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Clinical factors for severity of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in hospitalized adults in Thailand. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Plasmodium falciparum is a major cause of severe malaria in Southeast Asia, however, there is limited information regarding clinical factors associated with the severity of falciparum malaria from this region.
Patrick Sagaki, Vipa Thanachartwet, Varunee Desakorn, Duangjai Sahassananda, Supat Chamnanchanunt, Wirongrong Chierakul, Punnee Pitisuttithum, Prajej Ruangkanchanasetr   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Invasive Bacterial Co-infection in African Children with Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

, 2014
Severe malaria remains a major cause of pediatric hospital admission across Africa. Invasive bacterial infection (IBI) is a recognized complication of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, resulting in a substantially worse outcome.
Maitland, Kathryn, Church, James, Church, K, James Church, Kathryn Maitland   +4 more
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Severe and benign Plasmodium vivax malaria in Emberá (Amerindian) children and adolescents from an endemic municipality in Western Colombia

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2016
Summary: Malaria in children is still an important public health problem in endemic areas of South-East Asia and Latin America. Certain forms of the disease, such as Plasmodium vivax severe malaria, are still neglected.
Diego A. Medina-Morales, Estefanía Montoya-Franco, Viviana d.P. Sanchez-Aristizabal, Jorge E. Machado-Alba, Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An operational comparative study of quinine and artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria in hospitals and health centres in the Democratic Republic of Congo : the MATIAS study [PDF]

, 2015
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the highest number of severe malaria cases in the world. In early 2012, the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) changed the policy for treating severe malaria in children and adults from injectable ...
Lengeler, Christian, Musafiri, Papa N., Tshefu, Antoinette K., Ross, Amanda, Duparc, Stephan, Hugo, Pierre, Luwawu, Joseph N., Ngoie, Symphorien E., Ngwala, Philippe L., Mitembo, Didier K., Burri, Christian, Ferrari, Giovanfrancesco, Ntuku, Henry M.   +12 more
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Severe malaria intervention status in Nigeria: workshop meeting report

Malaria Journal
Nigeria accounts for 39% of global malaria deaths in children under 5 years of age and the effective management of severe malaria is a health priority.
Emmanuel Shekarau, Miriam Uzoanya, Nnenna Ogbulafor, Severe Malaria Working Group   +3 more
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Advocating an attack against severe malaria: a cost-effectiveness analysis

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background A recent study found that the gut microbiota, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, have the ability to modulate the severity of malaria. The modulation of the severity of malaria is not however, the typical focal point of most widespread ...
Scott Greenhalgh, Veda Chandwani
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Prevalence and risk factors related to poor outcome of patients with severe Plasmodium vivax infection: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and analysis of case reports

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Plasmodium vivax rarely develops severe complications when compared to severe falciparum malaria. However, severe vivax malaria also needs urgent, intensive care and treatment as severe falciparum malaria.
Manas Kotepui, Kwuntida Uthaisar Kotepui, Giovanni De Jesus Milanez, Frederick Ramirez Masangkay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Promiscuous stimulation of HSP70 ATPase activity by parasite‐derived J‐domains

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum exports three highly homologous yet functionally divergent J‐domain proteins into human erythrocytes. Here, we show that J‐domains isolated from all three proteins effectively stimulate the ATPase activity of both endogenous host and exported parasite HSP70 chaperones.
Julian Barth, Moritz Koch, Le‐Han Rössner, Johanna Eichhorn, Denys Pogoryelov, Matthias P. Mayer, Jude M. Przyborski   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the WHO : conclusions and recommendations of March 2013 meeting [PDF]

, 2013
The Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the World Health Organization met in Geneva, Switzerland from 13 to 15 March, 2013. This article provides a summary of the discussions, conclusions and recommendations from that meeting.Meeting sessions included ...
WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Committee and Secretariat,, WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Committee and Secretariat   +1 more
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Association of ABO blood group with severe falciparum malaria in adults: case control study and meta-analysis

Malaria Journal, 2011
Background Erythrocyte-associated antigenic polymorphisms or their absence have perhaps evolved in the human population to protect against malarial infection. Studies in various populations consistently demonstrate that blood group 'O' confers resistance
Tripathy Rina, Sahu Aditya N, Panda Santosh K, Panda Aditya K, Ravindran Balachandran, Das Bidyut K   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source