It could be viral but you don’t know, you have not diagnosed it: health worker challenges in managing non-malaria paediatric fevers in the low transmission area of Mbarara District, Uganda
In 2012, Uganda initiated nationwide deployment of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) as recommended by national guidelines. Yet growing concerns about RDT non-compliance in various settings have spurred cal...
Emily White Johansson, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Chrispus Mayora, Phyllis Awor, Stefan Swartling Peterson, Henry Wamani and Helena Hildenwall
Malaria Journal 2016 15:197
Factors associated with the use of mosquito bed nets: results from two cross-sectional household surveys in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
Malaria remains a major threat to some 3.2 billion persons globally. Malaria contributes heavily to the overall disease burden in Mozambique and is considered endemic. A cornerstone of Mozambique’s vector cont...
Troy D. Moon, Caleb B. Hayes, Meridith Blevins, Melanie L. Lopez, Ann F. Green, Lazaro González-Calvo and Omo Olupona
Malaria Journal 2016 15:196
High heterogeneity of malaria transmission and a large sub-patent and diverse reservoir of infection in Wusab As Safil district, Republic of Yemen
Yemen remains the country with the highest malaria transmission within the Arabian Peninsula and a source of imported cases to neighbouring countries.
Jackie Cook, Lynn Grignard, Samira Al-Eryani, Mustafa Al-Selwei, Abraham Mnzava, Hafed Al-Yarie, Alison Rand, Immo Kleinschmidt and Chris Drakeley
Malaria Journal 2016 15:193
Malaria vector populations across ecological zones in Guinea Conakry and Mali, West Africa
Malaria remains a pervasive public health problem in sub-Saharan West Africa. Here mosquito vector populations were explored across four sites in Mali and the Republic of Guinea (Guinea Conakry). The study sam...
Boubacar Coulibaly, Raymond Kone, Mamadou S. Barry, Becky Emerson, Mamadou B. Coulibaly, Oumou Niare, Abdoul H. Beavogui, Sekou F. Traore, Kenneth D. Vernick and Michelle M. Riehle
Malaria Journal 2016 15:191
Behaviour and molecular identification of Anopheles malaria vectors in Jayapura district, Papua province, Indonesia
Members of the Anopheles punctulatus group dominate Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (PNG), with a geographic range that extends south through Vanuatu. An. farauti and An. punctulatus are the presumed major ...
Brandy St. Laurent, Sukowati Supratman, Puji Budi Setia Asih, David Bretz, John Mueller, Helen Catherine Miller, Amirullah Baharuddin, Shinta, Asik Surya, Michelle Ngai, Ferdinand Laihad, Din Syafruddin, William A. Hawley, Frank H. Collins and Neil F. Lobo
Malaria Journal 2016 15:192
Evidence of successful malaria case management policy implementation in Cambodia: results from national ACTwatch outlet surveys
For over a decade, Cambodia has implemented a number of policies and innovative strategies to increase access to quality malaria case management services and address the drivers of multi-drug resistance. This ...
Joe Novotny, Amandeep Singh, Lek Dysoley, Siv Sovannaroth and Huy Rekol
Malaria Journal 2016 15:194
A qualitative study of health professionals’ uptake and perceptions of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Burkina Faso
Since 2012, rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for malaria have been in use nationwide in Burkina Faso. The objective is to strengthen health professionals’ diagnostic capabilities and promote good therapeutic pract...
Sylvie Zongo, Valérie Farquet and Valéry Ridde
Malaria Journal 2016 15:190
Stakeholders’ opinions and questions regarding the anticipated malaria vaccine in Tanzania
Within the context of combined interventions, malaria vaccine may provide additional value in malaria prevention. Stakeholders’ perspectives are thus critical for informed recommendation of the vaccine in Tanz...
Sally Mtenga, Angela Kimweri, Idda Romore, Ali Ali, Amon Exavery, Elisa Sicuri, Marcel Tanner, Salim Abdulla, John Lusingu and Shubi Kafuruki
Malaria Journal 2016 15:189
Erratum to: B cell sub-types following acute malaria and associations with clinical immunity
Richard T. Sullivan, Isaac Ssewanyana, Samuel Wamala, Felistas Nankya, Prasanna Jagannathan, Jordan W. Tappero, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Mary K. Muhindo, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Moses Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Margaret E. Feeney, Eleanor M. Riley, Chris J. Drakeley and Bryan Greenhouse
Malaria Journal 2016 15:188
Published on: 31 March 2016
Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (PfCRT) isoforms PH1 and PH2 perturb vacuolar physiology
Recent work has perfected yeast-based methods for measuring drug transport by the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine (CQ) resistance transporter (PfCRT).
Paul S. Callaghan, Amila Siriwardana, Matthew R. Hassett and Paul D. Roepe
Malaria Journal 2016 15:186
Cerebral malaria is associated with long-term mental health disorders: a cross sectional survey of a long-term cohort
Cerebral malaria (CM) and severe malarial anaemia (SMA) are associated with neuro-developmental impairment in African children, but long-term mental health disorders in these children are not well defined.
Richard Idro, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige, Benjamin Asea, Keron Ssebyala, Paul Bangirana, Robert O. Opoka, Samson K. Lubowa, Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, Chandy C. John and Joyce Nalugya
Malaria Journal 2016 15:184
Parasite clearance rates in Upper Myanmar indicate a distinctive artemisinin resistance phenotype: a therapeutic efficacy study
Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum extends across Southeast Asia where it is associated with worsening partner drug resistance and a decline in the efficacy of frontline artemisinin-based combination...
Kyaw Myo Tun, Atthanee Jeeyapant, Mallika Imwong, Min Thein, Sai Soe Moe Aung, Tin Maung Hlaing, Prayoon Yuentrakul, Cholrawee Promnarate, Mehul Dhorda, Charles J. Woodrow, Arjen M. Dondorp, Elizabeth A. Ashley, Frank M. Smithuis, Nicholas J. White and Nicholas P. J. Day
Malaria Journal 2016 15:185
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