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Performance of “VIKIA Malaria Ag Pf/Pan” (IMACCESS®), a new malaria rapid diagnostic test for detection of symptomatic malaria infections

Malaria Journal, 2012
Background Recently, IMACCESS® developed a new malaria test (VIKIA Malaria Ag Pf/Pan™), based on the detection of falciparum malaria (HRP-2) and non-falciparum malaria (aldolase).
Chou Monidarin, Kim Saorin, Khim Nimol, Chy Sophy, Sum Sarorn, Dourng Dany, Canier Lydie, Nguon Chea, Ménard Didier   +8 more
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Epidemiology of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale spp. in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Nature Communications, 2023
Reports suggest non-falciparum species are an underappreciated cause of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa but their epidemiology is ill-defined, particularly in highly malaria-endemic regions.
Rachel Sendor, Kristin Banek, Melchior M. Kashamuka, Nono Mvuama, Joseph A. Bala, Marthe Nkalani, Georges Kihuma, Joseph Atibu, Kyaw L. Thwai, W. Matthew Svec, Varun Goel, Tommy Nseka, Jessica T. Lin, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Michael Emch, Margaret Carrel, Jonathan J. Juliano, Antoinette Tshefu, Jonathan B. Parr   +18 more
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The pathophysiology of falciparum malaria

Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2003
Falciparum malaria is a complex disease with no simple explanation, affecting organs where the parasite is rare as well as those organs where it is more common. We continue to argue that it can best be understood in terms of excessive stimulation of normally useful pathways mediated by inflammatory cytokines, the prototype being tumor necrosis factor ...
Clark, Ian A, Cowden, William
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Cytokine profiles among patients co-infected with Plasmodium falciparum malaria and soil borne helminths attending Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, in Uganda

Allergy, 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, Charles D. Kato, Johnson Welishe, Daniel C. Mwandah   +3 more
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Haematological parameters, haemozoin-containing leukocytes in Sudanese children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Journal 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, Hatim G Eltahir, Tajeldin M Abdallah, Tariq E Elmahdi, Ammar H Khamis, Elfatih E Malik, Ishag Adam   +6 more
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Hyponatraemia in imported malaria is common and associated with disease severity

Malaria 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, Zietse Robert, Hesselink Dennis A, van Wolfswinkel Marlies E, van Genderen Perry JJ   +4 more
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Risk Factors for Imported Fatal Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, France, 1996–2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a serious health hazard for travelers to malaria-endemic areas and is often diagnosed on return to the country of residence.
Fabrice Legros, Olivier Bouchaud, Thierry Ancelle, Amandine Arnaud, Sandrine Cojean, Jacques Le Bras, Martin Danis, Arnaud Fontanet, Rémy Durand, Autochthonous Malaria Epidemiology   +9 more
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Acute Pancreatitis in a Patient with Complicated Falciparum Malaria [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Malaria is one of the most common protozoan diseases, especially in tropical countries. The clinical manifestation of malaria, especially falciparum malaria varies from mild acute febrile illness to life threatening severe systemic complications ...
Bhupen Barman, Prasanta Kumar Bhattacharya, Kryshan G Lynrah, Tony Ete, Neel Kanth Issar   +4 more
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QUINIDINE IN FALCIPARUM MALARIA

The 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, Looareesuwan, S, Warrell, D, Chongsuphajaisiddhi, T, Bunnag, D, Harinasuta, T   +5 more
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Rising report of Plasmodium vivax in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for malaria elimination agenda

Scientific African, 2020
Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum are the most important human malaria species. P. falciparum is considered the most virulent and widespread species in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mary Aigbiremo Oboh, Kolapo Muyiwa Oyebola, Emmanuel Taiwo Idowu, Aida Sadikh Badiane, Olubunmi Adetoro Otubanjo, Daouda Ndiaye   +5 more
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