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Plasmodium falciparum infection and the risk of anemia in school children
Universa Medicina, 2015 BACKGROUND According to the World Health Organization, malaria is the major cause of death from tropical infections in children and pregnant women. Severe anemia is a common complication of malaria, particularly malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum ...
Suriyani Tan +2 more
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Trends in Parasitology, 2019 Plasmodium falciparum is the etiological agent of malaria tropica, the leading cause of death due to a vector-borne infectious disease, claiming 0.5 million lives every year. The single-cell eukaryote undergoes a complex life cycle and is an obligate intracellular parasite of hepatocytes (clinically silent) and erythrocytes (disease causing).
Maier, Alex +3 more
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Definitions, 2020 A malária é uma doença ainda muito comum. Em 2002, segundo o relatório da OMS havia cerca de 207 milhões de casos, sendo que apenas naquele ano ocorreram 627 mil mortes.
J. Fernandes, Lucas Nishida
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Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2017 Plasmodium falciparum is a protozoan parasite that causes the most severe form of human malaria. Five other Plasmodium species can also infect humans — P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale curtisi, P. ovale wallikeri and P. knowlesi — but P. falciparum is the most prevalent Plasmodium species in the African region, where 90% of all malaria occurs, and it is
Catherine J. Merrick
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Background Anaemia in pregnancy is common in underdeveloped countries, and malaria remains the predominant cause of the condition in Ghana. Anti-erythropoietin (anti-EPO) antibody production may be implicated in the pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum ...
Charles Nkansah +15 more
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Plasmodium falciparum resistant to artemisinin and diagnostics have emerged in Ethiopia
Nature Microbiology, 2023 Diagnosis and treatment of Plasmodium falciparum infections are required for effective malaria control and are pre-requisites for malaria elimination efforts; hence we need to monitor emergence, evolution and spread of drug- and diagnostics-resistant ...
A. Fola +15 more
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Malaria Journal, 2021 Background Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the vast majority of (severe) clinical malaria cases in most African settings. Other Plasmodium species often go undiagnosed but may still have clinical consequences.
Daniel Ayo +6 more
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Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes as Vectors of Plasmodium vivax and falciparum, Horn of Africa, 2019
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, efficient vectors in parts of Asia and Africa, were found in 75.3% of water sources surveyed and contributed to 80.9% of wild-caught Anopheles mosquitoes in Awash Sebat Kilo, Ethiopia.
F. Tadesse +36 more
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Malaria Journal, 2021 Background The entry of PCR-based techniques into malaria diagnostics has improved the sensitivity and specificity of the detection of Plasmodium infections.
Kim van Bergen +5 more
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