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M1 macrophage features in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients with pulmonary oedema

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background Pulmonary oedema (PE) is a serious complication of Plasmodium falciparum malaria which can lead to acute lung injury in severe cases. Lung macrophages are activated during malaria infection due to a complex host-immune response.
Aekkarin Klinkhamhom, Supattra Glaharn, Charit Srisook, Sumate Ampawong, Srivicha Krudsood, Stephen A. Ward, Parnpen Viriyavejakul   +6 more
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Parasitaemia and Its Relation to Hematological Parameters and Liver Function among Patients Malaria in Abs, Hajjah, Northwest Yemen

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2016
Plasmodium falciparum malaria is the most common infection in Yemen. The present study aims to investigate changes in hematological and hepatic function indices of P. falciparum infected individuals.
Mohamed Al-Salahy, Bushra Shnawa, Gamal Abed, Ahmed Mandour, Ali Al-Ezzi   +4 more
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Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Microbiology spectrum, 2016
For more than five decades, Southeast Asia (SEA) has been fertile ground for the emergence of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria. After generating parasites resistant to chloroquine, sulfadoxine, pyrimethamine, quinine, and mefloquine, this ...
R. Fairhurst, A. Dondorp
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Genetic Manipulation of Non-Falciparum Human Malaria Parasites

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
The development of genetic manipulation of Plasmodium falciparum in the 1980s was key to study malaria biology. Genetically modified parasites have been used to study several aspects of the disease, such as red blood cell invasion, drug resistance ...
Taís Baruel Vieira, Thafne Plastina Astro, Roberto Rudge de Moraes Barros   +2 more
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Out of Africa: origins and evolution of the human malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax

International Journal of Parasitology, 2016
Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax account for more than 95% of all human malaria infections, and thus pose a serious public health challenge. To control and potentially eliminate these pathogens, it is important to understand their origins and ...
Dorothy E. Loy, Weimin Liu, Yingying Li, G. Learn, Lindsey J. Plenderleith, Sesh A. Sundararaman, P. Sharp, B. Hahn   +7 more
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Disparities of Plasmodium falciparum infection, malaria-related morbidity and access to malaria prevention and treatment among school-aged children : a national cross-sectional survey in Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

, 2015
There is limited knowledge on the malaria burden of school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire. The aim of this study was to assess Plasmodium falciparum infection, malaria-related morbidity, use of preventive measures and treatment against malaria, and ...
Silué, Kigbafori D., Eveline Hürlimann, N'Dri, Prisca B., Assi, Serge-Brice, Utzinger, Jürg, Yapi, Richard B., Cinthia A Acka, Penelope Vounatsou, Clarisse A Houngbedji, Richard B Yapi, Benjamin G Koudou, Fantodji, Agathe, Jürg Utzinger, Acka, Cinthia A., Houngbedji, Clarisse A., Giovanna Raso, Raso, Giovanna, Gotianwa Soro, Koudou, Benjamin G., Prisca B N’Dri, Serge-Brice Assi, Soro, Gotianwa, N'Goran, Eliézer K., Hürlimann, Eveline, Kigbafori D Silué, Eliézer K N’Goran, Vounatsou, Penelope, Agathe Fantodji   +27 more
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Influence of the number and timing of malaria episodes during pregnancy on prematurity and small-for-gestational-age in an area of low transmission

BMC Medicine, 2017
Background Most evidence on the association between malaria in pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes focuses on falciparum malaria detected at birth.
Kerryn A. Moore, Julie A. Simpson, Jacher Wiladphaingern, Aung Myat Min, Mupawjay Pimanpanarak, Moo Kho Paw, Jathee Raksuansak, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Freya J. I. Fowkes, Nicholas J. White, François Nosten, Rose McGready   +11 more
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of malaria in Banmauk Township, Sagaing region of Northern Myanmar: characteristics, trends, and risk factors

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background While national malaria incidence has been declining in Myanmar, some subregions within the nation continue to have high burdens of malaria morbidity and mortality.
Pyae Linn Aung, Myat Thu Soe, Thit Lwin Oo, Kyaw Thu Aung, Kyaw Kyaw Lin, Aung Thi, Lynette Menezes, Daniel M. Parker, Liwang Cui, Myat Phone Kyaw   +9 more
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Plasmodium falciparum histidine rich protein-2 diversity and the implications for PfHRP 2: based malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Ghana

Malaria Journal, 2016
Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) play a key role in malaria management and control. The PfHRP-2 based RDT is the most widely used RDT for malaria diagnosis in Ghana.
L. Amoah, Joana Abankwa, Akua Oppong
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Insecticide-treated bednets for the prevention of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cambodia: a cluster-randomized trial.

, 2006
OBJECTIVES: To validate and quantify the impact of insecticide-treated bednets (ITN) on malaria morbidity and mortality in Cambodia. METHODS: A paired, cluster-randomized trial of ITN was conducted in Rattanakiri, North East Cambodia.
Hewitt, S, Socheat, D, Rowland, M, Nguon, C, Okell, L, Sochantha, T, Vannara, H, Alexander, N, Yeung, S   +8 more
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