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A prospective study on adult patients of severe malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and mixed infection from Bikaner, northwest India [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2014
Background & objectives: Description of severe vivax malaria and mixed species infection requires good clinical study. The present study was undertaken to evalute the characteristics of severe malaria patients in Bikaner, northwest India. Methods: This
D. K. Kochar   +10 more
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A prospective study from south India to compare the severity of malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax, P. falciparum and dual infection

open access: yesJournal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2015
Background & objectives: Traditionally, Plasmodium falciparum has been attributed to cause severe malaria, whereas P. vivax is considered to cause "benign" tertian malaria.
Shubhanker Mitra   +3 more
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Evaluation of Three Rapid Tests for Diagnosis of P. Falciparum and P. Vivax Malaria in Colombia. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The diagnostic capacity of three malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), NOW-Malaria-ICT, OptiMAL-IT, and Paracheck-Pf, was evaluated against expert microscopy in Colombia. We tested 896 patients, of whom microscopy confirmed 139 P.
Angarita, B   +6 more
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Forecasting malaria incidence from historical morbidity patterns in epidemic-prone areas of Ethiopia: a simple seasonal adjustment method performs best.

open access: yes, 2002
The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of different methods of forecasting malaria incidence from historical morbidity patterns in areas with unstable transmission.
Abeku, Tarekegn A   +7 more
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The Rate of Plasmodium vivax Infectivity within Gloucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficient Individuals in Hormozgan Province, Iran

open access: yesIranian Journal of Parasitology, 2014
Background: One of the most important enzymatic disorders that interact with malaria is deficiency of G6PD (Gloucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase). This enzyme protects red blood cells from hydrogen peroxide and other oxidative damages. Distribution of this
Mohammad Ebrahimipour   +9 more
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Developing Ontology Support for Human Malaria Control Initiatives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases and an enormous public health problem in Sub-Sahara Africa, Asia and parts of America. In this paper, we discuss the development of the Human Malaria Control Ontology (HMCO) which contains ...
Daramola, Olawande, Fatumo, S.
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Plasmodium vivax cerebral malaria.

open access: yesIndian pediatrics, 2007
We report two cases of Plasmodium vivax malaria (both aged 12 years) complicated by seizures and symptoms of diffuse meningoencephalitis. One had predominantly meningeal signs while in the other, purely encephalitis features were present. Both cases were treated with artesunate. Rarely, cerebral malaria is a presenting complication or occurs during the
Rajoo, Thapa   +2 more
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Neonatal Plasmodium vivax malaria.

open access: yesTropical biomedicine, 2012
Congenital malaria is a condition rarely diagnosed, even in endemic countries. This tropical disease is associated with high mortality in the absence of timely recognition and prompt therapy, particularly when is due to Plasmodium falciparum, however Plasmodium vivax can also lead to relevant morbidity and mortality.
D, Oróstegui-Pinilla   +1 more
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