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Assessing caregivers’ perceptions of treatment-seeking for suspected severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains a major public health issue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), accounting for 44% deaths …
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Space-time modelling of monthly malaria incidence for seasonal associated drivers and early epidemic detection in Southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Although Ethiopia has made great strides in recent years to reduce the threat of malaria, the disease remains a …
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Performance of ultra-sensitive malaria rapid diagnostic test to detect Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
BACKGROUND: Low peripheral parasitaemia caused by sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum in the placenta hampers the diagnosis of malaria in pregnant …
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Severe malaria burden, clinical spectrum and outcomes at Apac district hospital, Uganda: a retrospective study of routine health facility-based data
BACKGROUND: Most data describing severe malaria (SM) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are from research settings outside disease endemic areas. Using …
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Implication of agricultural practices in the micro-geographic heterogeneity of malaria transmission in Bouna, Côte d’Ivoire
BACKGROUND: Wetlands and irrigated agricultural crops create potential breeding sites for Anopheles mosquitoes, leading to a heterogeneity in malaria transmission. …
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Mass distribution campaign of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda: lessons learned
BACKGROUND: Uganda implemented its third mass campaign to distribute long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. This …
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Effectiveness of piperonyl butoxide and pyrethroid-treated long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) versus pyrethroid-only LLINs with and without indoor residual spray against malaria infection: third year results of a cluster, randomised controlled, two-by-two factorial design trial in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: After decades of success in reducing malaria through the scale-up of pyrethroid long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), the decline in …
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Schoolchildren with asymptomatic malaria are potential hotspot for malaria reservoir in Ethiopia: implications for malaria control and elimination efforts
BACKGROUND: Schoolchildren with asymptomatic malaria infections often go undiagnosed and untreated, serving as reservoirs for infection that hamper malaria control …
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Exploring activities and behaviours potentially increases school-age children’s vulnerability to malaria infections in south-eastern Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Strengthening malaria control activities in Tanzania has dramatically declined human malaria infections. However, there is an increasing epidemiological shift …
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Awareness and acceptability of malaria vaccine among caregivers of under-5 children in Northern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Malaria vaccine, RTS, S/AS01, has demonstrated modest efficacy against malaria and holds promises for children living in areas where …
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Increasing prevalence of malaria and acute dengue virus coinfection in Africa: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of cross-sectional studies
BACKGROUND: Malaria and dengue fever are the leading causes of acute, undifferentiated febrile illness. In Africa, misdiagnosis of dengue fever …
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Community knowledge, attitude, practices and beliefs associated with persistence of malaria transmission in North-western and Southern regions of Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Despite significant decline in the past two decades, malaria is still a major public health concern in Tanzania; with …
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The temporal dynamics of Plasmodium species infection after artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) among asymptomatic children in the Hohoe municipality, Ghana
BACKGROUND: The routine surveillance of asymptomatic malaria using nucleic acid-based amplification tests is essential in obtaining reliable data that would …
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A field bioassay for assessing ivermectin bio-efficacy in wild malaria vectors
BACKGROUND: Ivermectin (IVM) mass drug administration is a candidate complementary malaria vector control tool. Ingestion of blood from IVM treated …
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Rebound of multiple infections and prevalence of anti-malarial resistance associated markers following malaria upsurges in Dielmo village, Senegal, West Africa
BACKGROUND: Thanks to the scale up of malaria control interventions, the malaria burden in Senegal has decreased substantially to the …
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Healthcare provider and drug dispenser knowledge and adherence to guidelines for the case management of malaria in pregnancy in the context of multiple first-line artemisinin-based combination therapy in western Kenya
BACKGROUND: Concerns about emerging resistance to artemether-lumefantrine (AL) in Africa prompted the pilot introduction of multiple first-line therapies (MFT) in …
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Perceptions and drivers of healthcare provider and drug dispenser practices for the treatment of malaria in pregnancy in the context of multiple first-line therapies in western Kenya: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Emergence of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemether-lumefantrine in Africa prompted the pilot introduction of multiple first-line therapies (MFT) against …
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Malaria in adults after the start of Covid-19 pandemic: an analysis of admission trends, demographics, and outcomes in a tertiary hospital in the Gambia
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains a major public health concern in The Gambia. The study assessed the trend of malaria admissions and …
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Exploring the host factors affecting asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection: insights from a rural Burkina Faso study
BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia forms a reservoir for the transmission of malaria disease in West Africa. Certain haemoglobin variants …
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Could vaccinating adults against malaria materially reduce adult mortality in high-transmission areas?
After a period of unprecedented progress against malaria in the 2000s, halving the global disease burden by 2015, gains overall …