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Malaria Journal

Issue 1/2017

Content (499 Articles)

Open Access Research

Incidence and admission rates for severe malaria and their impact on mortality in Africa

Flavia Camponovo, Caitlin A. Bever, Katya Galactionova, Thomas Smith, Melissa A. Penny

Open Access Case report

The dangers of accepting a single diagnosis: case report of concurrent Plasmodium knowlesi malaria and dengue infection

Soon Eu Chong, Rhendra Hardy Mohamad Zaini, Siti Suraiya, Kok Tong Lee, Jo Anne Lim

Open Access Research

Sequence conservation of Plasmodium vivax glutamate dehydrogenase among Korean isolates and its application in seroepidemiology

Bomin Seol, Hyun-Il Shin, Jung-Yeon Kim, Bo-Young Jeon, Yoon-Joong Kang, Jhang-Ho Pak, Tong-Soo Kim, Hyeong-Woo Lee

Open Access Research

Assessing the effect of indoor residual spraying (IRS) on malaria morbidity in Northern Uganda: a before and after study

Betty Bawuba Tukei, Andy Beke, Héctor Lamadrid-Figueroa

Open Access Research

MALDI-TOF MS as an innovative tool for detection of Plasmodium parasites in Anopheles mosquitoes

Maureen Laroche, Lionel Almeras, Emilie Pecchi, Yassina Bechah, Didier Raoult, Angèle Viola, Philippe Parola

Open Access Research

Expanding access to parasite-based malaria diagnosis through retail drug shops in Tanzania: evidence from a randomized trial and implications for treatment

Kathleen Maloney, Abigail Ward, Bonnie Krenz, Nora Petty, Lindsay Bryson, Caitlin Dolkart, Theodoor Visser, Arnaud Le Menach, Valerie K. Scott, Justin M. Cohen, Esther Mtumbuka, Sigsbert Mkude

Open Access Research

Cost benefit analysis of malaria rapid diagnostic test: the perspective of Nigerian community pharmacists

Ifeoma Jovita Ezennia, Sunday Odunke Nduka, Obinna Ikechukwu Ekwunife

Open Access Research

Safety of a fixed-dose combination of artesunate and amodiaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in real-life conditions of use in Côte d’Ivoire

Serge-Brice Assi, Yapo Thomas Aba, Jean Claude Yavo, Abouo Franklin Nguessan, N’cho Bertin Tchiekoi, Koffi Moïse San, Emmanuel Bissagnéné, Stephan Duparc, Valérie Lameyre, Mea Antoine Tanoh

Open Access Research

Evidence of non-Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in Kédougou, Sénégal

Rachel F. Daniels, Awa Bineta Deme, Jules F. Gomis, Baba Dieye, Katelyn Durfee, Julie I. Thwing, Fatou B. Fall, Mady Ba, Medoune Ndiop, Aida S. Badiane, Yaye Die Ndiaye, Dyann F. Wirth, Sarah K. Volkman, Daouda Ndiaye

Open Access Review

Usefulness of a biomarker to identify placental dysfunction in the context of malaria

Alexandra Gueneuc, Philippe Deloron, Gwladys I. Bertin

Open Access Research

The effect of small solar powered ‘Bͻkͻͻ’ net fans on mosquito net use: results from a randomized controlled cross-over trial in southern Ghana

Olivier J. T. Briët, Joshua O. Yukich, Constanze Pfeiffer, William Miller, Mulako S. Jaeger, Nitin Khanna, Samuel Oppong, Peter Nardini, Collins K. Ahorlu, Joseph Keating

Open Access Research

Reported bed net ownership and use in social contacts is associated with uptake of bed nets for malaria prevention in pregnant women in Ghana

Kacey C. Ernst, Steven Erly, Charity Adusei, Melanie L. Bell, David Komla Kessie, Alberta Biritwum-Nyarko, John Ehiri

Open Access Methodology

An improved extraction method for surface dosage of insecticides on treated textile fabrics

Florence Dieval, Jérémy Bouyer, Jean-François Fafet

Open Access Research

Exploring the use of routinely-available, retrospective data to study the association between malaria control scale-up and micro-economic outcomes in Zambia

Alison Comfort, Anthony Leegwater, Sharon Nakhimovsky, Henry Kansembe, Busiku Hamainza, Benson Bwalya, Martin Alilio, Ben Johns, Lauren Olsho

