Predicting the impact of border control on malaria transmission: a simulated focal screen and treat campaign [PDF]
, 2015 Background: South Africa is one of many countries committed to malaria elimination with a target of 2018 and all malaria-endemic provinces, including Mpumalanga, are increasing efforts towards this ambitious goal.
Francesca Little +3 more
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Managing malaria in the intensive care unit. [PDF]
, 2014 The number of people travelling to malaria-endemic countries continues to increase, and malaria remains the commonest cause of serious imported infection in non-endemic areas.
Doherty, JF +4 more
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Imported falciparum malaria among adults requiring intensive care: analysis of the literature. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Malaria is the most important imported tropical disease. Infection with Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for most of the morbidity and mortality.
Armstrong, Margaret +3 more
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A Case of Imported Plasmodium malariae Malaria [PDF]
Annals of Laboratory Medicine, 2012 Malaria, the most common vector-borne parasite infection worldwide, results from infection by Plasmodium species. Approximately 80% of malaria cases are caused by P. vivax, which is broadly distributed from tropical to temperate regions; P. falciparum is the second most common infectious species. P. malariae and P.
Hong, Yun Ji +7 more
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The impact of imported malaria by gold miners in Roraima: characterizing the spatial dynamics of autochthonous and imported malaria in an urban region of Boa Vista [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2020 BACKGROUND The number of malaria cases in Roraima nearly tripled from 2016 to 2018. The capital, Boa Vista, considered a low-risk area for malaria transmission, reported an increasing number of autochthonous and imported cases.
Jaime Louzada +6 more
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The Infectious Disease Ontology in the Age of COVID-19 [PDF]
, 2021 The Infectious Disease Ontology (IDO) is a suite of interoperable ontology modules that aims to provide coverage of all aspects of the infectious disease domain, including biomedical research, clinical care, and public health.
Babcock, Shane +3 more
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Cross-border malaria drivers and risk factors on the Brazil–Venezuela border between 2016 and 2018
Scientific Reports, 2022 Globally, cross-border importation of malaria has become a challenge to malaria elimination. The border areas between Brazil and Venezuela have experienced high numbers of imported cases due to increased population movement and migration out of Venezuela.
Kinley Wangdi +4 more
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The efficacy of halofantrine in the treatment of acute malaria in nonimmune travelers [PDF]
, 1992 A multicenter prospective trial was performed to investigate the efficacy and the tolerability of halofantrine in nonimmune patients with malaria imported from areas with drug-resistant falciparum parasites (mainly Africa).
Bock, H. L. +8 more
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Status of imported malaria on Réunion Island in 2016
Malaria Journal, 2018 Background Autochthonous malaria has been eliminated from Réunion in 1979. To prevent secondary transmission and re-emergence of autochthonous malaria, permanent epidemiologic and entomological surveillance and vector control measures are conducted ...
Frédéric Pagès +5 more
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, 2011 The present paper reviews the diagnosis of imported malaria in children. Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium and occurs in over 100 countries worldwide.
Jessica Maltha, Jan Jacobs
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