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Spatial and temporal dynamics of malaria in Madagascar
BACKGROUND: Malaria is one of the primary health concerns in Madagascar. Based on the duration and intensity of transmission, Madagascar …
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Sweet attraction: sugarcane pollen-associated volatiles attract gravid Anopheles arabiensis
BACKGROUND: Anopheles arabiensis is a key vector for the transmission of human malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past 10,000 …
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Trends in parasite prevalence following 13 years of malaria interventions on Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea: 2004–2016
BACKGROUND: Whilst there have been substantial reductions in malaria transmission over the past decade, in many countries in West and …
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Mosquito net coverage in years between mass distributions: a case study of Tanzania, 2013
BACKGROUND: The Government of Tanzania is the main source of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) for its population. Mosquito nets (treated …
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The inverted cup device for blood transfer on malaria RDTs: ease of use, acceptability and safety in routine use by health workers in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are becoming widely adopted for case management at community level. However, reports and anecdotal …
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“We were being treated like the Queen”: understanding trial factors influencing high paediatric malaria treatment adherence in western Kenya
BACKGROUND: Adherence to anti-malarial medication is highly variable but frequently suboptimal. Numerous interventions with a variety of methodological approaches have …
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Stabilization of RDT target antigens present in dried Plasmodium falciparum-infected samples for validating malaria rapid diagnostic tests at the point of care
BACKGROUND: Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are a great achievement in implementation of parasite based diagnosis as recommended by World …
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Seasonal and inter-annual variation of malaria parasite detection in wild chimpanzees
BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional surveys of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) communities across sub-Saharan Africa show large geographical variation in malaria parasite (Plasmodium spp.) …
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Malaria programme personnel’s experiences, perceived barriers and facilitators to implementing malaria elimination strategy in South Africa
BACKGROUND: South Africa has set an ambitious goal targeting to eliminate malaria by 2018, which is consistent with the United …
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Unclear association between levels of Plasmodium falciparum lactate dehydrogenase (PfLDH) in saliva of malaria patients and blood parasitaemia: diagnostic implications?
BACKGROUND: The use of saliva in diagnosis of infectious diseases is an attractive alternative to procedures that involve blood drawing. …
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Plasmodium falciparum genetic variation of var2csa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
BACKGROUND: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) bears a high burden of malaria, which is exacerbated in pregnant women. …
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Status of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in Kwale County, Coastal Kenya
BACKGROUND: The strategy for malaria vector control in the context of reducing malaria morbidity and mortality has been the scale-up …
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Factors associated with willingness to take up indoor residual spraying to prevent malaria in Tororo district, Uganda: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is an efficient method of preventing malaria in homes, and community willingness to take up …
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Molecular and physiological analysis of Anopheles funestus swarms in Nchelenge, Zambia
BACKGROUND: Anopheles funestus has been recognized as a major malaria vector in Africa for over 100 years, but knowledge on …
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Molecular identification of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance in malaria infected women who received intermittent preventive treatment in the Democratic Republic of Congo
BACKGROUND: Point mutations in Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase (Pfdhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (Pfdhps) genes which confer resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) …
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Assessment of the quality and quantity of naturally induced antibody responses to EBA175RIII–V in Ghanaian children living in two communities with varying malaria transmission patterns
Recent global reports on malaria suggest significant decrease in disease severity and an increase in control interventions in many malaria …
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Attractive toxic sugar baits for controlling mosquitoes: a qualitative study in Bagamoyo, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Malaria elimination is unlikely to be achieved without the implementation of new vector control interventions capable of complementing insecticide-treated …
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Parasitaemia data and molecular characterization of Haemoproteus catharti from New World vultures (Cathartidae) reveals a novel clade of Haemosporida
BACKGROUND: New World vultures (Cathartiformes: Cathartidae) are obligate scavengers comprised of seven species in five genera throughout the Americas. Of …
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Use of epidemiological and entomological tools in the control and elimination of malaria in Ethiopia
Malaria is the leading public health problem in Ethiopia where over 75% of the land surface is at risk with …
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Infant and child mortality in relation to malaria transmission in KEMRI/CDC HDSS, Western Kenya: validation of verbal autopsy
BACKGROUND: Malaria transmission reduction is a goal of many malaria control programmes. Little is known of how much mortality can …