Issue 1/2005
Content (62 Articles)
Severe falciparum malaria in Gabonese children: clinical and laboratory features
Arnaud Dzeing-Ella, Pascal C Nze Obiang, Rose Tchoua, Timothy Planche, Béatrice Mboza, Monique Mbounja, Ulrich Muller-Roemer, Joseph Jarvis, Eric Kendjo, Edouard Ngou-Milama, Peter G Kremsner, Sanjeev Krishna, Maryvonne Kombila
HIV, malaria and beyond: reducing the disease burden of female adolescents
Loretta Brabin, Bernard John Brabin
Host genotype by parasite genotype interactions underlying the resistance of anopheline mosquitoes to Plasmodium falciparum
Louis Lambrechts, Jean Halbert, Patrick Durand, Louis C Gouagna, Jacob C Koella
Habitat characterization and spatial distribution of Anopheles sp. mosquito larvae in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) during an extended dry period
Michael A Sattler, Deo Mtasiwa, Michael Kiama, Zul Premji, Marcel Tanner, Gerry F Killeen, Christian Lengeler
Increased polyclonal immunoglobulin reactivity toward human and bacterial proteins is associated with clinical protection in human Plasmodium infection
Constantin Fesel, Luis F Goulart, Adolfo Silva Neto, Alysson Coelho, Cor Jesus F Fontes, Erika M Braga, Nelson M Vaz
An online operational rainfall-monitoring resource for epidemic malaria early warning systems in Africa
Emily Grover-Kopec, Mika Kawano, Robert W Klaver, Benno Blumenthal, Pietro Ceccato, Stephen J Connor
Comparative performance of the Mbita trap, CDC light trap and the human landing catch in the sampling of Anopheles arabiensis, An. funestus and culicine species in a rice irrigation in western Kenya
Evan M Mathenge, Gedion O Misiani, David O Oulo, Lucy W Irungu, Paul N Ndegwa, Tom A Smith, Gerry F Killeen, Bart GJ Knols
Maps of the Sri Lanka malaria situation preceding the tsunami and key aspects to be considered in the emergency phase and beyond
Olivier JT Briët, Gawrie NL Galappaththy, Flemming Konradsen, Priyanie H Amerasinghe, Felix P Amerasinghe
Nosocomial Plasmodium falciparum infections confirmed by molecular typing in Medellín, Colombia
Lina González, Jesus Ochoa, Liliana Franco, Marta Arroyave, Eliana Restrepo, Silvia Blair, Amanda Maestre
Epidemiological, clinical and biological features of malaria among children in Niamey, Niger
Françoise Gay-Andrieu, Eric Adehossi, Véronique Lacroix, Moussa Gagara, Maman Laminou Ibrahim, Hama Kourna, Hamadou Boureima
An AFLP-based genetic linkage map of Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi
Axel Martinelli, Paul Hunt, Richard Fawcett, Pedro VL Cravo, David Walliker, Richard Carter
Malaria and urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa
Martin J Donnelly, PJ McCall, Christian Lengeler, Imelda Bates, Umberto D'Alessandro, Guy Barnish, Flemming Konradsen, Eveline Klinkenberg, Harold Townson, Jean-Francois Trape, Ian M Hastings, Clifford Mutero
Illness-related practices for the management of childhood malaria among the Bwatiye people of north-eastern Nigeria
Oladele B Akogun, Kauna K John
Efficacy of two artemisinin combination therapies for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in children under 5 years, Malakal, Upper Nile, Sudan
Ingrid van den Broek, Ribka Amsalu, Manica Balasegaram, Pamela Hepple, Engudaye Alemu, El Badri Hussein, Muhammed Al-Faith, Jacqui Montgomery, Francesco Checchi
Do malaria ookinete surface proteins P25 and P28 mediate parasite entry into mosquito midgut epithelial cells?