Open Access Research

Malaria epidemiology in central Myanmar: identification of a multi-species asymptomatic reservoir of infection

Isaac Ghinai, Jackie Cook, Teddy Tun Win Hla, Hein Myat Thu Htet, Tom Hall, Inke ND Lubis, Rosanna Ghinai, Therese Hesketh, Ye Naung, Mya Mya Lwin, Tint Swe Latt, David L. Heymann, Colin J. Sutherland, Chris Drakeley, Nigel Field

Open Access Research

Community perceptions of targeted anti-malarial mass drug administrations in two provinces in Vietnam: a quantitative survey

Thuy-Nhien Nguyen, Pham N. Huong Thu, Ngo Trong Hung, Do Hung Son, Nguyen Thanh Tien, Nguyen Van Dung, Huynh Hong Quang, Lorenz von Seidlein, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Arjen M. Dondorp, Nicholas P. J. Day, Nicholas J. White, Tran Tinh Hien

Open Access Research

Location, location, location: environmental factors better predict malaria-positive individuals during reactive case detection than index case demographics in Southern Province, Zambia

David A. Larsen, Tokozile Ngwenya-Kangombe, Sanford Cheelo, Busiku Hamainza, John Miller, Anna Winters, Daniel J. Bridges

Open Access Research

The perception of parents and teachers about intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in school children in a semi-rural area of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Junior R. Matangila, Jessica Fraeyman, Marie-Louise Mbula Kambulu, Alain Mpanya, Raquel Inocêncio da Luz, Pascal Lutumba, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Hilde Bastiaens

Open Access Research

LAMP kit for diagnosis of non-falciparum malaria in Plasmodium ovale infected patients

Juan Cuadros, Alexandra Martin Ramírez, Iveth J. González, Xavier C. Ding, Ramon Perez Tanoira, Gerardo Rojo-Marcos, Peña Gómez-Herruz, Jose Miguel Rubio

Open Access Methodology

Efficient method for establishing F1 progeny from wild populations of Anopheles mosquitoes

Thiery N. Nepomichene, Lala Andrianaivolambo, Sébastien Boyer, Catherine Bourgouin

Open Access Research

Long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) ownership, use and cost of implementation after a mass distribution campaign in Kasaï Occidental Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Henry Maggi Ntuku, Laura Ruckstuhl, Jean-Emmanuel Julo-Réminiac, Solange E. Umesumbu, Alain Bokota, Antoinette Kitoto Tshefu, Christian Lengeler

Open Access Research

Absence of in vivo selection for K13 mutations after artemether–lumefantrine treatment in Uganda

Betty Balikagala, Toshihiro Mita, Mie Ikeda, Miki Sakurai, Shouki Yatsushiro, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Shin-Ichiro Tachibana, Mary Auma, Edward H. Ntege, Daisuke Ito, Eizo Takashima, Nirianne Marie Q. Palacpac, Thomas G. Egwang, Joseph Okello Onen, Masatoshi Kataoka, Eisaku Kimura, Toshihiro Horii, Takafumi Tsuboi

Open Access Case report

Plasmodium falciparum malaria co-infection with tick-borne relapsing fever in Dakar

Mamadou A. Diallo, Baidy S. Kane, Mouhamadou Ndiaye, Mouhamed Dieng, Khadim Diongue, Aida S. Badiane, Mame Cheikh Seck, Daouda Ndiaye

Open Access Review

New developments in anti-malarial target candidate and product profiles

Jeremy N. Burrows, Stephan Duparc, Winston E. Gutteridge, Rob Hooft van Huijsduijnen, Wiweka Kaszubska, Fiona Macintyre, Sébastien Mazzuri, Jörg J. Möhrle, Timothy N. C. Wells

Open Access Research

Rapid decline in the susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine in the south of Vietnam

Ngo Viet Thanh, Nguyen Thuy-Nhien, Nguyen Thi Kim Tuyen, Nguyen Thanh Tong, Nguyen Thuy Nha-Ca, Le Thanh Dong, Huynh Hong Quang, Jeremy Farrar, Guy Thwaites, Nicholas J. White, Marcel Wolbers, Tran Tinh Hien

Open Access Research

Profile of molecular mutations in pfdhfr, pfdhps, pfmdr1, and pfcrt genes of Plasmodium falciparum related to resistance to different anti-malarial drugs in the Bata District (Equatorial Guinea)

