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The prevalence of malaria in the five districts of Limpopo Province, South Africa, 2015 - 2017

South African Medical Journal
Background. In South Africa (SA), malaria is endemic in three of nine provinces – KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. During 2010 - 2014, SA reported that ~47.6% of all malaria cases were imported.
M T Lamola, A Musekiwa , A de Voux , C Reddy , M Morifi, P C Mutevedzi   +5 more
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Imported submicroscopic malaria in Madrid [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2012
Submicroscopic malaria (SMM) can be defined as low-density infections of Plasmodium that are unlikely to be detected by conventional microscopy. Such submicroscopic infections only occasionally cause acute disease, but they are capable of infecting mosquitoes and contributing to transmission.
Ramírez-Olivencia, German, Rubio Muñoz, Jose Miguel, Rivas, Pablo, Subirats, Mercedes, Herrero, María Dolores, Lago, Mar, Puente, Sabino   +6 more
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Spatial analysis to evaluate risk of malaria in Northern Sumatera, Indonesia

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background As Indonesia aims for malaria elimination by 2030, provisional malaria epidemiology and risk factors evaluation are important in pursue of this national goal.
Fahmi Fahmi, Ayodhia Pitaloka Pasaribu, Minerva Theodora, Kinley Wangdi   +3 more
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King, Martin R. McAinsh, Michael R. Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of El Niño and malaria on birthweight in two areas of Tanzania with different malaria transmission patterns. [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND: Malaria infection increases low birthweight especially in primigravidae. Malaria epidemics occur when weather conditions favour this vector borne disease.
Hastings, Ian M, Carlstedt, Anders, Mutabingwa, T. K., Mutabingwa, TK, Brabin, Bernard J, Wort, Ulrika Uddenfeldt, Hastings, Ian, Brabin, Bernard J., U. Uddenfeldt Wort   +8 more
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MALARIA IN THE STATE OF QATAR, 2008-2015

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background and Objectives Imported malaria poses a serious public health problem in Qatar because its population is “naïve” to such infection; where local transmission might lead to serious life-threatening infection and might even trigger epidemics ...
Elmoubasher Farag, Devendra Bansal, Mohamad Abdul Halim Chehab, Ayman Al-Dahshan, Mohamed Bala, Nandakumar Ganesan, Yosuf Abdulla Al Abdulla, Mohammed Al Thani, Ali H. Sultan, Hamad Al-Romaihi   +9 more
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Imported Malaria in the United Kingdom [PDF]

BMJ, 1969
Over 2,000 cases of imported malaria have been confirmed by blood examination. Ninety percent. of cases from tropical Africa were infected with P. falciparum. Most of the patients were Caucasians and had primary infections. All developed fever within a month after arrival and most of them within two weeks of arrival.
P G, Shute, M, Maryon
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Imported malaria in adults: about a case of cerebral malaria

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2022
Abstract Background Malaria is the first parasitic infection endemic in the world caused by parasites species of Plasmodium. Cerebral malaria (CM) is a rapidly progressive and severe form of Plasmodium falciparum infection, characterized by a greater accumulation of red blood cells parasitized by Plasmodium falciparum in
Sarra Ben Abderrahim, Sarra Gharsallaoui, Amal Ben Daly, Amal Mosbahi, Selma Chaieb, Zeineb Nfikha, Samar Ismaïl, Chahnez Makni, Moncef Mokni, Akila Fathallah-Mili, Maher Jedidi, Mohamed Ben Dhiab   +11 more
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Advancing pharmacometrics in Africa—Transition from capacity development toward job creation

CPT: Pharmacometrics &Systems Pharmacology, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 407-419, March 2025.
Abstract Trained pharmacometricians remain scarce in Africa due to limited training opportunities, lack of a pharmaceutical product development ecosystem, and emigration to high‐income countries. The Applied Pharmacometrics Training (APT) fellowship program was established to address these gaps and specifically foster job creation for talent retention.
Goonaseelan (Colin) Pillai, Samer Mouksassi, Innocent G. Asiimwe, Craig R. Rayner, Steven Kern, Phumla Sinxadi, Paolo Denti, Eric Decloedt, Catriona Waitt, Bernhards R. Ogutu, Rik de Greef   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Imported malaria in Rio de Janeiro state between 2007 and 2015: an epidemiologic approach

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Imported malaria is a malaria infection diagnosed outside the area where it was acquired and is induced by human migration and mobility. This retrospective study was performed based on secondary data from 2007 to 2015.
Hermano Gomes Albuquerque, Paulo Cesar Peiter, Luciano Medeiros Toledo, Paulo Chagastelles Sabroza, Rafael dos Santos Pereira, Jefferson Pereira Caldas, Jussara Rafael Angelo, Cristina Giordano Dias, Martha Cecília Suárez-Mutis   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source