still accounts for 40% of all Out-Patient Department (OPD) cases in Ghana, with children ...

    Authors: Prince Adum, Veronica Adwoa Agyare, Joseph Owusu-Marfo and Yaa Nyarko Agyeman
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:268
  7. Malaria remains a public health problem in Malaysia despite a decline in the number of cases in recent years. Public knowledge of malaria is essential to achieving and maintaining malaria elimination. Therefor...

    Authors: Faizul Akmal Abdul Rahim, Mohd Farihan Md Yatim, Mohd Hatta Abdul Mutalip and Mohd Amierul Fikri Mahmud
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:267
  8. The complex interaction between malaria and undernutrition leads to increased mortality and morbidity rate among young children in malaria-endemic regions. Results from previous interventions suggest that impr...

    Authors: Hany Sady, David Chaima, Lotta Hallamaa, Emma Kortekangas, Ulla Ashorn, Jomo Banda, Charles Mangani, Kenneth Maleta, Per Ashorn and Yue-Mei Fan
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:266
  9. Malaria was once widespread in Guangzhou, China. However, a series of control measures have succeeded in eliminating local malaria infections. Based on the analysis of the characteristics of malaria epidemics ...

    Authors: Yuehua Chen, Hao Zhang, Haiyan Chen, Lirui Fan, Conghui Xu, Jianmin Xu, Shouyi Chen, Kuncai Chen and Yuehong Wei
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:265
  10. The erythrocytic stage of the life cycle of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, consists of trophozoite, schizont and gametocyte stages in humans. Various anti-malarial agents target different stages of ...

    Authors: Emmanuel Kofi Kumatia, Felix Kwame Zoiku, Alex Asase and Nguyen Huu Tung
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:264
  11. Multiplicity of infection (MOI) is an important measure of Plasmodium falciparum diversity, usually derived from the highly polymorphic genes, such as msp1, msp2 and glurp as well as microsatellites. Conventional...

    Authors: Brian Andika, Victor Mobegi, Kimita Gathii, Josphat Nyataya, Naomi Maina, George Awinda, Beth Mutai and John Waitumbi
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:263
  12. Concerns about emerging resistance to artemether-lumefantrine (AL) in Africa prompted the pilot introduction of multiple first-line therapies (MFT) in Western Kenya, potentially exposing women-of-childbearing-...

    Authors: Caroline B. Osoro, Stephanie Dellicour, Eleanor Ochodo, Taryn Young, Feiko ter Kuile, Julie R. Gutman and Jenny Hill
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:262
  13. This is a qualitative study to identify implementation challenges for deploying triple artemisinin-based combination therapy (TACT) in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) of Southeast Asia and to explore strate...

    Authors: Freek de Haan, Chanaki Amaratunga, Van Anh Cao Thi, Long Heng Orng, Manithong Vonglokham, Thieu Nguyen Quang, Dysoley Lek, Wouter P. C. Boon, Arjen M. Dondorp and Ellen H. M. Moors
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:261
  14. While Ghana has a good track record in the Expanded Programme on Immunization, there are substantial challenges with regards to subsequent vaccinations, particularly after the first year of life of the child. ...

    Authors: Joshua Okyere, Vincent Bio Bediako, Josephine Akua Ackah, Emmanuella Acheampong, Bernard Afriyie Owusu, Wonder Agbemavi, Adanna Uloaku Nwameme, Edward Mberu Kamau and Emmanuel Asampong
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:260
  15. Despite significant efforts made to control malaria in Ethiopia, the disease remains one of the top public health problems in the country. Baseline malaria prevalence and associated factor at high malaria area...

    Authors: Yosef Yohanes Lakew, Anteneh Fikrie, Sisay Bedane Godana, Fatuma Wariyo and Wongelawit Seyoum
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:259
  16. Over the last two decades, many countries have moved from malaria control toward malaria elimination. However, some sub-Saharan African countries, like Malawi, have recently seen a reversal in malaria control ...

    Authors: Patani Mhango, Monica Patricia Malata, Effie Chipeta, Alick Sixpence, Terrie E. Taylor, Mark L. Wilson, Lauren M. Cohee, Charles Mangani and Don P. Mathanga
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:258
  17. Thanks to the scale up of malaria control interventions, the malaria burden in Senegal has decreased substantially to the point that the National Malaria Control Programme plans to achieve malaria elimination ...

    Authors: Amélé Nyedzie Wotodjo, Mary Aigbiremo Oboh, Souleymane Doucoure, Nafissatou Diagne, Fatoumata Diène-Sarr, Makhtar Niang, Jean-François Trape, Cheikh Sokhna, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa and Umberto D’Alessandro
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:257
  18. The widespread use of pyrethroid insecticides in Africa has led to the development of strong resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes. Introducing new active ingredients can contribute to overcome this phenomenon and e...

