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Rossi G, de Smet M, Khim N, Kindermans JM, Menard D

2017-10-30 • Clinical Infectious Diseases

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Thomson A, Knogali M, de Smet M, Reid AJ, Mukhtar A, et al.

2011-04-17 • Malaria Journal

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Malaria is hyper-endemic and a major public health problem in Sierra Leone. To provide malaria treatment closer to the community, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launched a...

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Gerstl S, Dunkley S, Mukhtar A, de Smet M, Baker S, et al.

2010-01-21 • Malaria Journal

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Most malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) use HRP2 detection, including Paracheck-Pf(R), but their utility is limited by persistent false positivity after treatment. PLDH...

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Rosenke K, Adjemian J, Munster VJ, Marzi A, Falzarano D, et al.

2016-08-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases

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The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa has resulted in 28 646 suspected, probable, and confirmed Ebola virus infections. Nevertheless, malaria remains a large public he...

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Rossi G, Van der Bergh R, Nguon C, Debackere M, Vernaeve L, et al.

2017-09-04 • Clinical Infectious Diseases

Reactive case detection around falciparum malaria cases in Cambodia presents a low output. We improved it by including individuals occupationally coexposed with index case patients and u...

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Gignoux EM, Azman AS, de Smet M, Azuma P, Massaquoi M, et al.

2016-01-07 • New England Journal of Medicine

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Malaria treatment is recommended for patients with suspected Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, whether systematically or based on confirmed malaria diagnosis. At t...

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Short Report

Peto TJ, Debackere M, Etienne W, Vernaeve L, Tripura R, et al.

2018-01-27 • Malaria Journal

Two mass drug administrations (MDA) against falciparum malaria were conducted in 2015-16, one as operational research in northern Cambodia, and the other as a clinical trial in western C...

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Gerstl S, Dunkley S, Mukhtar A, Maes P, de Smet M, et al.

2010-04-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a malaria control project in Bo and Pujehun districts (population 158 000) that includes the mass distribution, routine delivery and dem...

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Ford NP, de Smet M, Kolappa K, White NJ

2011-06-20 • Tropical Medicine and International Health

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Moon S, Perez Casas C, Kindermans JM, de Smet M, von Schoen-Angerer T

2009-07-21 • PLOS Medicine

Tido von Schoen-Angerer and colleagues discuss the new Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria (AMFm), which subsidizes and facilitates access to artemisinin-based combination therapy,...

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de Wit E, Falzarano D, Onyango C, Rosenke K, Marzi A, et al.

2016-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases

Malaria is a major public health concern in the countries affected by the Ebola virus disease epidemic in West Africa. We determined the feasibility of using molecular malaria diagnostic...

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Grandesso F, Guindo O, Woi-Messe LC, Makarimi R, Traore A, et al.

2018-01-25 • Malaria Journal

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Malaria endemic countries need to assess efficacy of anti-malarial treatments on a regular basis. Moreover, resistance to artemisinin that is established across mainland S...

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Chua AC, Piriou E, Tran E, de Smet M, Henkens M

2020-07-02

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Bosman P, Stassijns J, Nackers F, Canier L, Kim N, et al.

2014-10-06 • Malaria Journal

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Intensified efforts are urgently needed to contain and eliminate artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in the Greater Mekong subregion. Médecins Sans Frontières plan...

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Falq G, Van der Bergh R, de Smet M, Etienne W, Nguon C, et al.

2016-09-01 • Malaria Journal

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In Cambodia, elimination of artemisinin resistance through direct elimination of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite may be the only strategy. Prevalence and incidence at d...

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Rossi G, Vernaeve L, Van der Bergh R, Nguon C, Debackere M, et al.

2018-01-18 • Clinical Infectious Diseases

In the frame of elimination strategies of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf), active case detection has been recommended as complementary approach to the existing passive case detection programs...

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Commentary

Rossi G, de Smet M, Khim N, Kindermans JM, Menard D

2017-12-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases

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Leclair C, Marien J, Sinzinkayo D, Abdelrahman A, Lampaert E, et al.

2021-05-19 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research

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Research

Grandesso F, Nabasumba C, Nyehangane D, Page AL, Bastard M, et al.

2016-10-04 • Malaria Journal

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The performance of different malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) may be influenced by transmission intensity and by the length of time each test requires to become negati...

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Canier L, Khim N, Kim S, Eam R, Khean C, et al.

2015-01-05 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

In the context of malaria elimination, novel strategies for detecting very low malaria parasite densities in asymptomatic individuals are needed. One of the major limitations of the mala...

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Performance of rapid diagnostic testing in patients with suspected malaria in Cambodia, a low-endemicity country aiming for malaria elimination

Low referral completion of rapid diagnostic test-negative patients in community-based treatment of malaria in Sierra Leone

Assessment of two malaria rapid diagnostic tests in children under five years of age, with follow-up of false-positive pLDH test results, in a hyperendemic falciparum malaria area, Sierra Leone

Plasmodium parasitemia associated with increased survival in Ebola virus-infected patients

Adapting Reactive Case Detection Strategies for falciparum Malaria in a Low-Transmission Area in Cambodia

Effect of artesunate-amodiaquine on mortality related to Ebola virus disease

Community participation during two mass anti-malarial administrations in Cambodia: lessons from a joint workshop

Long-lasting insecticide-treated net usage in eastern Sierra Leone - the success of free distribution

Responding to the evidence for the management of severe malaria

Focusing on quality patient care in the new global subsidy for malaria medicines

The merits of malaria diagnostics during an Ebola virus disease outbreak

Efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine and artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Maradi, Niger

Swapping production of malaria tests for covid-19 tests requires an urgent response

Plasmodium prevalence and artemisinin-resistant falciparum malaria in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia: a cross-sectional population-based study

Assessing the asymptomatic reservoir and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine effectiveness in a low transmission setting threatened by artemisinin resistant Plasmodium falciparum

Closing in on the Reservoir: Proactive Case Detection in High-Risk Groups as a Strategy to Detect Plasmodium falciparum Asymptomatic Carriers in Cambodia

Emergence of Plasmodium falciparum triple mutant in Cambodia

Revision of the epidemiological situation of malaria in Burundi and the potential implications for future control

Performance and time to become negative after treatment of three malaria rapid diagnostic tests in low and high malaria transmission settings

Malaria PCR detection in Cambodian low-transmission settings: dried blood spots versus venous Blood Samples