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Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria among children in a refugee camp in Northern Uganda: lessons learned
Northern Uganda hosts a large population of refugees from South Sudan, and malaria is one of the major health problems …
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Malaria epidemiology in an area of stable transmission in tribal population of Jharkhand, India
BACKGROUND: Malaria remains an important health problem in India with approximately 1 million cases in 2014. Of these, 7% occurred …
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Antiplasmodial activity of Indigofera spicata root extract against Plasmodium berghei infection in mice
BACKGROUND: In addition to pharmacovigilance and pharmaco-economic concerns, resistance to anti-malarial medicines has been documented in all classes of anti-malarials …
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Rapid reduction of malaria following introduction of vector control interventions in Tororo District, Uganda: a descriptive study
BACKGROUND: In 2012, Tororo District had the highest malaria burden in Uganda with community Plasmodium prevalence of 48%. To control …
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Evaluating malaria case management at public health facilities in two provinces in Angola
BACKGROUND: Malaria accounts for the largest portion of healthcare demand in Angola. A pillar of malaria control in Angola is …
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Effect of climatic variability on malaria trends in Baringo County, Kenya
BACKGROUND: Malaria transmission in arid and semi-arid regions of Kenya such as Baringo County, is seasonal and often influenced by …
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Fast and robust single PCR for Plasmodium sporozoite detection in mosquitoes using the cytochrome oxidase I gene
BACKGROUND: Molecular tools for detecting malaria-infected mosquitoes with improved practicality, sensitivity and specificity, and high-throughput are required. A common PCR …
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Malaria prevalence in asymptomatic and symptomatic children in Kiwangwa, Bagamoyo district, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Malaria prevalence continues to decline across sub-Saharan Africa as a result of various intervention strategies. However, the diseases still …
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Seasonal vaccination against malaria: a potential use for an imperfect malaria vaccine
In many parts of the African Sahel and sub-Sahel, where malaria remains a major cause of mortality and morbidity, transmission …
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Evaluation of the utility value of three diagnostic methods in the detection of malaria parasites in endemic area
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a debilitating disease with high morbidity and mortality in Africa, commonly caused by different species of the …
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Insecticide-treated nets provide protection against malaria to children in an area of insecticide resistance in Southern Benin
BACKGROUND: Malaria control is heavily reliant on insecticides, especially pyrethroids. Resistance of mosquitoes to insecticides may threaten the effectiveness of …
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Factors associated with malaria parasitaemia among children under 5 years in Uganda: a secondary data analysis of the 2014 Malaria Indicator Survey dataset
BACKGROUND: In the midst of success with malaria reduction in Uganda, there are areas that still have high prevalence of …
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Evaluation of efficacy of Interceptor® G2, a long-lasting insecticide net coated with a mixture of chlorfenapyr and alpha-cypermethrin, against pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: Malaria vectors have acquired widespread resistance throughout sub-Saharan Africa to many of the currently used insecticides. Hence, there is …
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No impact of strongylid infections on the detection of Plasmodium spp. in faeces of western lowland gorillas and eastern chimpanzees
BACKGROUND: Although a high genetic diversity of Plasmodium spp. circulating in great apes has been revealed recently due to non-invasive …
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Prevalence and genetic variants of G6PD deficiency among two Malagasy populations living in Plasmodium vivax-endemic areas
The prevalence and variants of G6PD deficiency in the Plasmodium vivax-endemic zones of Madagascar remain unknown. The admixed African-Austronesian origins …
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Presence of susceptible wild strains of Anopheles gambiae in a large industrial palm farm located in Aboisso, South-Eastern of Côte d’Ivoire
The effectiveness of malaria control programmes through implementation of vector control activities is challenged by the emergence of insecticide resistance. …
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The malaria testing and treatment landscape in the southern Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR)
BACKGROUND: In the context of national and regional goals to eliminate malaria by 2030, the Center for Malaria Parasitology and …
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High resolution melting: a useful field-deployable method to measure dhfr and dhps drug resistance in both highly and lowly endemic Plasmodium populations
BACKGROUND: Emergence and spread of drug resistance to every anti-malarial used to date, creates an urgent need for development of …
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Quality issues with malaria rapid diagnostic test accessories and buffer packaging: findings from a 5-country private sector project in Africa
BACKGROUND: Use of antigen-detecting malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) has increased exponentially over the last decade. WHO's Global Malaria Programme, …
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Recognition of Plasmodium falciparum mature gametocyte-infected erythrocytes by antibodies of semi-immune adults and malaria-exposed children from Gabon
BACKGROUND: Transmission of malaria from man to mosquito depends on the presence of gametocytes, the sexual stage of Plasmodium parasites …