    Authors: Marius Gonse Zoh, Jean-Marc Bonneville, Frederic Laporte, Jordan Tutagata, Christabelle G. Sadia, Behi K. Fodjo, Chouaibou S. Mouhamadou, Justin McBeath, Frederic Schmitt, Sebastian Horstmann, Stéphane Reynaud and Jean-Philippe David
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:256
  19. Rapid urbanization in Nigerian cities may lead to localized variations in malaria transmission, particularly with a higher burden in informal settlements and slums. However, there is a lack of available data t...

    Authors: Ifeoma D. Ozodiegwu, Akintayo O. Ogunwale, Olabanji Surakat, Joshua O. Akinyemi, Eniola A. Bamgboye, Adeniyi F. Fagbamigbe, Musa Muhammad Bello, Al-Mukhtar Y. Adamu, Perpetua Uhomobhi, Cyril Ademu, Chukwu Okoronkwo, Monsuru Adeleke and IkeOluwapo O. Ajayi
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:255
  20. Global interest in malaria elimination has prompted research on active test and treat (TaT) strategies.

    Authors: Gretchen Newby, Chris Cotter, Michelle E. Roh, Kelly Harvard, Adam Bennett, Jimee Hwang, Nakul Chitnis, Sydney Fine, Gillian Stresman, Ingrid Chen, Roly Gosling and Michelle S. Hsiang
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:254

    The Correction to this article has been published in Malaria Journal 2024 23:63

  21. Malaria remains a major public health concern in The Gambia. The study assessed the trend of malaria admissions and outcome of adult patients admitted after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary hos...

    Authors: Sheikh Omar Bittaye, Abubacarr Jagne, Lamin E. S. Jaiteh, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Abdul Karim Sesay, Bertha Ekeh, Behzad Nadjm, Williams Estrada Ramirez, Asmell Ramos, Basil Okeahialam, Emmanuel Effa, Ousman Nyan and Ramou Njie
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:253
  22. Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia forms a reservoir for the transmission of malaria disease in West Africa. Certain haemoglobin variants are known to protect against severe malaria infection. Howeve...

    Authors: Peter J. Neyer, Bérenger Kaboré, Christos T. Nakas, Britta Hartmann, Annelies Post, Salou Diallo, Halidou Tinto, Angelika Hammerer-Lercher, Carlo R. Largiadèr, Andre J. van der Ven and Andreas R. Huber
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:252
  23. Southeast Asia is making tremendous progress towards their 2030 malaria elimination goal but needs new interventions to stop forest malaria. This study trials two new vector control tools, a volatile pyrethroi...

    Authors: Ingrid Chen, Dyna Doum, Kylie Mannion, John Hustedt, Siv Sovannaroth, David McIver, Michael Macdonald, Neil Lobo, Allison Tatarsky, Margaret A. Handley and Josselyn Neukom
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:251
  24. Plasmodium vivax is the second most prevalent cause of malaria yet remains challenging to study due to the lack of a continuous in vitro culture system, highlighting the need to establish a biobank of clinical is...

    Authors: Rashmi Dash, Kristen M. Skillman, Ligia Pereira, Anjali Mascarenhas, Sheena Dass, Jayashri Walke, Anvily Almeida, Mezia Fernandes, Edwin Gomes, John White, Laura Chery-Karschney, Anar Khandeparkar, Pradipsinh K. Rathod, Manoj T. Duraisingh and Usheer Kanjee
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:250
  25. Spatial repellents that create airborne concentrations of an active ingredient (AI) within a space offer a scalable solution to further reduce transmission of malaria, by disrupting mosquito behaviours in ways...

    Authors: Johnson Kyeba Swai, Alina Celest Soto, Watson Samuel Ntabaliba, Ummi Abdul Kibondo, Hassan Ahamad Ngonyani, Antony Pius Mseka, Anthony Ortiz, Madeleine Rose Chura, Thomas Michael Mascari and Sarah Jane Moore
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:249
  26. Malaria is still a disease of massive burden in Africa, also influenced by climate change. The fluctuations and trends of the temperature and precipitation are well-known determinant factors influencing the di...

    Authors: Walter Leal Filho, Julia May, Marta May and Gustavo J. Nagy
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:248
  27. As an additional two million malaria cases were reported in 2021 compared to the previous year, concerted efforts toward achieving a steady decline in malaria cases are needed to achieve malaria elimination go...