Pedro Berzosa, Andrés Esteban-Cantos, Luz García, Vicenta González, Marisa Navarro, Taiomara Fernández, María Romay-Barja, Zaida Herrador, José Miguel Rubio, Policarpo Ncogo, María Santana-Morales, Basilio Valladares, Matilde Riloha, Agustín Benito

Open Access Research

Detection of Plasmodium knowlesi, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) in a co-endemic area in Malaysia

Kim A. Piera, Ammar Aziz, Timothy William, David Bell, Iveth J. González, Bridget E. Barber, Nicholas M. Anstey, Matthew J. Grigg

Open Access Research

Comparison of two adult mosquito sampling methods with human landing catches in south-central Ethiopia

Oljira Kenea, Meshesha Balkew, Habte Tekie, Teshome Gebre-Michael, Wakgari Deressa, Eskindir Loha, Bernt Lindtjørn, Hans J. Overgaard

Open Access Research

Physical integrity and residual bio-efficacy of used LLINs in three cities of the South-West region of Cameroon 4 years after the first national mass-distribution campaign

Stravensky T. Boussougou-Sambe, Parfait Awono-Ambene, Geraud C. T. Tasse, Josiane Etang, Jerome A. Binyang, Lynda D. Nouage, Gaston Wamba, Peter Enyong, Eric B. Fokam

Open Access Research

Insecticide-treated net effectiveness at preventing Plasmodium falciparum infection varies by age and season

Andrea G. Buchwald, Jenna E. Coalson, Lauren M. Cohee, Jenny A. Walldorf, Nelson Chimbiya, Andy Bauleni, Kondwani Nkanaunena, Andrew Ngwira, John D. Sorkin, Don P. Mathanga, Terrie E. Taylor, Miriam K. Laufer

Open Access Review

Surveillance and response for high-risk populations: what can malaria elimination programmes learn from the experience of HIV?

Jerry O. Jacobson, Carmen Cueto, Jennifer L. Smith, Jimee Hwang, Roly Gosling, Adam Bennett

Open Access Research

Performance of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for the diagnosis of malaria among malaria suspected pregnant women in Northwest Ethiopia

Banchamlak Tegegne, Sisay Getie, Wossenseged Lemma, Abu Naser Mohon, Dylan R. Pillai

Open Access Research

Effects of Plasmodium falciparum infection on umbilical artery resistance and intrafetal blood flow distribution: a Doppler ultrasound study from Papua New Guinea

Maria Ome-Kaius, Stephan Karl, Regina Alice Wangnapi, John Walpe Bolnga, Glen Mola, Jane Walker, Ivo Mueller, Holger Werner Unger, Stephen John Rogerson

Open Access Research

Heterogeneity of G6PD deficiency prevalence in Mozambique: a school-based cross-sectional survey in three different regions

Beatriz Galatas, Lurdes Mabote, Wilson Simone, Gloria Matambisso, Lidia Nhamussua, María del Mar Mañú-Pereira, Clara Menéndez, Francisco Saute, Eusebio Macete, Quique Bassat, Pedro Alonso, Pedro Aide

Open Access Research

Development of Plasmodium falciparum specific naïve, atypical, memory and plasma B cells during infancy and in adults in an endemic area

Allan Lugaajju, Sreenivasulu B. Reddy, Mats Wahlgren, Fred Kironde, Kristina E. M. Persson

Open Access Research

Recent uptake of intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine is associated with increased prevalence of Pfdhfr mutations in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Mamoudou Cisse, Gordon A. Awandare, Alamissa Soulama, Halidou Tinto, Marie-Pierre Hayette, Robert T. Guiguemdé

Open Access Research

A(maize)ing attraction: gravid Anopheles arabiensis are attracted and oviposit in response to maize pollen odours

Betelehem Wondwosen, Sharon R. Hill, Göran Birgersson, Emiru Seyoum, Habte Tekie, Rickard Ignell

Open Access Research

Health worker adherence to malaria treatment guidelines at outpatient health facilities in southern Malawi following implementation of universal access to diagnostic testing

Ruth J. Namuyinga, Dyson Mwandama, Dubulao Moyo, Austin Gumbo, Peter Troell, Miwako Kobayashi, Monica Shah, Andrew Bauleni, Jodi Vanden Eng, Alexander K. Rowe, Don P. Mathanga, Laura C. Steinhardt

Open Access Research

Optimization of mosquito egg production under mass rearing setting: effects of cage volume, blood meal source and adult population density for the malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis

