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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 ...
Ashley, E, Pyae Phyo, A, Woodrow, C
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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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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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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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The effect of malaria control on Plasmodium falciparum in Africa between 2000 and 2015
Nature, 2015 Since the year 2000, a concerted campaign against malaria has led to unprecedented levels of intervention coverage across sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the effect of this control effort is vital to inform future control planning.
S. Bhatt +31 more
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Malaria-filaria coinfection in mice makes malarial disease more severe unless filarial infection achieves patency [PDF]
, 2005 Coinfections are common in natural populations, and the literature suggests that helminth coinfection readily affects how the immune system manages malaria.
Allen, Judith E +3 more
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Nature Communications, 2019 Four genome-wide associated loci are currently known for malaria susceptibility. Here, the authors expand on earlier work by combining data from 11 malaria-endemic countries and additional population sequencing informing an African-enriched imputation ...
Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network
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Malaria Diagnosis and the Plasmodium Life Cycle: the BFO Perspective [PDF]
, 2009 Definitive diagnosis of malaria requires the demonstration through laboratory tests of the presence within the patient of malaria parasites or their components.
Barry Smith, Werner Ceusters
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Affinity proteomics reveals elevated muscle proteins in plasma of children with cerebral malaria [PDF]
, 2014 Systemic inflammation and sequestration of parasitized erythrocytes are central processes in the pathophysiology of severe Plasmodium falciparum childhood malaria. However, it is still not understood why some children are more at risks to develop malaria
Afolabi, Nathaniel K. +19 more
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