Luke A Baton, Lisa C Ranford-Cartwright
A simplified high-throughput method for pyrethroid knock-down resistance (kdr) detection in Anopheles gambiae
Amy Lynd, Hilary Ranson, P J McCall, Nadine P Randle, William C Black IV, Edward D Walker, Martin J Donnelly
Data mining of the transcriptome of Plasmodium falciparum: the pentose phosphate pathway and ancillary processes
Zbynek Bozdech, Hagai Ginsburg
Prevalence and risk factors for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pregnant women of eastern Sudan
Ishag Adam, Amar H Khamis, Mustafa I Elbashir
Endemic malaria: an 'indoor' disease in northern Europe. Historical data analysed
Lena Huldén, Larry Huldén, Kari Heliövaara
Practical PCR genotyping protocols for Plasmodium vivax using Pvcs and Pvmsp1
Mallika Imwong, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Anne Charlotte Grüner, Laurent Rénia, Frank Letourneur, Sornchai Looareesuwan, Nicholas J White, Georges Snounou
Expression of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 in experimentally infected humans
Thomas Lavstsen, Pamela Magistrado, Cornelus C Hermsen, Ali Salanti, Anja TR Jensen, Robert Sauerwein, Lars Hviid, Thor G Theander, Trine Staalsoe
The costs and effects of a nationwide insecticide-treated net programme: the case of Malawi
Warren Stevens, Virginia Wiseman, Juan Ortiz, Desmond Chavasse
The unexpected importance of mosquito oviposition behaviour for malaria: non-productive larval habitats can be sources for malaria transmission
Arnaud Le Menach, F Ellis McKenzie, Antoine Flahault, David L Smith
Intrarectal quinine for treating Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a systematic review
Michael Eisenhut, Aika Omari, Harriet G MacLehose
Experimental hut evaluation of bednets treated with an organophosphate (chlorpyrifos-methyl) or a pyrethroid (lambdacyhalothrin) alone and in combination against insecticide-resistant Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes
Alex N Asidi, Raphael N' Guessan, Alphonsine A Koffi, Christopher F Curtis, Jean-Marc Hougard, Fabrice Chandre, Vincent Corbel, Frédéric Darriet, Morteza Zaim, Mark W Rowland
Molecular analysis of two local falciparum malaria outbreaks on the French Guiana coast confirms the msp1 B-K1/varD genotype association with severe malaria
Eric Legrand, Beatrice Volney, Anne Lavergne, Caroline Tournegros, Loïc Florent, Doris Accrombessi, Micheline Guillotte, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, Philippe Esterre
Clustered local transmission and asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria infections in a recently emerged, hypoendemic Peruvian Amazon community
OraLee Branch, W Martin Casapia, Dionicia V Gamboa, Jean N Hernandez, Freddy F Alava, Norma Roncal, Eugenia Alvarez, Enrique J Perez, Eduardo Gotuzzo
The quality of antimalarials available in Yemen
Ahmed Abdo-Rabbo, Amal Bassili, Hoda Atta
Increasing coverage of insecticide-treated nets in rural Nigeria: implications of consumer knowledge, preferences and expenditures for malaria prevention
Obinna Onwujekwe, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Nkoli Ezumah, Elvis Shu
Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy: a qualitative study of knowledge, attitudes and practices of district health managers, antenatal care staff and pregnant women in Korogwe District, North-Eastern Tanzania
Godfrey Mubyazi, Paul Bloch, Mathias Kamugisha, Andrew Kitua, Jasper Ijumba
Altered environment and risk of malaria outbreak in South Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India affected by tsunami disaster
Kaliannagoun Krishnamoorthy, Purushothaman Jambulingam, R Natarajan, AN Shriram, Pradeep K Das, SC Sehgal
The promise and potential challenges of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants (IPTi)
Wendy Prudhomme O'Meara, Joel G Breman, F Ellis McKenzie
