Incidence of avian malaria in hummingbirds in humid premontane forests of Pichincha Province, Ecuador: A pilot study [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2021 Background and Aim: Avian malaria is a tropical disease caused by protozoans of the genera Plasmodium and Haemoproteus. As a nonlethal disease, avian malaria can affect the lifespan and reproductive rate of birds.
Claudia S. Abad +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 The invasion of reticulocytes by Plasmodium vivax merozoites is dependent on the interaction of the Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein (PvDBP) with the Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC).
Francisco J. Martinez +13 more
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Malaria Active Case Finding is a Necessary Strategy in the Malaria Elimination Program: A Successful Experience in Iran [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2023 Background: Case finding and malaria foci management is significant strategy for the prosperous performance of amalaria elimination program. Therefore, detection, treatment.
Maryam Sarani +7 more
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Double Jeopardy in Malaria Infected Children with Common Haemoglobinopathies: A Cross-sectional Study in Malaria Mesoendemic Districts of Ghana [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: Malaria and conditions associated with common haemoglobinopathies constitute a health threat to young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is known to exert some influence on common haemoglobin variants while haemoglobinopathies also ...
Raymond Charles Ehiem +2 more
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Song sparrows Melospiza melodia have a home-field advantage in defending against sympatric malarial parasites [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Hosts and parasites interact on both evolutionary and ecological timescales. The outcome of these interactions, specifically whether hosts are more resistant to their local parasites (sympatric) than to parasites from another location (allopatric), is ...
Yanina Sarquis-Adamson +1 more
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eLife, 2020 The apicoplast of Plasmodium falciparum parasites is believed to rely on the import of three-carbon phosphate compounds for use in organelle anabolic pathways, in addition to the generation of energy and reducing power within the organelle.
Russell P Swift +7 more
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The structure of Plasmodium yoelii merozoite surface protein 119, antibody specificity and implications for malaria vaccine design [PDF]
Open Biology, 2014 Merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1) has been identified as a target antigen for protective immune responses against asexual blood stage malaria, but effective vaccines based on MSP1 have not been developed so far.
Rachel D. Curd +5 more
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In Silico Studies of Four Compounds of Cecropia obtusifolia against Malaria Parasite
Molecules, 2023 Malaria is a disease that affects many people in the world. In Mexico, malaria remains an active disease in certain regions, particularly in the states of Chiapas and Chihuahua.
Carlos Alberto Lobato-Tapia +2 more
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Genomic epidemiology of artemisinin resistant malaria
eLife, 2016 The current epidemic of artemisinin resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Southeast Asia is the result of a soft selective sweep involving at least 20 independent kelch13 mutations.
MalariaGEN Plasmodium falciparum Community Project
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Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal, 2020 Background: Gluconeogenesis is stimulated by low blood glucose to maintain the glucose level; it involves lipolysis (breaking down of triglycerides), release of cortisol, and production of glycerol which can be converted into glucose.
Mathew Folaranmi Olaniyan +2 more
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