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Malaria testing and treatment knowledge among selected rural patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMV) in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a leading cause of illness and death in Nigeria, but access of poor people to quality anti-malarial …
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Rice farmers’ perceptions and acceptability in the use of a combination of biolarvicide (Bacillus thuringiensis var. israeliensis) and fertilizers application for malaria control and increase rice productivity in a rural district of central Tanzania
BACKGROUND: The use of larval source management as a supplementary intervention for malaria control has not been widely used in …
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Biology of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte sex ratio and implications in malaria parasite transmission
While significant advances have been made in understanding Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte biology and its relationship with malaria parasite transmission, the …
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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 …