Creating an "enabling environment" for taking insecticide treated nets to national scale: the Tanzanian experience
Stephen M Magesa, Christian Lengeler, Don deSavigny, Jane E Miller, Ritha JA Njau, Karen Kramer, Andrew Kitua, Alex Mwita
Use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) following a malaria education intervention in Piron, Mali: a control trial with systematic allocation of households
Michelle Rhee, Mahamadou Sissoko, Sharon Perry, Willi McFarland, Julie Parsonnet, Ogobara Doumbo
Brands, costs and registration status of antimalarial drugs in the Kenyan retail sector
Abdinasir A Amin, Robert W Snow
In vitro antimalarial drug susceptibility in Thai border areas from 1998–2003
Wanna Chaijaroenkul, Kesara Na Bangchang, Mathirut Mungthin, Stephen A Ward
A functional polymorphism in the IL1B gene promoter, IL1B -31C>T, is not associated with cerebral malaria in Thailand
Jun Ohashi, Izumi Naka, Akihiro Doi, Jintana Patarapotikul, Hathairad Hananantachai, Noppadon Tangpukdee, Sornchai Looareesuwan, Katsushi Tokunaga
Malaria during pregnancy and foetal haematological status in Blantyre, Malawi
Elizabeth T Abrams, Jesse J Kwiek, Victor Mwapasa, Deborah D Kamwendo, Eyob Tadesse, Valentino M Lema, Malcolm E Molyneux, Stephen J Rogerson, Steven R Meshnick
Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) in sub-Saharan Africa
Shr-Jie Wang, Christian Lengeler, Thomas A Smith, Penelope Vounatsou, Guéladio Cissé, Diadie A Diallo, Martin Akogbeto, Deo Mtasiwa, Awash Teklehaimanot, Marcel Tanner
Artesunate plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Sudan
Sakina B Elamin, Elfatih M Malik, Tarig Abdelgadir, Ammar H Khamiss, Mamoun M Mohammed, Elderderi S Ahmed, Ishag Adam
Concurrence of Plasmodium falciparum dhfr and crt mutations in northern Ghana
Frank P Mockenhaupt, J Teun Bousema, Teunis A Eggelte, Stephan Ehrhardt, Rowland N Otchwemah, Robert W Sauerwein, Ulrich Bienzle
Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) I: Epidemiology of urban malaria in Ouagadougou
Shr-Jie Wang, Christian Lengeler, Thomas A Smith, Penelope Vounatsou, Diallo A Diadie, Xavier Pritroipa, Natalie Convelbo, Mathieu Kientga, Marcel Tanner
Fitness consequences of Anopheles gambiae population hybridization
David M Menge, Tom Guda, Daibin Zhong, Aditi Pai, Goufa Zhou, John C Beier, Louis Gouagna, Guiyun Yan
Safety of the methylene blue plus chloroquine combination in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in young children of Burkina Faso [ISRCTN27290841]
Peter E Meissner, Germain Mandi, Steffen Witte, Boubacar Coulibaly, Ulrich Mansmann, Jens Rengelshausen, Wolfgang Schiek, Albrecht Jahn, Mamadou Sanon, Théophile Tapsoba, Ingeborg Walter-Sack, Gerd Mikus, Jürgen Burhenne, Klaus-Dieter Riedel, Heiner Schirmer, Bocar Kouyaté, Olaf Müller
A randomized trial of artemether-lumefantrine versus mefloquine-artesunate for the treatment of uncomplicated multi-drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum on the western border of Thailand
Robert Hutagalung, Lucy Paiphun, Elizabeth A Ashley, Rose McGready, Alan Brockman, Kaw L Thwai, Pratap Singhasivanon, Thomas Jelinek, Nicholas J White, François H Nosten
Community concepts of malaria-related illness with and without convulsions in southern Ghana
Collins K Ahorlu, Kwadwo A Koram, Cynthia Ahorlu, Don de Savigny, Mitchell G Weiss
Cytophilic antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum Glutamate Rich Protein are associated with malaria protection in an area of holoendemic transmission
John PA Lusingu, Lasse S Vestergaard, Michael Alifrangis, Bruno P Mmbando, Michael Theisen, Andrew Y Kitua, Martha M Lemnge, Thor G Theander
Effect of larval crowding on mating competitiveness of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes
Kija R Ng'habi, Bernadette John, Gamba Nkwengulila, Bart GJ Knols, Gerry F Killeen, Heather M Ferguson
Host microsatellite alleles in malaria predisposition?