Wadaka Mamai, Nanwintoum S. Bimbile-Somda, Hamidou Maiga, José Guillermo Juarez, Zaynab A. I. Muosa, Adel Barakat Ali, Rosemary Susan Lees, Jeremie R. L. Gilles

Open Access Research

On the cytokine/chemokine network during Plasmodium vivax malaria: new insights to understand the disease

Natália Satchiko Hojo-Souza, Dhelio Batista Pereira, Fernanda Sumika Hojo de Souza, Tiago Antônio de Oliveira Mendes, Mariana Santos Cardoso, Mauro Shugiro Tada, Graziela Maria Zanini, Daniella Castanheira Bartholomeu, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Lilian Lacerda Bueno

Open Access Research

Artemether-lumefantrine and liver enzyme abnormalities in non-severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in returned travellers: a retrospective comparative study with quinine-doxycycline in a Portuguese centre

André Silva-Pinto, Rogério Ruas, Francisco Almeida, Raquel Duro, André Silva, Cândida Abreu, António Sarmento

Open Access Research

Response to fever and utilization of standby emergency treatment (SBET) for malaria in travellers to Southeast Asia: a questionnaire-based cohort study

Christof D. Vinnemeier, Camilla Rothe, Benno Kreuels, Marylyn M. Addo, Sabine Vygen-Bonnet, Jakob P. Cramer, Thierry Rolling

Open Access Research

In vitro activity of anti-malarial ozonides against an artemisinin-resistant isolate

Fabian Baumgärtner, Joëlle Jourdan, Christian Scheurer, Benjamin Blasco, Brice Campo, Pascal Mäser, Sergio Wittlin

Open Access Research

Efficacy of text-message reminders on paediatric malaria treatment adherence and their post-treatment return to health facilities in Kenya: a randomized controlled trial

Ambrose O. Talisuna, Amos Oburu, Sophie Githinji, Josephine Malinga, Beatrice Amboko, Philip Bejon, Caroline Jones, Robert W. Snow, Dejan Zurovac

Open Access Research

Health Impact Assessment of Indira Sagar Project: a paramount to studies on Water Development Projects

Anushrita, B. N. Nagpal, Neera Kapoor, Aruna Srivastava, Rekha Saxena, Shailendra Singh, Sanjeev Gupta, Sompal Singh, Kumar Vikram, Neena Valecha

Open Access Research

Serology reveals heterogeneity of Plasmodium falciparum transmission in northeastern South Africa: implications for malaria elimination

Joseph Biggs, Jaishree Raman, Jackie Cook, Khumbulani Hlongwana, Chris Drakeley, Natashia Morris, Ishen Serocharan, Eunice Agubuzo, Philip Kruger, Aaron Mabuza, Alpheus Zitha, Elliot Machaba, Maureen Coetzee, Immo Kleinschmidt

Open Access Research

The impact of urbanization and population density on childhood Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence rates in Africa

Caroline W. Kabaria, Marius Gilbert, Abdisalan M. Noor, Robert W. Snow, Catherine Linard

Open Access Research

Effect of a short course of iron polymaltose on acquisition of malarial parasitaemia in anaemic Indonesian schoolchildren: a randomized trial

Margaretta A. Prasetyani, Quirijn de Mast, Robel Afeworki, Maria M. M. Kaisar, Difa Stefanie, Erliyani Sartono, Taniawati Supali, André J. van der Ven

Open Access Research

Severe Plasmodium vivax infection in Korea

Jae Hyoung Im, Hea Yoon Kwon, JiHyeon Baek, Seong Wook Park, Areum Durey, Kyung Hee Lee, Moon-Hyun Chung, Jin-Soo Lee

Open Access Research

Working towards consensus on methods used to elicit participant-reported safety data in uncomplicated malaria clinical drug studies: a Delphi technique study

Nyaradzo Mandimika, Karen I. Barnes, Clare I. R. Chandler, Cheryl Pace, Elizabeth N. Allen

Open Access Research

Describing interaction effect between lagged rainfalls on malaria: an epidemiological study in south–west China

Yunyun Wu, Zhijiao Qiao, Nan Wang, Hongjie Yu, Zijian Feng, Xiaosong Li, Xing Zhao

Open Access Research

Adapting the local response for malaria elimination through evaluation of the 1-3-7 system performance in the China–Myanmar border region

Duoquan Wang, Chris Cotter, Xiaodong Sun, Adam Bennett, Roly D. Gosling, Ning Xiao

