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2024-05-15 • Malaria Journal
2024-05-15 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) initiated three cycles of dihydroartemisin-piperaquine (DHA-PQ) mass drug administration (MDA) for ch...
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) initiated three cycles of dihydroartemisin-piperaquine (DHA-PQ) mass drug administration (MDA) for ch...
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2024-02-21 • Malaria Journal
2024-02-21 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Malaria genetic diversity is an important indicator of malaria transmission. Pfmsp1 and pfmsp2 are a frequent molecular epidemiology tool to assess the genetic diversity. ...
Malaria genetic diversity is an important indicator of malaria transmission. Pfmsp1 and pfmsp2 are a frequent molecular epidemiology tool to assess the genetic diversity. ...
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2023-11-10 • Malaria Journal
2023-11-10 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine (SP-AQ), is a community-based malaria preventive strategy commonly used in the Sahe...
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine (SP-AQ), is a community-based malaria preventive strategy commonly used in the Sahe...
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2023-06-06 • Malaria Journal
2023-06-06 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that when peripheral malarial parasitaemia is quantified by thick film microscopy, an actual white blood cell (WBC) count fr...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that when peripheral malarial parasitaemia is quantified by thick film microscopy, an actual white blood cell (WBC) count fr...
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2023-02-06 • Malaria Journal
2023-02-06 • Malaria Journal
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Angumu health zone in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo, is a highly malaria-endemic area with an overburdened health system and hosting internally displaced persons (ID...
Angumu health zone in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo, is a highly malaria-endemic area with an overburdened health system and hosting internally displaced persons (ID...
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2022-09-09 • Malaria Journal
2022-09-09 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for malaria are the primary tool for malaria diagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa but the utility of the most commonly used histidine-rich protein ...
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for malaria are the primary tool for malaria diagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa but the utility of the most commonly used histidine-rich protein ...
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2021-12-14 • Malaria Journal
2021-12-14 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Malaria vector control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is plagued by several major challenges, including inadequate infrastructure, lack of access to health care s...
Malaria vector control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is plagued by several major challenges, including inadequate infrastructure, lack of access to health care s...
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2017-10-28 • Malaria Journal
2017-10-28 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Early diagnosis of suspected malaria cases with a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) has been shown to be an effective malaria control tool used in many resource-constrained sett...
Early diagnosis of suspected malaria cases with a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) has been shown to be an effective malaria control tool used in many resource-constrained sett...
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2010-01-21 • Malaria Journal
2010-01-21 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
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...
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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2018-02-27 • Malaria Journal
2018-02-27 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
In Niger, malaria transmission is markedly seasonal with most of the disease burden occurring in children during the rainy season. Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) w...
In Niger, malaria transmission is markedly seasonal with most of the disease burden occurring in children during the rainy season. Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) w...
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2013-07-17 • Malaria Journal
2013-07-17 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Safety surveillance of widely used artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is essential, but tolerability data in the over five years age group are largely anecdotal.<...
Safety surveillance of widely used artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is essential, but tolerability data in the over five years age group are largely anecdotal.<...
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2011-04-17 • Malaria Journal
2011-04-17 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
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...
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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2009-08-23 • Malaria Journal
2009-08-23 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND: Artesunate and amodiaquine (AS&AQ) is at present the world's second most widely used artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT). It was necessary to evaluate the efficacy of...
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2009-10-27 • Malaria Journal
2009-10-27 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND: In areas where non-falciparum malaria is common rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) capable of distinguishing malaria species reliably are needed. Such tests are often based on the...
Journal Article
|Short Report
2018-01-27 • Malaria Journal
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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2013-10-11 • Malaria Journal
2013-10-11 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) reduce malaria morbidity and mortality consistently in Africa, but their benefits have been less consistent in Asia. This study's object...
Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) reduce malaria morbidity and mortality consistently in Africa, but their benefits have been less consistent in Asia. This study's object...
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2011-12-13 • Malaria Journal
2011-12-13 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Plasmodium falciparum infection leads to alterations in B cell subset distribution. During infancy, development of peripheral B cell subsets is also occurring. However, it...
Plasmodium falciparum infection leads to alterations in B cell subset distribution. During infancy, development of peripheral B cell subsets is also occurring. However, it...
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2012-05-03 • Malaria Journal
2012-05-03 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Data on efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) to treat Plasmodium falciparum during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. A recent open label, rando...
Data on efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) to treat Plasmodium falciparum during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. A recent open label, rando...
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2012-04-30 • Malaria Journal
2012-04-30 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Malaria is a leading cause of mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan African children. Prompt and efficacious treatment is important as patients may progress within a few ...
Malaria is a leading cause of mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan African children. Prompt and efficacious treatment is important as patients may progress within a few ...
Journal Article
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2019-12-02 • Malaria Journal
2019-12-02 • Malaria Journal
Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) emerged in the early 1990s into largely unregulated markets, and uncertain field performance was a major concern for the acceptance of tests for mal...