Sonali Gaikwad, Richa Ashma, Nirbhay Kumar, Rajni Trivedi, VK Kashyap
Research influence on antimalarial drug policy change in Tanzania: case study of replacing chloroquine with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as the first-line drug
Godfrey M Mubyazi, Miguel A Gonzalez-Block
Evaluation of KO-Tab 1-2-3®: a wash-resistant 'dip-it-yourself' insecticide formulation for long-lasting treatment of mosquito nets
Alison Yates, Raphael N'Guessan, Harparkash Kaur, Martin Akogbéto, Mark Rowland
Malaria chemoprophylaxis and the serologic response to measles and diphtheria-tetanus-whole-cell pertussis vaccines
Jennifer B Rosen, Joel G Breman, Charles R Manclark, Bruce D Meade, William E Collins, Hans O Lobel, Pierre Saliou, Jacquelin M Roberts, Pierre Campaoré, Mark A Miller
Complement receptor 1 polymorphisms associated with resistance to severe malaria in Kenya
Vandana Thathy, JoAnn M Moulds, Bernard Guyah, Walter Otieno, José A Stoute
Efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Tanzania after two years as first-line drug for uncomplicated malaria: assessment protocol and implication for treatment policy strategies
Kefas Mugittu, Salim Abdulla, Nicole Falk, Honorati Masanja, Ingrid Felger, Hassan Mshinda, Hans-Peter Beck, Blaise Genton
Bone marrow suppression and severe anaemia associated with persistent Plasmodium falciparum infection in African children with microscopically undetectable parasitaemia
Marie Helleberg, Bamenla Q Goka, Bartholomew D Akanmori, George Obeng-Adjei, Onike Rodriques, Jorgen AL Kurtzhals
Decorticate, decerebrate and opisthotonic posturing and seizures in Kenyan children with cerebral malaria
Richard Idro, Godfrey Otieno, Steven White, Anderson Kahindi, Greg Fegan, Bernhards Ogutu, Sadik Mithwani, Kathryn Maitland, Brian GR Neville, Charles RJC Newton
Epidemiology of forest malaria in central Vietnam: a large scale cross-sectional survey
Annette Erhart, Ngo Duc Thang, Phan Van Ky, Ta Thi Tinh, Chantal Van Overmeir, Niko Speybroeck, Valerie Obsomer, Le Xuan Hung, Le Khanh Thuan, Marc Coosemans, Umberto D'alessandro
Genetic structure of Anopheles gambiae populations on islands in northwestern Lake Victoria, Uganda
Jonathan K Kayondo, Louis G Mukwaya, Aram Stump, Andrew P Michel, Mamadou B Coulibaly, Nora J Besansky, Frank H Collins
The economic value of an improved malaria treatment programme in Zambia: results from a contingent valuation survey
Felix Masiye, Clas Rehnberg
Rapid screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and haemoglobin polymorphisms in Africa by a simple high-throughput SSOP-ELISA method
Anders Enevold, Lasse S Vestergaard, John Lusingu, Chris J Drakeley, Martha M Lemnge, Thor G Theander, Ib C Bygbjerg, Michael Alifrangis
Socio-economic inequity in demand for insecticide-treated nets, in-door residual house spraying, larviciding and fogging in Sudan
Obinna Onwujekwe, El-Fatih Mohamed Malik, Sara Hassan Mustafa, Abraham Mnzava
Plasmodium yoelii 17XL infection up-regulates RANTES, CCR1, CCR3 and CCR5 expression, and induces ultrastructural changes in the cerebellum
Bismark Y Sarfo, Henry B Armah, Ikovwaiza Irune, Andrew A Adjei, Christine S Olver, Shailesh Singh, James W Lillard Jr, Jonathan K Stiles