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Physical condition and maintenance of mosquito bed nets in Kwale County, coastal Kenya

Malaria Journal, 2013
Background Despite the extensive ownership and use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) over the last decade, the effective lifespan of these nets, especially their physical integrity, under true operational conditions is not well-understood. Usefulness of
Mutuku Francis M, Khambira Maureen, Bisanzio Donal, Mungai Peter, Mwanzo Isaac, Muchiri Eric M, King Charles H, Kitron Uriel   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bed nets for the prevention of malaria and anaemia in pregnancy

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1993
A prospective comparison of the antimalarial efficacy of bed nets was conducted with 341 pregnant women living in a mesoendemic malarious area of the Thai-Burmese border. Women in 3 adjacent study sites were allocated at random to receive either a single size permethrin-impregnated bed net (PIB), a non-impregnated bed net (NIB), or to a control group ...
Dolan, G, ter Kuile, F, Jacoutot, V, White, N, Luxemburger, C, Malankirii, L, Chongsuphajaisiddhi, T, Nosten, F   +7 more
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Airflow attenuation and bed net utilization: observations from Africa and Asia

Malaria Journal, 2012
Background/Methods Qualitative studies suggest that bed nets affect the thermal comfort of users. To understand and reduce this discomfort the effect of bed nets on temperature, humidity, and airflow was measured in rural homes in Asia and Africa, as ...
von Seidlein Lorenz, Ikonomidis Konstantin, Bruun Rasmus, Jawara Musa, Pinder Margaret, Knols Bart GJ, Knudsen Jakob B   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bed Net Durability Assessments: Exploring a Composite Measure of Net Damage

PLOS ONE, 2015
The durability of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) in field conditions is of great importance for malaria prevention and control efforts; however, the physical integrity of the net fabric is not well understood making it challenging to determine overall effectiveness of nets as they age.
Jodi L Vanden Eng, Adeline Chan, Ana Paula Abílio, Adam Wolkon, Gabriel Ponce de Leon, John Gimnig, Juliette Morgan   +6 more
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The Shewanella oneidensis Fic enzyme SoFic targets the switch‐I region of EF‐Tu for AMPylation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fic enzymes mediate diverse post‐translational modifications across all domains of life, including AMPylation. Prokaryotic EF‐Tu can be AMPylated and deAMPylated by the conserved Fic enzyme SoFic. Structural and biochemical approaches were used to characterize the effect of AMPylation on EF‐Tu, SoFic's enzymatic activities, and the enzyme‐target ...
Svenja Runge, Vivian Pogenberg, Alexander Baumgart, Bente Siebels, Hartmut Schlüter, Michael Hecht‐Bucher, Aymelt Itzen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metastatic niche shaped by host factors influences disseminated cancer cell fate

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Metastasis is shaped not only by cancer cells but also by the environments they encounter. This review explores how factors such as aging, diet, the microbiome, lifestyle, and environmental exposures remodel organ‐specific niches in the lung, liver, bone, and brain, influencing where metastatic cells survive, remain dormant, or grow, and ultimately ...
Gwennan Delyth Ward, Álvaro Ruiz‐Tabas, Patricia Altea‐Manzano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The underlying reasons for very high levels of bed net use, and higher malaria infection prevalence among bed net users than non-users in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam: a qualitative study

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Bed nets reduce malaria-related illness and deaths, by forming a protective barrier around people sleeping under them. When impregnated with long-lasting insecticide formulations they also repel or kill mosquitoes attempting to feed upon ...
Daniel Msellemu, Aloysia Shemdoe, Christina Makungu, Yeromini Mlacha, Khadija Kannady, Stefan Dongus, Gerry F. Killeen, Angel Dillip   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of bed net use in children under five and household bed net ownership on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2011
As part of comprehensive malaria control strategies, the Bioko Island Malaria Control Project (BIMCP) distributed 110,000 long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLIN) in late 2007 with the aim of providing one net for each sleeping area. Despite attaining initially very high levels of net coverage and net use, many children under five years of age did ...
Rehman Andrea M, Baltazar Giovanna, Aragon Cynthia, Schwabe Christopher, García-Basteiro Alberto L, Matias Abrahan, Nseng Gloria, Kleinschmidt Immo   +7 more
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Loss of proton‐sensing TDAG8 increases tumor progression in mouse models of colon cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Loss of the pH‐sensing receptor TDAG8 accelerates colorectal cancer progression in mice. Animals lacking TDAG8 expression had increased tumor growth, DNA damage, and recruitment of tumor‐associated immune cells, including macrophages, neutrophils, and monocytes.
Ermanno Malagola, Yasmine Illi, Anna Bircher, Marijn Wilmink, Rachele F. Malagutti, Solenn Ottié, Cordelia Schuler, Pedro A. Ruiz, Cheryl de Vallière, Klaus Seuwen, Gerhard Rogler, Martin Hausmann   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use and disuse of malaria bed nets in an internally displaced persons camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A mixed-methods study.

PLoS ONE, 2017
IntroductionMalaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among displaced populations in tropical zones. Bed nets are widely used to prevent malaria; however, few data are available on bed net distribution within displaced populations.MethodsMixed ...
Hannah Myfanwy Brooks, Makelele Katsuva Jean Paul, Kasereka Masumbuko Claude, Victor Mocanu, Michael T Hawkes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source