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The Lancet, 2018 Following unsuccessful eradication attempts there was a resurgence of malaria towards the end of the 20th century. Renewed control efforts using a range of improved tools, such as long-lasting insecticide-treated bednets and artemisinin-based combination therapies, have more than halved the global burden of disease, but it remains high with 445 000 ...
E. Ashley, A. Phyo, C. Woodrow
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Malaria: What's New in the Management of Malaria?
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2019 The global burden of malaria remains high, with 216 million cases causing 445,000 deaths in 2016 despite first-line treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapy. Decreasing transmission in Africa shifts the risk for severe malaria to older age groups as premunition wanes. Prompt diagnosis and treatment with intravenous artesunate in addition to
K. Plewes +3 more
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Der Internist, 2006 Imported malaria is an important problem in non-endemic areas because of increasing numbers of travelers, overseas workers and immigrants. Since the presentation of malaria is vague and nonspecific, the diagnosis should be considered in any appropriately symptomatic patient with a history of travel to a malaria-endemic area.
Ashley, E +3 more
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Malaria chemoprevention and drug resistance: a review of the literature and policy implications
Malaria Journal, 2022 Chemoprevention strategies reduce malaria disease and death, but the efficacy of anti-malarial drugs used for chemoprevention is perennially threatened by drug resistance.
C. Plowe
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Reflections on the 2021 World Malaria Report and the future of malaria control
Malaria Journal, 2022 The World Malaria Report, released in December 2021, reflects the unique challenges currently facing the global malaria community. The report showed the devastating toll of malaria, with an estimated 627,000 people losing their lives to the disease in ...
April Monroe +4 more
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Malaria Journal, 2022 Severe malaria is a medical emergency. It is a major cause of preventable childhood death in tropical countries. Severe malaria justifies considerable global investment in malaria control and elimination yet, increasingly, international agencies, funders
N. J. White
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001 Malaria is a common and dangerous tropical disease, caused by a parasite transmitted to humans through the bite of the anopheles mosquito. This article reviews the prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of malaria, and outlines key aspects of pre-travel advice.
Awash Teklehaimanot +2 more
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The economic burden of malaria: a systematic review
Malaria Journal, 2022 Background Quantifying disease costs is critical for policymakers to set priorities, allocate resources, select control and prevention strategies, and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of interventions. Although malaria carries a very large disease burden,
M. Andrade +9 more
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2017 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Malaria is caused in humans by five species of single-celled eukaryotic Plasmodium parasites (mainly Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax) that are transmitted by the bite of Anopheles spp. mosquitoes.
Margaret A, Phillips +5 more
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