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Serum anti-erythropoietin antibodies among pregnant women with Plasmodium falciparum malaria and anaemia: A case-control study in northern Ghana.

PLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundAnaemia in pregnancy is common in underdeveloped countries, and malaria remains the predominant cause of the condition in Ghana. Anti-erythropoietin (anti-EPO) antibody production may be implicated in the pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum ...
Charles Nkansah, Simon Bannison Bani, Kofi Mensah, Samuel Kwasi Appiah, Felix Osei-Boakye, Gabriel Abbam, Samira Daud, Eugene Mensah Agyare, Peace Esenam Agbadza, Charles Angnataa Derigubah, Dorcas Serwaa, Francis Atoroba Apodola, Yeduah Quansah, Rahama Issah, Samuel Yennuloom Dindiok, Felix Ejike Chukwurah   +15 more
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Imported falciparum malaria [PDF]

BMJ, 1994
EDITOR, - A television programme during the summer (World in Action, “Dying for a Holiday,” Granada TV, 18 July 1994) that reported on cases of falciparum malaria in tourists returning from tropical holidays mirrored experience that we have reported in British troops.1 The programme relayed criticism from bereaved relatives about general practitioners'
Miller, J, Warrell, D
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Hematological indices and abnormalities among patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Kosti city of the White Nile state, Sudan: a comparative study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Hematological abnormalities are common features in falciparum malaria but vary among different populations across countries. Therefore, we compared hematological indices and abnormalities between Plasmodium falciparum-infected patients and ...
Ahmed M. E. Elkhalifa, Rashad Abdul-Ghani, Abdelhakam G. Tamomh, Nur Eldin Eltaher, Nada Y. Ali, Moataz M. Ali, Elsharif A. Bazie, Aboagla KhirAlla, Fatin A. DfaAlla, Omnia A. M. Alhasan   +9 more
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Increased circulating myeloid-derived suppressor cells in vivax malaria and severe falciparum malaria

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Circulating myeloid-derived-suppressor-cells (MDSC) with immunosuppressive function are increased in human experimental Plasmodium falciparum infection, but have not been studied in clinical malaria.
Leo Leonardo, Enny Kenangalem, Jeanne R. Poespoprodjo, Rintis Noviyanti, Ric N. Price, Nicholas M. Anstey, Gabriela Minigo, Steven Kho   +7 more
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Imported and indigenous Plasmodium Vivax and Plasmodium Falciparum malaria in the Hubei Province of China, 2005–2019

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background The Hubei Province in China reported its last indigenous malaria case in September 2012, but imported malaria cases, particularly those related to Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum, threaten Hubei’s malaria-free status.
Dongni Wu, Hong Zhu, Lun Wan, Juan Zhang, Wen Lin, Lingcong Sun, Huaxun Zhang, Si Liu, Eimear Cleary, Andrew J. Tatem, Jing Xia, Shengjie Lai   +11 more
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Determining the severity of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ethiopia

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2013
Summary: Background: In the majority of health centers in Ethiopia, the severity of falciparum malaria has been determined by parasitemia alone. However, it has been suggested that the use of peripheral infected RBC counts as an indicator of disease ...
Zinaye Tekeste, Meseret Workineh, Beyene Petros   +2 more
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Features and prognosis of severe malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and mixed Plasmodium species in Papua New Guinean children. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: Mortality from severe pediatric falciparum malaria appears low in Oceania but Plasmodium vivax is increasingly recognized as a cause of complications and death.
Laurens Manning, Moses Laman, Irwin Law, Cathy Bona, Susan Aipit, David Teine, Jonathan Warrell, Anna Rosanas-Urgell, Enmoore Lin, Benson Kiniboro, John Vince, Ilomo Hwaiwhanje, Harin Karunajeewa, Pascal Michon, Peter Siba, Ivo Mueller, Timothy M E Davis   +16 more
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Deep learning hybrid model for analyzing and predicting the impact of imported malaria cases from Africa on the rise of Plasmodium falciparum in China before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundPlasmodium falciparum cases are rising in China due to the imported malaria cases from African countries. The main goal of this study is to examine the impact of imported malaria cases in African countries on the rise of P.
Eric Kamana, Jijun Zhao
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Pretreatment gametocyte carriage in symptomatic patients with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections on the Thai-Myanmar border

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2021
Background&objectives: Changes in parasite biology, particularly the gametocytogenesis process, could be one of the important contributing factors for worldwide malaria resurgence.
Pongsakorn Martviset, Sirima Kitvatanachai, Mayuri Tarasuk, Phunuch Muhamad, Kesara Na-Bangchang   +4 more
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Spatial and temporal distribution of falciparum malaria in China

Malaria Journal, 2009
Background Falciparum malaria is the most deadly among the four main types of human malaria. Although great success has been achieved since the launch of the National Malaria Control Programme in 1955, malaria remains a serious public health problem in ...
Lin Hualiang, Lu Liang, Tian Linwei, Zhou Shuisen, Wu Haixia, Bi Yan, Ho Suzanne C, Liu Qiyong   +7 more
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