    Authors: Chinazo N. Ujuju, Olugbenga A. Mokuolu, Chinyere Nwafor-Okoli and Kenechi O. Nnamani
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:247
  28. In Malawi, malaria is responsible for 40% of hospital deaths. Prompt diagnosis and effective treatment within 24 h of fever onset is critical to prevent progression from uncomplicated to severe disease and to ...

    Authors: Christopher C. Stanley, James Chirombo, Harrison Msuku, Vincent S. Phiri, Noel Patson, Lawrence N. Kazembe, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Atupele Kapito-Tembo and Don P. Mathanga
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:246
  29. The objective of this study was to determine the susceptibility of wild Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (s.l.) from southern Benin to the new insecticides (chlorfenapyr (CFP), pyriproxyfen (PPF), and clothianidin (C...

    Authors: David Mahouton Zoungbédji, Germain Gil Padonou, Alphonse Keller Konkon, Steve Hougbe, Hermann Sagbohan, Casimir Kpanou, Albert Sourou Salako, Razaki Ossè, Rock Aïkpon, Cyriaque Afoukou, Aboubakar Sidick, Bruno Akinro, Saïd Chitou, Virgile Gnanguénon, Patrick Condo, Ahmed Saadani Hassani…
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:245
  30. Evidence that house design can provide protection from malaria is growing. Housing modifications such as screening windows, doors, and ceilings, and attaching insecticide-impregnated materials to the eaves (th...

    Authors: Miriam Kayendeke, Christine Nabirye, Susan Nayiga, Nelli Westercamp, Samuel Gonahasa, Agaba Katureebe, Moses R. Kamya, Sarah G. Staedke and Eleanor Hutchinson
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:244
  31. Sri Lanka has maintained a rigorous programme to prevent the re-establishment of malaria ever since the disease was eliminated in October 2012. It includes efforts to sustain case surveillance to ensure early ...

    Authors: Shilanthi Seneviratne, Deepika Fernando, Pubudu Chulasiri, Kumudu Gunasekera, Nethmini Thenuwara, Champa Aluthweera, Anula Wijesundara, Rohini Fernandopulle, Kamini Mendis and Rajitha Wickremasinghe
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:243
  32. A workshop on implementation strategies for the introduction of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine in countries with areas of highly seasonal transmission, was held as a hybrid meeting in Dakar, Senegal, a...

    Authors: Corinne S. Merle
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:242
  33. Malaria in pregnancy remains a major public health problem in endemic areas of the sub-Saharan African (SSA) region. However, there is limited understanding of the association between women’s empowerment and t...

    Authors: George Odwe, Dennis Juma Matanda, Tchaiwe Zulu, Stephen Kizito, Oscar Okoth and Beth Kangwana
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:241
  34. Artesunate–amodiaquine (AS–AQ) and artemether–lumefantrine (AL) are the currently recommended first-and second-line therapies for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infections in Chad. This study assessed the ef...

    Authors: Mahamat Souleymane Issa, Marian Warsame, Moussa Hassane Taisso Mahamat, Issakha Diar Mahamat Saleh, Kodbsse Boulotigam, Honoré Djimrassengar, Ali Haggar Issa, Ousmane Abdelkader, Manah Hassoumi, Mbanga Djimadoum, Cécile Doderer-Lang, Jean Bosco Ndihiokubwayo, Charlotte Rasmussen and Didier Menard
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:240
  35. Border malaria is frequently cited as an obstacle to malaria elimination and sometimes used as a justification for the failure of elimination. Numerous border or cross-border meetings and elimination initiativ...

    Authors: Xiaohong Li, Robert W. Snow, Kim Lindblade, Abdisalan M. Noor, Richard Steketee, Regina Rabinovich, Deyer Gopinath, Elkhan Gasimov and Pedro L. Alonso
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:239
  36. The use of insecticide-treated nets for malaria control has been associated with shifts in mosquito vector feeding behaviour including earlier and outdoor biting on humans. The relative contribution of phenoty...

    Authors: Nicodem J. Govella, Paul C. D. Johnson, Gerry F. Killeen and Heather M. Ferguson
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:238
  37. Scaling-up an experimental intervention is always a challenge. On the border between French Guiana, Brazil and Suriname, an interventional study demonstrated the effectiveness of distributing self-diagnosis an...

    Authors: Maylis Douine, Hedley Cairo, Muriel Suzanne Galindo, Stephen Vreden, Yann Lambert, Antoine Adenis, Irene Jimeno, Martha Suarez-Mutis, Alice Sanna and Hélène Hiwat
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:237
  38. Urbanization generally improves health outcomes of residents and is one of the potential factors that might contribute to reducing malaria transmission. However, the expansion of Anopheles stephensi, an urban mal...

