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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 …
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Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum genes associated with drug resistance in Hodh Elgharbi, a malaria hotspot near Malian–Mauritanian border
BACKGROUND: A malaria hotspot in the southeastern region of Mauritania, near the Malian border, may hamper malaria control strategies. The …
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Efficacies of DHA–PPQ and AS/SP in patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an area of an unstable seasonal transmission in Sudan
BACKGROUND: Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), together with other control measures, have reduced the burden of falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan countries, …
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The malaria testing and treatment landscape in mainland Tanzania, 2016
BACKGROUND: Understanding the key characteristics of malaria testing and treatment is essential to the control of a disease that continues …
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Ivermectin to reduce malaria transmission II. Considerations regarding clinical development pathway
The development of ivermectin as a complementary vector control tool will require good quality evidence. This paper reviews the different …
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Spatial clustering and risk factors of malaria infections in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea
BACKGROUND: The transmission of malaria is intense in the majority of the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in those that …
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Increase in the prevalence of mutations associated with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates collected from early to late pregnancy in Nanoro, Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: Pregnant women are a high-risk group for Plasmodium falciparum infections, which may result in maternal anaemia and low birth …