Open Access Research

Malaria control and prevention towards elimination: data from an eleven-year surveillance in Shandong Province, China

Xiangli Kong, Xin Liu, Hong Tu, Yan Xu, Jianbing Niu, Yongbin Wang, Changlei Zhao, Jingxuan Kou, Jun Feng

Open Access Research

Submicroscopic Plasmodium prevalence in relation to malaria incidence in 20 villages in western Cambodia

Rupam Tripura, Thomas J. Peto, Christianne C. Veugen, Chea Nguon, Chan Davoeung, Nicola James, Mehul Dhorda, Richard J. Maude, Jureeporn Duanguppama, Krittaya Patumrat, Mallika Imwong, Lorenz von Seidlein, Martin P. Grobusch, Nicholas J. White, Arjen M. Dondorp

Open Access Research

Severe malaria in Europe: an 8-year multi-centre observational study

Florian Kurth, Michel Develoux, Matthieu Mechain, Denis Malvy, Jan Clerinx, Spinello Antinori, Ida E. Gjørup, Joaquím Gascon, Kristine Mørch, Emanuele Nicastri, Michael Ramharter, Alessandro Bartoloni, Leo Visser, Thierry Rolling, Philipp Zanger, Guido Calleri, Joaquín Salas-Coronas, Henrik Nielsen, Gudrun Just-Nübling, Andreas Neumayr, Anna Hachfeld, Matthias L. Schmid, Pietro Antonini, Tilman Lingscheid, Peter Kern, Annette Kapaun, José Saraiva da Cunha, Peter Pongratz, Antoni Soriano-Arandes, Mirjam Schunk, Norbert Suttorp, Christoph Hatz, Thomas Zoller

Open Access Research

Individuals living in a malaria-endemic area of Cameroon do not have an acquired antibody response to Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2

Diane Wallace Taylor, Naveen Bobbili, Vedbar S. Khadka, Isabella A. Quakyi, Rose G. F. Leke

Open Access Research

Reduced ex vivo susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum after oral artemether–lumefantrine treatment in Mali

Souleymane Dama, Hamidou Niangaly, Amed Ouattara, Issaka Sagara, Sekou Sissoko, Oumar Bila Traore, Amadou Bamadio, Niawanlou Dara, Moussa Djimde, Mohamed Lamine Alhousseini, Siaka Goita, Hamma Maiga, Antoine Dara, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Abdoulaye A. Djimde

Open Access Research

Increase in imported malaria in the Netherlands in asylum seekers and VFR travellers

Brechje de Gier, Franciska S. T. Suryapranata, Mieke Croughs, Perry J. J. van Genderen, Monique Keuter, Leo G. Visser, Michele van Vugt, Gerard J. B. Sonder

Open Access Research

Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax metacaspase 1 and Plasmodium vivax multi-drug resistance 1 genes of field isolates from Mauritania, Sudan and Oman

Fatimata Sow, Guillaume Bonnot, Bilal Rabah Ahmed, Sidi Mohamed Diagana, Hachim Kebe, Mohamedou Koita, Ba Malado Samba, Said K. Al-Mukhaini, Majed Al-Zadjali, Seif S. Al-Abri, Osama A. M. Ali, Abdallah M. Samy, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid, Musab M. Ali Albsheer, Bruno Simon, Anne-Lise Bienvenu, Eskild Petersen, Stéphane Picot

Open Access Research

Efficacy of artemether–lumefantrine, artesunate–amodiaquine, and dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Angola, 2015

Mateusz M. Plucinski, Pedro Rafael Dimbu, Aleixo Panzo Macaia, Carolina Miguel Ferreira, Claudete Samutondo, Joltim Quivinja, Marília Afonso, Richard Kiniffo, Eliane Mbounga, Julia S. Kelley, Dhruviben S. Patel, Yun He, Eldin Talundzic, Denise O. Garrett, Eric S. Halsey, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Pascal Ringwald, Filomeno Fortes

Open Access Research

An epidemiological study to assess Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence and malaria control measures in Burkina Faso and Senegal

Aldiouma Diallo, Ali Sié, Sodiomon Sirima, Khadime Sylla, Mahmadou Ndiaye, Mamadou Bountogo, Espérance Ouedraogo, Roger Tine, Assane Ndiaye, Boubacar Coulibaly, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Babacar Faye, El Hadji Ba, Guillaume Compaore, Alfred Tiono, Cheikh Sokhna, Maurice Yé, Amidou Diarra, Edith Roset Bahmanyar, Melanie De Boer, Jean-Yves Pirçon, Effua Abigail Usuf