    Authors: Hiwot Teka, Lemu Golassa, Girmay Medhin, Meshesha Balkew, Chalachew Sisay, Endalamaw Gadisa, Dawn M. Nekorchuk, Michael C. Wimberly and Fitsum Girma Tadesse
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:235
  39. Population suppression gene drive is currently being evaluated, including via environmental risk assessment (ERA), for malaria vector control. One such gene drive involves the dsxFCRISPRh transgene encoding (i) h...

    Authors: Alima Qureshi and John B. Connolly
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:234
  40. Anopheles funestus, which is considered as secondary vector of malaria in Ethiopia, is known to have several morphologically indistinguishable (sibling) species. Accurate identification of sibling species is cruc...

    Authors: Delelegn Woyessa, Evangelia Morou, Nadja Wipf, Nsa Dada, Konstantinos Mavridis, John Vontas and Delenasaw Yewhalaw
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:233
  41. The nuclear ribosomal RNA genes of Plasmodium parasites are assumed to evolve according to a birth-and-death model with new variants originating by duplication and others becoming deleted. For some Plasmodium spe...

    Authors: Josef Harl, Tanja Himmel, Mikas Ilgūnas, Gediminas Valkiūnas and Herbert Weissenböck
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:232
  42. Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine has been Indonesia’s first-line anti-malarial treatment since 2008. Annual therapeutic efficacy studies (TES) done in the last 12 years showed continued high treatment efficacy i...

    Authors: Farindira Vesti Rahmasari, Puji Budi Setia Asih, Ismail Ekoprayitno Rozi, Suradi Wangsamuda, Rifqi Risandi, Farahana Kresno Dewayanti, Dendi Hadi Permana, Lepa Syahrani, Helen Dewi Prameswari, Herdiana H. Basri, Maria Dorina G. Bustos, Prakaykaew Charunwatthana, Arjen M. Dondorp, Mallika Imwong and Din Syafruddin
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:231
  43. Anopheles mosquitoes present a major public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa; notably, as vectors of malaria that kill over half a million people annually. In parts of the east and southern Africa region, o...

    Authors: Joel O. Odero, Ismail H. Nambunga, Dimitri W. Wangrawa, Athanase Badolo, David Weetman, Lizette L. Koekemoer, Heather M. Ferguson, Fredros O. Okumu and Francesco Baldini
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:230
  44. To enhance malaria elimination, Vietnam adopted a Reactive Surveillance and Response (RASR) Strategy in which malaria case notification and investigation must be completed within 2 days followed by a focus inv...

    Authors: Win Han Oo, Xuan Thang Nguyen, Thi Van Anh Ngo, Duc Thang Ngo, Win Htike, Nilar Aye Tun, Kaung Myat Thu, Julia Cutts, T Hong Phuc Nguyen, May Chan Oo, Ei Phyu Htwe, Aung Khine Zaw, Katherine O’Flaherty, Paul A. Agius and Freya J. I. Fowkes
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:229
  45. The COVID-19 pandemic and its damages have severely impacted the global healthcare system even in countries with the best systems. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), it could worsen the malaria situation in endemic ...

    Authors: Donald Hessou-Djossou, Innocent Djègbè, Yêyinou Laura Estelle Loko, Massioudou Koto Yerima Gounou Boukari, Odilon M. Nonfodji, Geneviève Tchigossou, Rousseau Djouaka and Martin Akogbeto
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:228
  46. Malaria affects 24 million children globally, resulting in nearly 500,000 child deaths annually in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Recent studies have provided evidence that severe malaria infection ...

    Authors: Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata, Ann Jacquelline Nakitende, Simon Kizito, Melissa R. Thomas, Sumaiya Islam, Paul Bangirana, Noeline Nakasujja, Ziyi Yang, Yunpeng Yu, Tuan M. Tran, Chandy C. John and Megan S. McHenry
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:227
  47. The role of cytokines such as interleukin-5 (IL-5) in the pathogenesis of malaria remains unclear. This systematic review sought to synthesize variations in IL-5 levels between severe and uncomplicated malaria...

    Authors: Manas Kotepui, Thitinat Duangchan, Aongart Mahittikorn, Chusana Mekhora, Nsoh Godwin Anabire and Kwuntida Uthaisar Kotepui
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:226
  48. Knowledge of the diversity of invasion ligands in malaria parasites in endemic regions is essential to understand how natural selection influences genetic diversity of these ligands and their feasibility as po...

    Authors: Andrés Núñez, Francis B. Ntumngia, Yasel Guerra, John H. Adams and Fabián E. Sáenz
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:225

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