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Malnutrition and malaria are both significant causes of morbidity and ... mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) and falciparum malaria among Somalian children aged 6–59 months.
China has made great progress in malaria control over the last century and now aims to eliminate malaria by 2020. In 2012, the country ... 1-3-7 surveillance and response strategy for malaria elimination. The str...
Mechanisms and outcomes of host-parasite interactions during malaria co-infections with gastrointestinal helminths are reasonably ... is known about such mechanisms in cases of malaria co-infections with tissue-d...
In the last decade, there has also been a significant reduction of reported malaria cases in Lao PDR and while this is an important prerequisite for eliminating malaria in the country, malaria outbreaks reported ...
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) can effectively manage malaria cases and reduce excess costs brought by ... systematically review the economic value of RDT in malaria diagnosis.
Zooprophylaxis is the use of wild or domestic animals, which are not the reservoir host of a given disease, to divert the blood-seeking malaria vectors from human hosts. In this paper ... reviewed zooprophylaxis ...
Malaria control and sustainable development are linked, but ... understanding of the causal pathways between poverty and malaria. We investigated the relationships between socioeconomic position ... (SEP), potent...
Implementing effective interventions remain a lot of difficulties along all border regions. The emergence of artemisinin resistance of Plasmodium falciparum...strains in the Greater Mekong Subregion is a matter o...
A survey was administered to a clustered random sample of 612 households in Gulu and Oyam districts of northern Uganda during a period of very high malaria transmission and following a pilot indoor residual ... a...
The Sahel region of Chad Republic is a prime candidate for malaria pre-elimination. To facilitate pre-elimination efforts...Anopheles coluzzii from Central Chad Republic were characterized, their insecticide resi...
In Cambodia, internal migration involves migrants moving from non-malaria endemic areas to malaria endemic areas and vice versa. The majority ... them work in farms or forests with various malaria transmission le...
Artemisinin-based combination therapies are recommended as first-line treatments for uncomplicated falciparum malaria, but there is little evaluation of their efficacy and effects on uncomplicated malaria-associa...
Malaria, filariasis, and intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs...
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Artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs) are the first-line treatments of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in many endemic areas but there are...
Since 2000, substantial progress has been made in reducing malaria worldwide. However, some countries in West Africa remain a hotspot for malaria with all age groups at risk. Asymptomatic...Plasmodium...spp. are ...
STH and malaria parasites were detected using the Kato-Katz...
Malaria is a global public health problem, with ... disease. In 2013, close to 198 million malaria cases were reported, leading to 584,000 ... the population is at risk of infection with malaria.
The island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic (DR), is the only remaining malaria-endemic island in the Caribbean and accounts...bateyes,...many of which received mass drug administration (...
In order to achieve the goal of malaria elimination, the Chinese government launched the National Malaria Elimination Programme in 2010. However, as ... -border population movements, the risk of imported malaria ...
This historical review covers antimalarials developed in China, which include artemisinin, artemether, artesunate, and dihydroartemisinin, as well as other synthetic drugs such as piperaquine, pyronaridine, benfl...
Malaria remains a significant health challenge in sub-...Plasmodium spp. diagnostic capabilities, access to testing is limited in some cases by the almost absolute requirement for blood from potentially infected ...
Through a scoping review, we identify knowledge gaps on transmission dynamics, vectorial capacity, and co-infections regarding VBDs in urban areas. Peer-reviewed and grey literature published between 2000 and 201...
Since the successful preparation of the microplates and the medium for field application, the resistance degree and its geographical distribution of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, the fluctuation of...
China has reached important milestones in the elimination of malaria. However, the numbers of imported recurrent...Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale...are gradually increasing, which increases the risk of malaria re-...
Following the decline of malaria transmission in many countries and regions, serological parameters have become particularly useful for estimating malaria transmission in low-intensity areas. This study evaluated...
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and...
