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Malaria [PDF]

open access: yesDer Internist, 2006
Imported malaria is an important problem in non-endemic areas because of increasing numbers of travelers, overseas workers and immigrants. Since the presentation of malaria is vague and nonspecific, the diagnosis should be considered in any appropriately symptomatic patient with a history of travel to a malaria-endemic area.
Ashley, E   +3 more
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Malaria [PDF]

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
Malaria is a common and dangerous tropical disease, caused by a parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of the anopheles mosquito. This article reviews the prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of malaria, and outlines key aspects of pre-travel advice.
Awash Teklehaimanot   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Eliminating Plasmodium falciparum malaria: results from tailoring active case detection approaches to remote populations in forested border areas in north-eastern Cambodia

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2021
Background Remaining Plasmodium falciparum cases in Cambodia are concentrated in forested border areas and in remote populations who are hard to reach through passive case detection.
Ann-Sophie Stratil   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Malaria [PDF]

open access: yesNature Reviews Disease Primers, 2017
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Malaria is caused in humans by five species of single-celled eukaryotic Plasmodium parasites (mainly Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax) that are transmitted by the bite of Anopheles spp. mosquitoes.
Margaret A, Phillips   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A non-randomized controlled trial to assess the protective effect of SMC in the context of high parasite resistance in Uganda

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2023
Background Until recently, due to widespread prevalence of molecular markers associated with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and amodiaquine (AQ) resistance in east and southern Africa, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) has not been used at scale in ...
Anthony Nuwa   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

The immune response to malaria in utero. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Malaria causes tremendous early childhood morbidity and mortality, providing an urgent impetus for the development of a vaccine that is effective in neonates.
Feeney, Margaret E
core   +1 more source

Spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting during the seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign in 2022

open access: yesBulletin of the National Research Centre, 2023
Background Seasonal administration of antimalaria drug, sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine to children 3–59 months is a malaria preventive intervention used for the reduction of childhood malaria morbidity and mortality in area with highly ...
Kunle Rotimi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimizing the role of ‘lead mothers’ in seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) campaigns: formative research in Kano State, northern Nigeria

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2023
Background Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a safe and effective intervention for preventing malaria in children under 5 years of age. Lead mothers are community health volunteers that help caregivers comply with monthly administration of anti ...
Ekechi Okereke   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Affinity proteomics reveals elevated muscle proteins in plasma of children with cerebral malaria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Systemic inflammation and sequestration of parasitized erythrocytes are central processes in the pathophysiology of severe Plasmodium falciparum childhood malaria. However, it is still not understood why some children are more at risks to develop malaria
Afolabi, Nathaniel K.   +19 more
core   +3 more sources

Predictors of caregiver adherence to administration of amodiaquine during delivery of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Togo

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2023
Background Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among infants and children under-five in sub-Saharan Africa. In the Sahel, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is delivered door-to-door in monthly cycles.
Taiwo Ibinaiye   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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