Traoré, Dipomin F. Sagna, André B. Adja, Akré M. Zoh, Dounin D. Adou, Kouassi A. Lingué, Kouassi N. Coulibaly, Issa Tchiekoi, N’Cho Bertin Assi, Serge B. Poinsignon, Anne
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundIn some African cities, urban malaria is a threat to the health and welfare of city dwellers. To improve the control of the disease, it is critical to identify neighbourhoods where the risk of malaria transmission is the highest. This study aims to evaluate the heterogeneity of malaria transmission risk in one city (Bouaké) in a West Afri...
Rae, Jade D. Nosten, Suphak Proux, Stéphane Myint Thu, Aung Cho, Win Cho Paw, K’Nyaw Paw, Eh Shee Shee, Paw Bway Be, Saw Aye Dah, Saw Hsa
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundImproving access to early diagnosis and treatment (EDT) has increasingly proven to be a major contributor to decreasing malaria incidence in low-transmission settings. The Malaria Elimination Task Force (METF) has deployed malaria posts set up in Eastern Myanmar, providing free uninterrupted community-based access to EDT in more than 1200...
Cornet, Stéphane Nicot, Antoine Rivero, Ana Gandon, Sylvain
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BackgroundSome Plasmodium species have the ability to modify the behaviour of their mosquito vectors. This is thought to be an adaptive strategy that maximizes the parasite’s transmission.MethodsThe effect of Plasmodium relictum infections on the blood feeding behaviour of Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus mosquitoes was monitored.ResultsPlasmodium in...
Douine, Maylis Sanna, Alice Hiwat, Helene Briolant, Sébastien Nacher, Mathieu Belleoud, Didier Le Tourneau, François Michel Bogreau, Hervé De Laval, Franck
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BackgroundIn April 2017, Suriname’s Ministry of Health alerted French Guiana’s Regional Health Agency (RHA) about an increase of imported malaria cases among people coming from an illegal gold mining site called Sophie, in French Guiana, a French overseas territory located in the Amazonian forest.MethodsDue to safety issues and the remoteness of So...
Mbouna, Amelie D. Tompkins, Adrian M. Lenouo, Andre Asare, Ernest O. Yamba, Edmund I. Tchawoua, Clement
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BackgroundA major health burden in Cameroon is malaria, a disease that is sensitive to climate, environment and socio-economic conditions, but whose precise relationship with these drivers is still uncertain. An improved understanding of the relationship between the disease and its drivers, and the ability to represent these relationships in dynami...
Agaba, Bosco B. Yeka, Adoke Nsobya, Sam Arinaitwe, Emmanuel Nankabirwa, Joaniter Opigo, Jimmy Mbaka, Paul Lim, Chae Seung Kalyango, Joan N. Karamagi, Charles
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundMalaria rapid diagnostic tests based on histidine-rich protein-2 have played a vital role in improving malaria case management and surveillance particularly in Africa, where Plasmodium falciparum is predominant. However, their usefulness has been threatened by the emergence of gene deletion on P. falciparum histidine rich protein 2 (pfhrp...
Bwire, George M. Ngasala, Billy Kilonzi, Manase Mikomangwa, Wigilya P. Felician, Fatuma F. Kamuhabwa, Appolinary A. R.
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BackgroundCareStart™ malaria HRP2/pLDH (Pf/pan) combo test is one of the several rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) approved for diagnosis of malaria at the point of care in Tanzania. However, there are limited studies on the diagnostic performance of RDT after wide scale use in primary health care facilities in Tanzania. Therefore, this study was carrie...
John, T. Jacob
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Malaria Journal
A resolution for eradicating malaria, if passed by the World Health Assembly (WHA), will have a distracting effect on all countries with malaria. The continued prevalence of malaria is indicative of weak public health infrastructure. True, smallpox was eradicated by international efforts following WHA resolution: the success factor was primary prev...
Gaye, Oumar
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Malaria Journal
Several efforts are being made now for malaria elimination with a goal for eradication. New tools and strategies are being developed and there is currently renewed political engagement and interest. Several technical groups have produced a guide on elimination for policymakers and indicated different research questions to be addressed. The World He...
Smith-Aguasca, Rebecca Gupta, Himanshu Uberegui, Estefania Maquina, Mara Saute, Francisco Paaijmans, Krijn P. Mayor, Alfredo Huijben, Silvie
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BackgroundPlasmodium falciparum drug resistance surveillance is key to successful disease control and eradication. Contemporary methods that only allow determination of prevalence of resistance are expensive, time consuming and require ethical considerations. A newer method involving Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) permits obtaining frequency of r...