Open Access Research

Pre-travel malaria chemoprophylaxis counselling in a public travel medicine clinic in São Paulo, Brazil

Tânia do Socorro Souza Chaves, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Jessé Reis Alves, Marcus Lacerda, Marta Heloisa Lopes

Open Access Research

The role of grass volatiles on oviposition site selection by Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles coluzzii

Yelfwagash Asmare, Sharon R. Hill, Richard J. Hopkins, Habte Tekie, Rickard Ignell

Open Access Research

Malaria from hyperendemicity to elimination in Hekou County on China–Vietnam border: an ecological study

Jian-Wei Xu, Jian-Jie Li, Hong-Ping Guo, Shu-Wei Pu, Shu-Mei Li, Rong-Hua Wang, Hui Liu, Wei-Jia Wang

Open Access Research

Avidity of anti-malarial antibodies inversely related to transmission intensity at three sites in Uganda

Isaac Ssewanyana, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Adoke Yeka, Richard Sullivan, Moses R. Kamya, Philip J. Rosenthal, Grant Dorsey, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Chris Drakeley, Bryan Greenhouse, Kevin K. A. Tetteh

Open Access Research

Spectrum-Malaria: a user-friendly projection tool for health impact assessment and strategic planning by malaria control programmes in sub-Saharan Africa

Matthew Hamilton, Guy Mahiane, Elric Werst, Rachel Sanders, Olivier Briët, Thomas Smith, Richard Cibulskis, Ewan Cameron, Samir Bhatt, Daniel J. Weiss, Peter W. Gething, Carel Pretorius, Eline L. Korenromp

Open Access Research

Cellulose filtration of blood from malaria patients for improving ex vivo growth of Plasmodium falciparum parasites

Sixbert I. Mkumbaye, Daniel T. R. Minja, Jakob S. Jespersen, Michael Alifrangis, Reginald A. Kavishe, Steven B. Mwakalinga, John P. Lusingu, Thor G. Theander, Thomas Lavstsen, Christian W. Wang

Open Access Research

Malaria risk in young male travellers but local transmission persists: a case–control study in low transmission Namibia

Jennifer L. Smith, Joyce Auala, Erastus Haindongo, Petrina Uusiku, Roly Gosling, Immo Kleinschmidt, Davis Mumbengegwi, Hugh J. W. Sturrock

Open Access Research

New potential Plasmodium brasilianum hosts: tamarin and marmoset monkeys (family Callitrichidae)

Denise A. M. Alvarenga, Anielle Pina-Costa, Cesare Bianco Jr, Silvia B. Moreira, Patricia Brasil, Alcides Pissinatti, Claudio T. Daniel-Ribeiro, Cristiana F. A. Brito

Open Access Research

Analysing trends and forecasting malaria epidemics in Madagascar using a sentinel surveillance network: a web-based application

Florian Girond, Laurence Randrianasolo, Lea Randriamampionona, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Télesphore Yao Brou, Vincent Herbreteau, Morgan Mangeas, Sixte Zigiumugabe, Judith Hedje, Christophe Rogier, Patrice Piola

Open Access Research

Molecular evidence of Plasmodium vivax infection in Duffy negative symptomatic individuals from Dschang, West Cameroon

Gianluca Russo, Giovanni Faggioni, Giacomo Maria Paganotti, Ghyslaine Bruna Djeunang Dongho, Alice Pomponi, Riccardo De Santis, Gianpiero Tebano, Mpoame Mbida, Martin Sanou Sobze, Vincenzo Vullo, Giovanni Rezza, Florigio Romano Lista

Open Access Research

Community engagement and the social context of targeted malaria treatment: a qualitative study in Kayin (Karen) State, Myanmar

Kate Sahan, Christopher Pell, Frank Smithuis, Aung Kyaw Phyo, Sai Maung Maung, Chanida Indrasuta, Arjen M. Dondorp, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas P. J. Day, Lorenz von Seidlein, Phaik Yeong Cheah

Open Access Research

Referral of children seeking care at private health facilities in Uganda

Anthony K. Mbonye, Esther Buregyeya, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Siân E. Clarke, Sham Lal, Kristian S. Hansen, Pascal Magnussen, Philip LaRussa

