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Impact of insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying on self-reported malaria prevalence among women of reproductive age in Ghana: implication for malaria control and elimination
BACKGROUND: The Global Fund alone contributed 56% of all international financing for malaria and has invested more than US$13.5 billion …
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Artesunate–amodiaquine and artemether–lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Liberia: in vivo efficacy and frequency of molecular markers
BACKGROUND: Artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) and Artemether-lumefantrine (AL) are the recommended treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Liberia. Intermittent preventive treatment …
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Health care provider practices in diagnosis and treatment of malaria in rural communities in Kisumu County, Kenya
BACKGROUND: Accurate malaria diagnosis and appropriate treatment at local health facilities are critical to reducing morbidity and human reservoir of …
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Assessing the safety, impact and effectiveness of RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine following its introduction in three sub-Saharan African countries: methodological approaches and study set-up
Abstract Background Following a 30-year development process, RTS,S/AS01E (GSK, Belgium) is the first malaria vaccine to reach Phase IV assessments. …
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Blood meal profile and positivity rate with malaria parasites among different malaria vectors in Sudan
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a life-threatening public health problem globally with particularly heavy burden in the sub-Saharan Africa including Sudan. The …
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Do socio-demographic factors modify the effect of weather on malaria in Kanungu District, Uganda?
BACKGROUND: There is concern in the international community regarding the influence of climate change on weather variables and seasonality that, …
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Fasting blood glucose in a Ghanaian adult is causally affected by malaria parasite load: a mechanistic case study using convergent cross mapping
BACKGROUND: Adults with diabetes mellitus (DM) in malaria-endemic areas might be more susceptible to Plasmodium infection than healthy individuals. Herein, …
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Delivery of seasonal malaria chemoprevention with enhanced infection prevention and control measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Chad: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a WHO-recommended intervention for children aged 3-59 months living in areas of high malaria …
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Risk factors for placental malaria, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine doses, and birth outcomes in a rural to urban prospective cohort study on the Bandiagara Escarpment and Bamako, Mali
BACKGROUND: Malaria in Mali remains a primary cause of morbidity and mortality, with women at high risk during pregnancy for …
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Diagnosis of malaria in pregnancy: accuracy of CareStart™ malaria Pf/PAN against light microscopy among symptomatic pregnant women at the Central Hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon
BACKGROUND: The need to start treatment early for pregnant women who present with clinical features of malaria usually conflicts with …
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“In starvation, a bone can also be meat”: a mixed methods evaluation of factors associated with discarding of long-lasting insecticidal nets in Bagamoyo, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Between 2000 and 2019, more than 1.8 billion long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) were distributed in Africa. While the insecticidal …
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Molecular surveillance for operationally relevant genetic polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum in Southern Chad, 2016–2017
BACKGROUND: Resistance to anti-malarials is a serious threat to the efforts to control and eliminate malaria. Surveillance based on simple …
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Implementation of community case management of malaria in malaria endemic counties of western Kenya: are community health volunteers up to the task in diagnosing malaria?
BACKGROUND: Community case management of malaria (CCMm) is an equity-focused strategy that complements and extends the reach of health services …
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The ecdysone receptor regulates several key physiological factors in Anopheles funestus
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a devastating disease, transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes infected with Plasmodium parasites. Current insecticide-based strategies exist to …
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Factors influencing health workers’ compliance with outpatient malaria ‘test and treat’ guidelines during the plateauing performance phase in Kenya, 2014–2016
BACKGROUND: Health workers' compliance with outpatient malaria 'test and treat' guidelines has improved since 2010 but plateaued from 2014 at …
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Factors associated with knowledge about malaria prevention among women of reproductive age, Tete Province, Mozambique, 2019–2020
BACKGROUND: Mozambique is a malaria endemic country with an estimated prevalence of malaria in children 6-59 months old that is …
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Factors associated with malaria care seeking among children under 5 years of age in Mozambique: a secondary analysis of the 2018 Malaria Indicator Survey
BACKGROUND: Mozambique is ranked fourth in a list of the 29 countries that accounted for 95% of all malaria cases …
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Investigation of Plasmodium falciparum pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions and performance of a rapid diagnostic test for identifying asymptomatic malaria infection in northern Ethiopia, 2015
BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are widely used for malaria diagnosis of both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections. Although RDTs are …
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Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine and parasite resistance: cross-sectional surveys from antenatal care visit and delivery in rural Ghana
BACKGROUND: Despite decades of prevention efforts, the burden of malaria in pregnancy (MiP) remains a great public health concern. Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine …
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Durability of three types of dual active ingredient long-lasting insecticidal net compared to a pyrethroid-only LLIN in Tanzania: methodology for a prospective cohort study nested in a cluster randomized controlled trial
Abstract Background Progress achieved by long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) against malaria is threatened by widespread selection of pyrethroid resistance among …