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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 …
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Efficacy of artesunate–amodiaquine, dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine and artemether–lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Maradi, Niger
BACKGROUND: Malaria endemic countries need to assess efficacy of anti-malarial treatments on a regular basis. Moreover, resistance to artemisinin that …
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The importance of morphological identification of African anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for malaria control programmes
BACKGROUND: The correct identification of disease vectors is the first step towards implementing an effective control programme. Traditionally, for malaria …
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Effect of individual and community-level bed net usage on malaria prevalence among under-fives in the Democratic Republic of Congo
BACKGROUND: Understanding the contribution of community-level long-lasting, insecticidal net (LLIN) coverage to malaria control is critical to planning and assessing …
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Extensive diversity in the allelic frequency of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface proteins and glutamate-rich protein in rural and urban settings of southwestern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Nigeria carries a high burden of malaria which makes continuous surveillance for current information on genetic diversity imperative. In …
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Demand-related factors influencing caregivers’ awareness of malaria tests and health workers’ testing practices, in Makarfi, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Despite the World Health Organization's recommendation of malaria test-treat strategy, which is the treatment of parasitological confirmed malaria cases …
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When it just won’t go away: oral artemisinin monotherapy in Nigeria, threatening lives, threatening progress
Oral artemisinin monotherapy (AMT), an important contributor to multi-drug resistant malaria, has been banned in Nigeria. While oral AMT has …
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In vitro anti-malarial interaction and gametocytocidal activity of cryptolepine
Discovery of novel gametocytocidal molecules is a major pharmacological strategy in the elimination and eradication of malaria. The high patronage …
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Both inflammatory and regulatory cytokine responses to malaria are blunted with increasing age in highly exposed children
BACKGROUND: Young children are at greatest risk for malaria-associated morbidity and mortality. The immune response of young children differs in …
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Why some sites are responding better to anti-malarial interventions? A case study from western Kenya
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria interventions over the last decades have been successful in reducing both mortality and morbidity. In …
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The malaria testing and treatment landscape in Kenya: results from a nationally representative survey among the public and private sector in 2016
BACKGROUND: Since 2004, Kenya's national malaria treatment guidelines have stipulated artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) as first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria, …
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Plasmodium falciparum variant erythrocyte surface antigens: a pilot study of antibody acquisition in recurrent natural infections
BACKGROUND: During intra-erythrocytic replication Plasmodium falciparum escapes the human host immune system by switching expression of variant surface antigens (VSA). …