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Investigation of a possible malaria epidemic in an illegal gold mine in French Guiana: an original approach in the remote Amazonian forest
BACKGROUND: In April 2017, Suriname's Ministry of Health alerted French Guiana's Regional Health Agency (RHA) about an increase of imported …
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Evaluation of a push–pull system consisting of transfluthrin-treated eave ribbons and odour-baited traps for control of indoor- and outdoor-biting malaria vectors
BACKGROUND: -baited BG-Malaria traps), against indoor-biting and outdoor-biting malaria vectors inside large semi-field systems. METHODS: Two experimental huts were used …
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Investigating the upsurge of malaria prevalence in Zambia between 2010 and 2015: a decomposition of determinants
BACKGROUND: Malaria is among the top causes of mortality and morbidity in Zambia. Efforts to control, prevent, and eliminate it …
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Characterizing local-scale heterogeneity of malaria risk: a case study in Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo district in northern Ghana
BACKGROUND: Bayesian methods have been used to generate country-level and global maps of malaria prevalence. With increasing availability of detailed …
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Determinants of bed net use conditional on access in population surveys in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are one of the most effective and widely available methods for preventing malaria, and there is …
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Bioassay-guided isolation and identification of gametocytocidal compounds from Artemisia afra (Asteraceae)
BACKGROUND: Optimal adoption of the malaria transmission-blocking strategy is currently limited by lack of safe and efficacious drugs. This has …
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Mosquito electrocuting traps for directly measuring biting rates and host-preferences of Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus outdoors
BACKGROUND: Mosquito biting rates and host preferences are crucial determinants of human exposure to vector-borne diseases and the impact of …
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Detection of Plasmodium falciparum infected Anopheles gambiae using near-infrared spectroscopy
BACKGROUND: Large-scale surveillance of mosquito populations is crucial to assess the intensity of vector-borne disease transmission and the impact of …
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Artemisinin-based combination therapy during pregnancy: outcome of pregnancy and infant mortality: a cohort study
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation of treating uncomplicated malaria during the second and third trimester of pregnancy with …
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High cure rates and tolerability of artesunate–amodiaquine and dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Kibaha and Kigoma, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: The Tanzanian National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) and its partners have been implementing regular therapeutic efficacy studies (TES) to …
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Knowledge of malaria prevention among pregnant women and non-pregnant mothers of children aged under 5 years in Ibadan, South West Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Adequate knowledge of malaria prevention and control can help in reducing the growing burden of malaria among vulnerable groups, …
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Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria and prevalence of Pfk13 and Pfmdr1 polymorphisms after a decade of using artemisinin-based combination therapy in mainland Tanzania
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends regular therapeutic efficacy studies (TES) to monitor the performance of first and second-line anti-malarials. …
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Geostatistical analysis and mapping of malaria risk in children under 5 using point-referenced prevalence data in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains a major challenge in sub-Saharan Africa and Ghana is not an exception. Effective malaria transmission control requires …
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A comparison of thick-film microscopy, rapid diagnostic test, and polymerase chain reaction for accurate diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria
BACKGROUND: Accurate diagnosis of malaria is important for effective disease management and control. In Cameroon, presumptive clinical diagnosis, thick-film microscopy …
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Relationship between weight status and anti-malarial drug efficacy and safety in children in Mali
BACKGROUND: Anti-malarial treatments effectiveness remains a critical challenge for control programmes. However, when drug efficacy is established, the dose is …
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Malaria case management commodity supply and use by community health workers in Mozambique, 2017
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) provide preventive care and integrated community case management (iCCM) to people with low healthcare access …
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‘The mosquitoes are preparing to attack us’: knowledge and perceptions of communities in south-eastern Tanzania regarding mosquito swarms
BACKGROUND: Targeting swarms of male Anopheles mosquitoes with techniques such as aerosol spraying could potentially suppress malaria vector populations and …
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The impact of Anopheles gambiae egg storage for mass rearing and production success
BACKGROUND: Mass rearing requires a large colony from which male individuals can be harvested for sterilization and release. Attention is …
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Association of high Plasmodium falciparum parasite densities with polyclonal microscopic infections in asymptomatic children from Toubacouta, Senegal
Malaria is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in tropical countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In Senegal, a control …
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On the discriminatory and predictive accuracy of the RDT against the microscopy in the diagnosis of malaria among under-five children in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Accurate identification of malaria cases is crucial to the management of cases and the eventual success of malaria eradication …