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Robinson E, Ouabo A, Rose L, van Braak F, Vyncke J, et al.

2024-05-15 • Malaria Journal

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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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Fuente IMdl, Benito MJS, Gisbert FB, García L, González V, et al.

2024-02-21 • Malaria Journal

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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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Molina-de la Fuente I, Sagrado Benito MJ, Lasry E, Ousley J, García L, et al.

2023-11-10 • Malaria Journal

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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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WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network White Blood Cell Count in Malaria Study Group

2023-06-06 • Malaria Journal

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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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Grout L, Katuala Givo Y, Newport T, Mahamat TA, Gitahi P, et al.

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...

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Lynch E, Jensen TO, Assao B, Chihana ML, Turuho T, et al.

2022-09-09 • Malaria Journal

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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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Bandibabone JB, McLoughlin C, Ndo S, Bantuzeko C, Byabushi V, et al.

2021-12-14 • Malaria Journal

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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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Oyet C, Roh ME, Kiwanuka G, Orikiriza P, Wade M, et al.

2017-10-28 • Malaria Journal

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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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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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Zwang J, Olliaro PL, Barennes H, Bonnet MMB, Brasseur P, et al.

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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Schramm B, Valeh P, Baudin E, Mazinda CS, Smith R, et al.

2013-07-17 • Malaria Journal

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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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Grais RF, Laminou IM, Woi-Messe LC, Makarimi R, Bouriema SH, et al.

2018-02-27 • Malaria Journal

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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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Van Malderen C, Van Geertruyden JP, Machevo S, Gonzalez R, Bassat Q, et al.

2012-04-30 • Malaria Journal

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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 ...

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Muehlenbachs A, Nabasumba C, McGready R, Turyakira E, Tumwebaze B, et al.

2012-05-03 • Malaria Journal

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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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Ashley EA, Touabi M, Ahrer M, Hutagalung R, Htun K, et al.

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...

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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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Smithuis FM, Kyaw MK, van der Broek I, Katterman N, Rogers C, et al.

2013-10-11 • Malaria Journal

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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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Asito AS, Piriou E, Jura WGZO, Ouma C, Odada PS, et al.

2011-12-13 • Malaria Journal

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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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Loonen JACM, Dery DB, Musaka BZ, Bandibabone JB, Bousema T, et al.

2020-11-23 • Malaria Journal

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Malaria remains a major public health concern in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its control is affected by recurrent conflicts. Médecins Sans Frontières (M...

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Mixed-method evaluation study of a targeted mass drug administration of long-acting anti-malarials among children aged 3 months to 15 years in the Bossangoa sub-prefecture, Ouham, Central African Republic, during the COVID-19 pandemic

Genetic diversity and allelic variability of pfmsp1 y pfmsp2 of P. falciparum and its association with syntomatology and antimalarial drugs resistance markers in Yambio county, South Sudan

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in a context of high presumed sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance: malaria morbidity and molecular drug resistance profiles in South Sudan

Variability in white blood cell count during uncomplicated malaria and implications for parasite density estimation: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network individual patient data meta-analysis

Effect of large-scale mass drug administration for malaria on mortality and morbidity in Angumu health zone, Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo

Evaluation of HRP2 and pLDH-based rapid diagnostic tests for malaria and prevalence of pfhrp2/3 deletions in Aweil, South Sudan

Investigating molecular mechanisms of insecticide resistance in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Evaluation of the Deki Reader™, an automated RDT reader and data management device, in a household survey setting in low malaria endemic southwestern Uganda

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

Efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-centre analysis

Tolerability and safety of artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine fixed dose combinations for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: two open-label, randomized trials in Nimba County, Liberia

Molecular markers of resistance to amodiaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in an area with seasonal malaria chemoprevention in south central Niger

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, chlorproguanil-dapsone with artesunate and post-treatment haemolysis in African children treated for uncomplicated malaria

Artemether-lumefantrine to treat malaria in pregnancy is associated with reduced placental haemozoin deposition compared to quinine in a randomized controlled trial

Evaluation of three parasite lactate dehydrogenase-based rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of falciparum and vivax malaria

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

The effect of insecticide-treated bed nets on the incidence and prevalence of malaria in children in an area of unstable seasonal transmission in western Myanmar

Suppression of circulating IgD+CD27+ memory B cells in infants living in a malaria-endemic region of Kenya

Identification of main malaria vectors and their insecticide resistance profile in internally displaced and indigenous communities in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)