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Drug resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mlimba, Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
BACKGROUND\ud \ud Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) has been and is currently used for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in many African countries.
Mbugi, Erasto V   +23 more
core   +1 more source

QUINIDINE IN FALCIPARUM MALARIA

open access: yesThe Lancet, 1981
Fourteen patients with falciparum malaria were successfully treated with oral quinidine. Twelve of these patients were followed for 35 days without recrudescence. In six patients the infection had already recrudesced after antimalarial treatment, which in two cases had included a full course of quinine.
White, N   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A world malaria map: Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in 2007 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
BACKGROUND: Efficient allocation of resources to intervene against malaria requires a detailed understanding of the contemporary spatial distribution of malaria risk. It is exactly 40 y since the last global map of malaria endemicity was published.
Guerra, C.A.   +79 more
core   +1 more source

Cytokine profiles among patients co-infected with Plasmodium falciparum malaria and soil borne helminths attending Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, in Uganda

open access: yesAllergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2018
Background Malaria and helminths share the same geographical distribution in tropical Africa. Studies of the interaction of helminth and malaria co-infection in humans have been few and are mainly epidemiological, with little information on cellular ...
Richard Bwanika   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Age patterns of severe paediatric malaria and their relationship to Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
BACKGROUND: The understanding of the epidemiology of severe malaria in African children remains incomplete across the spectrum of Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensities through which communities might expect to transition, as intervention ...
Abdullah Al-Taiar   +25 more
core   +1 more source

Haematological parameters, haemozoin-containing leukocytes in Sudanese children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2018
Introduction: Haemozoin –containing leucocytes (HCL) can be used to predict severe malaria. Methodology: A case –control study was conducted in Singa, Sudan, to investigate the haematological values and HCL in children with severe Plasmodium ...
Magdi M Salih   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Plasmodium falciparum population dynamics during the early phase of anti-malarial drug treatment in Tanzanian children with acute uncomplicated malaria. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND\ud \ud This study aimed to explore Plasmodium falciparum population dynamics during the early phase of anti-malarial drug treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy in children with clinical malaria in a high transmission area in ...
Carlsson, A.M   +51 more
core   +1 more source

Malaria-Associated Secondary Hematophagocytic Lymphohistocytosis-A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review (sHLH). [PDF]

open access: yesClin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Malaria‐associated secondary HLH, though rare, is often overlooked. Clinicians should maintain a high‐index of suspicion in travelers returning from malaria‐endemic regions who develop severe to rapidly worsening inflammatory illness, as early recognition is critical for survival.
Yadav I   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Differential var gene transcription in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from patients with cerebral malaria compared to hyperparasitaemia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The Plasmodium falciparum variant erythrocyte surface antigens known as PfEMP1, encoded by the var gene family, are thought to play a crucial role in malaria pathogenesis because they mediate adhesion to host cells and immuno-modulation.
Thera, Mahamadou A   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Hyponatraemia in imported malaria is common and associated with disease severity

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2010
Background Hyponatraemia (serum sodium < 135 mmol/L) has long been recognized as a complication of malaria. However, few studies have been done in non-immune adult populations.
Hoorn Ewout J   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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