clinical malaria
Malaria hotspots defined by clinical malaria, asymptomatic carriage, PCR and vector numbers in a low transmission area on the Kenyan Coast
... markers were examined: clinical malaria, positive blood films, positive PCR tests, seropositivity to AMA1 and MSP1-19 and densities of Anopheles mosquitoes. The cut offs for seropositivity to AMA1 and ...
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The accuracy of clinical malaria case reporting at primary health care facilities in Honiara, Solomon Islands
... Also, clinical malaria inci- dence rate in Honiara had been smaller than in the total of SI (300 ...confirmed malaria in Honiara had larger rate than in SI (250 ...of malaria use only local ...
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Clinical malaria case definition and malaria attributable fraction in the highlands of western Kenya
... of malaria interventions, such as long-lasting impregnated nets (LLINs), indoor residual spraying (IRS), drugs and vaccines trials depends on clinical definition of the disease, which is still a challenge ...
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Epidemiological risk factors for clinical malaria infection in the highlands of Western Kenya
... 2000s, malaria interventions have been scaled up in sub-Saharan Africa with the goal to control and elimination of the ...of malaria incidence and preva- lence in many parts of sub-Saharan ...of ...
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The impact of long lasting microbial larvicides in reducing malaria transmission and clinical malaria incidence: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
... is clinical malaria incidence rate and the secondary endpoint is malaria vector abundance and transmission ...of clinical malaria incidence, vector density, and human population size ...
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Clinical malaria in African pregnant women
... and clinical management. Women with a blood slide positive for malaria were treated with SP plus CQ in cases of non-complicated malaria (in the first trimester CQ alone was ...complicated ...
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Dynamics of malaria transmission and susceptibility to clinical malaria episodes following treatment of Plasmodium falciparum asymptomatic carriers: results of a cluster randomized study of community wide screening and treatment, and a parallel entomology study
... During the implementation phase, inhabitants of the intervention and control clusters participated in the three screening campaigns that took place ~1 month apart between January and April 2011, before the start of the ...
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Plasma advanced oxidative protein products are associated with anti oxidative stress pathway genes and malaria in a longitudinal cohort
... with malaria infection. In addition, clinical malaria infection at age two years was associated with a higher score for PCA2 that was posi- tively correlated with AOPP levels at age 24 months, and ...
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Relation between Plasmodium falciparum asymptomatic infection and malaria attacks in a cohort of Senegalese children
... reduce malaria morbid- ity and ...a clinical trial was undertaken by Cisse et al to determine the efficacy of IPTc to protect children from presenting a ...against clinical malaria, with a 90% ...
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Impact of iron fortification on the geospatial patterns of malaria and non-malaria infection risk among young children: a secondary spatial analysis of clinical trial data from Ghana
... with/without malaria parasitaemia; 2) inflammation (CRP >5 mg/L) without parasitaemia; 3) parasitaemia with measured concurrent fever (axillary temperature ...(ie, clinical malaria)) and 4) ...
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Risk factors for malaria deaths in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India: evidence for further action
... perennial malaria transmission. During an outbreak in 2003, 842,409 clinical malaria cases and 149 deaths were ...ciparum malaria cases. During a subsequent malaria out- break in 2006, ...
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Potential public health impact of RTS,S malaria candidate vaccine in sub Saharan Africa: a modelling study
... of malaria transmission intensity and six successive malaria immunity ...time. Malaria incidence and vaccine efficacy data were taken from a Phase III trial of the RTS,S vaccine with 18 months of ...
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Plasmodium falciparum parasites causing cerebral malaria share variant surface antigens, but are they specific?
... distinct clinical malaria status were enrolled: uncomplicated malaria (UM), cerebral malaria (CM) and pregnancy-associated malaria ...for malaria infection by rapid diagnostic ...
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Active case surveillance, passive case surveillance and asymptomatic malaria parasite screening illustrate different age distribution, spatial clustering and seasonality in western Kenya
... of malaria transmission hotspots through active surveillance has been recommended as the key surveillance method to combat malaria ...[3,8,10,19,31]. Malaria transmission in the highlands was ...
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Determining utility values related to malaria and malaria chemoprophylaxis
... of clinical malaria) associated with drugs used to prevent ...falciparum malaria, sequelae and drug-related AEs were obtained through a convenience sample of 20 non-health care employees in an ...
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Whole genome sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum from dried blood spots using selective whole genome amplification
... Collecting clinical malaria samples as DBS on filter paper is field-friendly and has several advantages for both patient and researcher over the venous blood (VB) draw methods currently used for parasite ...
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Patterns of inflammatory responses and parasite tolerance vary with malaria transmission intensity
... of clinical malaria, and had been referred for malaria tests by the attending ...by malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and confirmed by microscopic examination of thick and thin blood ...
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Immunological Characterization in Malaria Patients with and without the Sickle Cell Trait
... uncomplicated clinical malaria, serum level of IgG in HbSS-malaria sub- jects in this study was slightly lower than that of HbAA-malaria while among asymptomatic malaria, serum lev- el ...
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Reducing malaria misdiagnosis: the importance of correctly interpreting Paracheck Pf®"faint test bands" in a low transmission area of Tanzania
... diagnose malaria in children and adults. As the current WHO Guidelines for malaria diagnosis and treatment still promote presumptive diagnosis of malaria for chil- dren < 5 years in areas where ...
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Modelling recurrent events: comparison of statistical models with continuous and discontinuous risk intervals on recurrent malaria episodes data
... recurrent malaria episodes from a clinical trial assessing the effectiveness of three malaria treatments [artesunate + amodiaquine (AS + AQ), artesunate + sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (AS + SP) or ...
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