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Prevalence of K13 mutation and Day-3 positive parasitaemia in artemisinin-resistant malaria endemic area of Cambodia: a cross-sectional study

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background The presence of artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites was confirmed in western Cambodia in 2009. In 2013, mutations in the propeller domain of the kelch protein K13 was found to be associated with artemisinin resistance.
Soy Ty Kheang, Siv Sovannaroth, Sovann Ek, Say Chy, Phally Chhun, Sokkieng Mao, Sokomar Nguon, Dy Soley Lek, Didier Menard, Neeraj Kak   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mass campaigns with antimalarial drugs: a modelling comparison of artemether-lumefantrine and DHA-piperaquine with and without primaquine as tools for malaria control and elimination

, 2015
Antimalarial drugs are a powerful tool for malaria control and elimination. Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) can reduce transmission when widely distributed in a campaign setting.
Eckhoff, Philip, Gerardin, Jaline, Wenger, Edward A.   +2 more
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Malaria training for community health workers in the setting of elimination: a qualitative study from China [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Continuous training of health workers is a key intervention to maintain their good performance and keep their vigilance during malaria elimination programmes.
A Souares, AK Rowe, B Chipwaza, B Moonen, C Cotter, Claudia Beiersmann, CS Gueye, D Hu, D Zhang, F Rakhshani, G Lu, G Newby, Guangyu Lu, HJ Smith, J Feng, J Hemingway, JA Najera, JG Breman, Jinsong Wang, JO Jacobson, Jun Cao, K Bharati, KW Hlongwana, L Tang, LH Tang, MS Hsiang, N Dike, OI Fawole, Olaf Müller, Q Meng, R Wang, RG Feachem, S Zhou, SM Kabene, WC Hsiao, WHO, WHO, WHO, Xiangming Li, Xing Liu, Y Liu, Y Liu, Yaobao Liu, Yu Feng, Z Ren   +44 more
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Tackling Imported Malaria: An Elimination Endgame [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015
As countries move toward malaria elimination, imported infections become increasingly significant as they often represent the majority of cases, can sustain transmission, cause resurgences, and lead to mortality. Here we review and critique current methods to prevent malaria importation in countries pursuing elimination and explore methods applied in ...
Sturrock, Hugh J. W., Roberts, Kathryn W., Wegbreit, Jennifer, Ohrt, Colin, Gosling, Roly D.   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wild animals suffer due to human activity, yet natural factors contribute far more significantly to their suffering. In light of this, some propose that we have a pro tanto obligation to intervene in ecosystems to improve wild animal welfare.
Tristan Katz
wiley   +1 more source

Infectivity of Chronic Malaria Infections and Its Consequences for Control and Elimination [PDF]

, 2018
Assessing the importance of targeting the chronic Plasmodium falciparum malaria reservoir is pivotal as the world moves toward malaria eradication.
Aguas, Ricardo, Dondorp, Arjen M, Gomes, Gabriela, Maude, Richard J, White, Lisa J, White, Nicholas J   +5 more
core   +4 more sources

Cross-Border Malaria: A Major Obstacle for Malaria Elimination [PDF]

, 2015
Movement of malaria across international borders poses a major obstacle to achieving malaria elimination in the 34 countries that have committed to this goal. In border areas, malaria prevalence is often higher than in other areas due to lower access to health services, treatment-seeking behaviour of marginalized populations that typically inhabit ...
Wangdi, Kinley, Gatton, Michelle, Kelly, Gerard, Clements, Archie   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Fostering Inclusive Excellence: Reimagining Oral Science Research and Admissions to Advance Dentistry During Perilous Times

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose: Recent shifts in public policy and legislation have aimed to dismantle progress toward racial equity in the United States, especially within the realm of education. Dental education institutions are responsible for cultivating the oral healthcare workforce of the future, but their ability to meet the growing dental burden is hampered ...
RK, JB, YK, DG
wiley   +1 more source

Eliminate now: seven critical actions required to accelerate elimination of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Malaria Journal, 2016
The emergence in 2009 of Plasmodium falciparum parasites resistant to the primary therapies currently in use (artemisinin-based combination therapy, ACT) in Southeast Asia threatens to set back decades of global progress in malaria control and ...
Andrew A. Lover, Roly Gosling, Richard Feachem, Jim Tulloch   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low-Quality Housing Is Associated With Increased Risk of Malaria Infection: A National Population-Based Study From the Low Transmission Setting of Swaziland. [PDF]

, 2017
BackgroundLow-quality housing may confer risk of malaria infection, but evidence in low transmission settings is limited.MethodsTo examine the relationship between individual level housing quality and locally acquired infection in children and adults, a ...
Allen, Regan, Cohen, Justin, Dlamini, Nomcebo, Dorsey, Grant, Gosling, Roly, Greenhouse, Bryan, Hsiang, Michelle S, Kang Dufour, Mi-Suk, Kunene, Simon, LeMenach, Arnaud, Midekisa, Alemayehu, Nhlabathi, Nomcebo, Novotny, Joseph, Ntshalintshali, Nyasatu, Pindolia, Deepa   +14 more
core   +2 more sources