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Imported Malaria in an Immigrant Toddler Boy in Kashan, a Non-Malaria Endemic Area, Central Iran

Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2022
Malaria is an imported disease in non-endemic regions of Iran. Imported malaria cases to Iran mostly come from illegal immigrants from neighboring eastern countries.
Tayebeh Taghipour1, Mahzad Erami2, Mojtaba Fakhrei2, Hossein Hooshyar1*   +3 more
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On Programmed Cell Death in Plasmodium falciparum: Status Quo

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2012
Conflicting arguments and results exist regarding the occurrence and phenotype of programmed cell death (PCD) in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
Dewaldt Engelbrecht, Pierre Marcel Durand, Thérèsa Louise Coetzer   +2 more
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QSAR Analysis of Natural Lupeol Analogs as Antimalarial agents [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Malaria is an infectious disease that affects millions of people caused by Plasmodium parasite. The growing Plasmodium resistance underscores existing antimalarial drugs and necessities novel antimalarial drugs with high efficiency. Lupeol is a naturally
Rajathei David Mary
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A Study on the Effect of N-Acetylcysteine on Acute Kidney Injury due to Falciparum Malaria [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021
Introduction: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) occurs most commonly in Plasmodium falciparum infection. Next to cerebral malaria and anaemia, AKI is the third most common complication of falciparum malaria.
GURUPADA DAS, BIBHU PRASAD BEHERA, PURNA CHANDRA KARUA, RAMA CHANDRA SETHY   +3 more
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Glucocorticoid dysfunction in children with severe malaria

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
IntroductionMalaria remains a widespread health problem with a huge burden. Severe or complicated malaria is highly lethal and encompasses a variety of pathological processes, including immune activation, inflammation, and dysmetabolism.
Leen Vandermosten, Fran Prenen, Balotin Fogang, Pauline Dagneau de Richecour, Sofie Knoops, Christiane Josiane Donkeu, Cathy Doric Piemba Nguefack, Jean-Voisin Taguebue, Paul Koki Ndombo, Bart Ghesquière, Bart Ghesquière, Lawrence Ayong, Philippe E. Van den Steen   +12 more
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Anopheline mosquito saliva contains bacteria that are transferred to a mammalian host through blood feeding

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionMalaria transmission occurs when Plasmodium sporozoites are transferred from the salivary glands of anopheline mosquitoes to a human host through the injection of saliva. The need for better understanding, as well as novel modes of inhibiting,
Anastasia Accoti, Claudia Damiani, Emilia Nunzi, Alessia Cappelli, Gloria Iacomelli, Giulia Monacchia, Antonella Turco, Francesco D’Alò, Matthew J. Peirce, Guido Favia, Roberta Spaccapelo, Roberta Spaccapelo   +11 more
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High prevalence of Plasmodium infection in fighting cocks in Thailand determined with a molecular method

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2022
Avian malaria caused by Plasmodium and the malaria-like parasites of the genus Haemoproteus has been regularly described in multiple regions worldwide. These parasites significantly affect many avian taxa, including domestic chickens and fighting cocks ...
Vaisusuk Kotchaphon, Chatan Wasupon, Seerintra Tossapol, Piratae Supawadee   +3 more
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A review on malaria eradication: what hope for Nigeria?

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2016
Malaria and its transmitting vectors are household names. Malaria which helped Africa from the venomous fangs of colonialism has turned to be the bane of development in tropical countries including Nigeria.
E.C. Amadi
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The Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast cysteine desulfurase provides sulfur for both iron-sulfur cluster assembly and tRNA modification

eLife, 2023
Iron-sulfur clusters (FeS) are ancient and ubiquitous protein cofactors that play fundamental roles in many aspects of cell biology. These cofactors cannot be scavenged or trafficked within a cell and thus must be synthesized in any subcellular ...
Russell P Swift, Rubayet Elahi, Krithika Rajaram, Hans B Liu, Sean T Prigge   +4 more
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First molecular evidence of Hepatocystis infection in non-human primates from Indonesia using fecal DNA: Implications for wildlife surveillance and One Health [PDF]

Veterinary World
Background and Aim: Hepatocystis, a malaria-like hemoparasite closely related to Plasmodium, infects non-human primates (NHPs), bats, and other mammals, yet remains understudied in Indonesia. Although Plasmodium detection in primates has been extensively
Firmanul Hasan, Josephine Elizabeth Siregar, Normalita Eka Pravitasari, Andita Fitri Mutiara Rizki, Wihda Aisarul Azmi, I Made Artika, Wanda Kuswanda   +6 more
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