The prevalence of multiple potential morbidity markers did not differ significantly between the egg-positive participants at baseline and those at 5 years by Mann Whitney nonparametric analysis and Fisher’s ex...
Myanmar lies in the Greater Mekong Subregion where there is artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria. As the artemisinin compound is the pillar ... the key intervention for ensuring the reduction of malaria
Myanmar lies in the Greater Mekong sub-region of South-East Asia faced with the challenge of emerging resistance to artemisinin combination therapies (ACT). Migrant populations are more likely than others to spre...
Babesiosis is an emerging health risk in several parts of the world. However, little is known about the prevalence of Babesia in malaria-endemic countries. The area along the China ... in Yunnan is a main endemic...
Developing and sustaining a data collection and management system (DCMS) is difficult in malaria-endemic countries because of limitations in internet ... the West African International Centers of Excellence for Malaria
In this paper, we provide an alternative biosocial perspective grounded in social science insights, drawing upon concepts of vulnerability, resilience, participation and community-based adaptation. Our analysis w...
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Brazil has seen a great decline in malaria and the country is moving towards elimination. ... program needs efficient tools in order to monitor malaria exposure and transmission. In this study,...Plasmodium speci...
This scoping review analyzes the research gaps of three diseases: schistosomiasis japonica, malaria and echinococcosis. Based on available data in ... gaps were identified as follows. Firstly, the malaria researc...
Malaria, upper respiratory tract infection, diarrhoea and...esusu...) were available to support those who could not pay for care. Immunisation, nutrition, reproductive health, tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy, envir...
Tropical diseases remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Although combined health efforts brought about significant improvements over the past 20 years, communities in resource-c...
Plasmodium falciparum-resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) has been largely reported among pregnant women. However, the profile of resistance markers to SP dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) and dihydroptero...
Notable among gaps in the achievement of the global health Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are shortcomings in addressing maternal health, an issue addressed in the fifth MDG. This shortfall is particularly...
China has made progress in malaria control and aims to eliminate malaria nationwide, but implementing effective interventions along the...Plasmodium falciparum cases imported from Southeast Asia has frequently re...
To further enhance dialogue and promote cross-strait cooperation in the prevention and control of parasitic diseases, this paper reviewed the progress and current challenges in the cross-strait control and res...
Infectious diseases of poverty (IDoP) disproportionately affect the poorest population in the world and contribute to a cycle of poverty as a result of decreased productivity ensuing from long-term illness, disab...
In this article, we discuss three diverse cases that show the potential for using social innovation in diagnostics. The cases chosen for inclusion here demonstrate the importance of social innovation in diagnosti...
A total of 4001 mosquito larvae were collected, of which 2712 (67.8%) were collected from river/stream edge habitats and 1289 (32.2%) were sampled from aquatic habitats located in the terrestrial ecosystem abo...
Out of the 638 SAC examined, single infection was prevalent in 33.4% while polyparasitism was 19.9%. Prevalence of S. haematobium + Plasmodium was 7.8%; S. haematobium + STH was 0.8%; Plasmodium + STH was 0.8%; w...
Leukaemia is a malignant leukocyte disorder with a high fatality rate, and current treatments for this disease are unsatisfactory. Therefore, new therapeutic strategies for leukaemia must be developed. Malaria pa...
The major achievements contributed by NIPD consist of (i) improving technical capability; (ii) promoting control and elimination of parasitic and tropical diseases; (iii) participating in global health governance...
The high prevalence of parasitic diseases leads to millions of deaths and disabilities each year in developing countries. China has also been greatly affected by parasitic infections, including filariasis, leishm...
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) made a marked transformation for neglected and vulnerable communities in the developing countries from the start, but infectious diseases of poverty (IDoPs) continue to inf...
Evidences of the impact of climate change are available for malaria, arbovirus diseases such as dengue, and...
Irrigated agriculture is key to increase agricultural productivity and ensure food security in Africa. However, unintended negative public health impacts (e.g. malaria) of such environmental modification have bee...