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Development of a Multiplex Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Diagnosis of Plasmodium spp., Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax [PDF]

Diagnostics, 2021
Malaria, caused by the parasite Plasmodium and transmitted by mosquitoes, is an epidemic that mainly occurs in tropical and subtropical regions. As treatments differ across species of malarial parasites, there is a need to develop rapid diagnostic methods to differentiate malarial species.
Woong Sik Jang, Da Hye Lim, YoungLan Choe, Hyunseul Jee, Kyung Chul Moon, Chaewon Kim, Minkyeong Choi, In Su Park, Chae Seung Lim   +8 more
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Parasitic Infections and Associated Cognitive Outcome Among School‐Aged Children in Africa: A Systematic Review

Brain and Behavior
Background Parasitic infections remain endemic among children, yet the neurocognitive and educational impact of these infections has not been systematically synthesized.
Albertha Maku Adu, David Larbi Simpong, David Mawutor Donkor, Kwaku Sarfo Manu, Maxwell Hubert Antwi, Linus Kpelle, George Nkrumah Osei, Ansumana Bockarie   +7 more
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Submicroscopic placental infection by non-falciparum Plasmodium spp. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2018
Among the Plasmodium species that infect humans, adverse effects of P. falciparum and P. vivax have been extensively studied and reported with respect to poor outcomes particularly in first time mothers and in pregnant women living in areas with unstable malaria transmission.
Doritchamou JYA, Akuffo RA, Moussiliou A, Luty AJF, Massougbodji A, Deloron P, Tuikue Ndam NG.   +6 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Overview of Plasmodium spp. and Animal Models in Malaria Research. [PDF]

Comp Med
Malaria is a parasitic disease caused by protozoan species of the genus Plasmodium and transmitted by female mosquitos of the genus Anopheles and other Culicidae. Most of the parasites of the genus Plasmodium are highly species specific with more than 200 species described affecting different species of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Gozalo AS, Robinson CK, Holdridge J, Mahecha OFL, Elkins WR.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Phylogenetic analysis of simian Plasmodium spp. infecting Anopheles balabacensis Baisas in Sabah, Malaysia.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundAnopheles balabacensis of the Leucospyrus group has been confirmed as the primary knowlesi malaria vector in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo for some time now.
Tock H Chua, Benny O Manin, Sylvia Daim, Indra Vythilingam, Chris Drakeley   +4 more
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Cross-sectional study of the burden of vector-borne and soil-transmitted polyparasitism in rural communities of Coast Province, Kenya. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: In coastal Kenya, infection of human populations by a variety of parasites often results in co-infection or poly-parasitism. These parasitic infections, separately and in conjunction, are a major cause of chronic clinical and sub-clinical ...
Bisanzio, D, Bustinduy, AL, King, CH, Kitron, U, Muchiri, EM, Mungai, PL, Mutuku, F   +6 more
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Prevalence of Haemosporidian parasites of Chukar Partridge Birds in Sulaimani Province/Kurdistan Region of Iraq [PDF]

مجلة الانبار للعلوم البيطرية, 2019
This study was carried out in Sulaimani Province, Kurdistan region, Iraq during the period from April 2016 to the end of September 2016. A total of 100 chukar partridge of different ages were randomly captured alive and their blood smear were examined ...
Kwestan Najm Ali, , Shahnaz Abdulkader Ali, Nawzad Rasheed Abdulrahman   +2 more
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MOSQUITO-BORNE PARASITES IN PATIENTS NEWLY INFECTED WITH HIV IN RELATIONSHIP WITH CD4 COUNT AND TNF ΑLPHA

Journal of Vocational Health Studies, 2021
Background: Mosquito-borne parasites include the pathogenic protozoa and helminths that are transmitted by the insect vector which may co-infect with other organisms to elicit an immune response.
Mathew Folaranmi Olaniyan
doaj   +1 more source

Midgut microbiota of the malaria mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae and Interactions with plasmodium falciparum Infection [PDF]

, 2012
The susceptibility of Anopheles mosquitoes to Plasmodium infections relies on complex interactions between the insect vector and the malaria parasite.
A Chao, A Rani, AK Benson, Alexandra Marie, AM Briones, AM Mendes, Anne Boissière, AV Santos, B Chouaia, C Costantini, C Dale, C Damiani, C Fanello, C Gouveia, C Harris, C Wondji, CA Lowenberger, CB Pumpuni, CB Pumpuni, CD Marsden, CJF Ter Braak, CJF Ter Braak, CM Cirimotich, Dipankar Bachar, E Crotti, E Crotti, E Zaura, Elena A. Levashina, F Armougom, F Simard, FH Collins, G Avgustin, G Elango, G Favia, G Reid, Hamid R. Shahbazkia, II Ivanov, Isabelle Morlais, J Jadin, J Okasen, J Qin, J Rodrigues, JF Petrosino, JM Lindh, K Zouache, KD Vernick, Kenneth D. Vernick, KM Maslowski, KS Hayes, KW Mah, L Gonzalez-Ceron, Luc Abate, LV Hooper, LV Hooper, M Farenhorst, M Kane, Majoline T. Tchioffo, ME Bruno, MK Lawniczak, ML Metzker, ML Sogin, MM Riehle, MO Ndiath, MS Beier, N Buchon, N Windbichler, O Terenius, P Kampfer, Parfait H. Awono-Ambene, PJ Turnbaugh, R Andreotti, R Christen, R Fabre, R Kindt, R Miyata, RE Ley, RE Ley, Richard Christen, RJ Dillon, RJ Dillon, RM Moll, S Compant, S Meister, SA Blandin, Sandrine E. Nsango, SC Straif, SK Kuss, SM Geib, T Stoeck, TL Turner, U Hentschel, VG Martinson, Y Dong, Y Kikuchi, Y Kikuchi   +94 more
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First molecular detection of Haemoproteus spp. and Plasmodium spp. in eared doves (Zenaida auriculata) in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2020
The aim of this study was to verify the presence and identify the species of haemosporidian parasites in eared doves (Zenaida auriculata) in Brazil.
Alessandra Taroda, Luiz Daniel de Barros, Mércia de Seixas, Sérgio Tosi Cardim, João Pedro Sasse, Ana Flávia Minutti, Odilon Vidotto, João Luis Garcia   +7 more
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