Open Access Research

WHO cone bio-assays of classical and new-generation long-lasting insecticidal nets call for innovative insecticides targeting the knock-down resistance mechanism in Benin

Marius Allossogbe, Virgile Gnanguenon, Boulais Yovogan, Bruno Akinro, Rodrigue Anagonou, Fiacre Agossa, André Houtoukpe, Germain Gil Padonou, Martin Akogbeto

Open Access Research

Alternative transmission routes in the malaria elimination era: an overview of transfusion-transmitted malaria in the Americas

Regina M. Alho, Kim Vinícius Amaral Machado, Fernando F. A. Val, Nelson A. Fraiji, Marcia A. A. Alexandre, Gisely C. Melo, Judith Recht, André M. Siqueira, Wuelton M. Monteiro, Marcus V. G. Lacerda

Open Access Research

A novel Pfs38 protein complex on the surface of Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage merozoites

Gourab Paul, Arunaditya Deshmukh, Inderjeet Kaur, Sumit Rathore, Surbhi Dabral, Ashutosh Panda, Susheel Kumar Singh, Asif Mohmmed, Michael Theisen, Pawan Malhotra

Open Access Research

Anti-malarial effect of novel chloroquine derivatives as agents for the treatment of malaria

Seon-Ju Yeo, Dong-Xu Liu, Hak Sung Kim, Hyun Park

Open Access Research

Local constraints to access appropriate malaria treatment in the context of parasite resistance in Cambodia: a qualitative study

Jesse Verschuere, Tom Decroo, Dara Lim, Jean-Marie Kindermans, Chea Nguon, Rekol Huy, Yasmine Alkourdi, Koen Peeters Grietens, Charlotte Gryseels

Open Access Research

Experimental hut evaluation of a novel long-lasting non-pyrethroid durable wall lining for control of pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus in Tanzania

Robert Malima, Basiliana Emidi, Louisa A. Messenger, Richard M. Oxborough, Bernard Batengana, Wema Sudi, Sophie Weston, George Mtove, Joseph P. Mugasa, Franklin W. Mosha, Mark W. Rowland, William Kisinza

Open Access Research

Diversity and distribution of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites in captive birds from a Brazilian megalopolis

Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas, Gediminas Valkiūnas, Lilian de Oliveira Guimarães, Eliana Ferreira Monteiro, Fernanda Junqueira Vaz Guida, Roseli França Simões, Priscila Thihara Rodrigues, Expedito José de Albuquerque Luna, Karin Kirchgatter

Open Access Case study

Changing the policy for intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine during pregnancy in Malawi

Chikondi A. Mwendera, Christiaan de Jager, Herbert Longwe, Kamija Phiri, Charles Hongoro, Clifford M. Mutero

Open Access Research

Geographical distributions of African malaria vector sibling species and evidence for insecticide resistance

Antoinette Wiebe, Joshua Longbottom, Katherine Gleave, Freya M. Shearer, Marianne E. Sinka, N. Claire Massey, Ewan Cameron, Samir Bhatt, Peter W. Gething, Janet Hemingway, David L. Smith, Michael Coleman, Catherine L. Moyes

Open Access Research

Developing global maps of insecticide resistance risk to improve vector control

Michael Coleman, Janet Hemingway, Katherine Ann Gleave, Antoinette Wiebe, Peter W. Gething, Catherine L. Moyes

Open Access Research

Change in Anopheles richness and composition in response to artificial flooding during the creation of the Jirau hydroelectric dam in Porto Velho, Brazil

Moreno S. Rodrigures, Elis P. Batista, Alexandre A. Silva, Fábio M. Costa, Verissimo A. S. Neto, Luiz Herman S. Gil

Open Access Review

Malaria parasite clearance

Nicholas J. White

Open Access Research

Integrating malaria surveillance with climate data for outbreak detection and forecasting: the EPIDEMIA system

Christopher L. Merkord, Yi Liu, Abere Mihretie, Teklehaymanot Gebrehiwot, Worku Awoke, Estifanos Bayabil, Geoffrey M. Henebry, Gebeyaw T. Kassa, Mastewal Lake, Michael C. Wimberly

Open Access Methodology

MinorityReport, software for generalized analysis of causal genetic variants

Jeremy A. Horst, Wesley Wu, Joseph L. DeRisi

Open Access Research

Bites before and after bedtime can carry a high risk of human malaria infection

Masabho P. Milali, Maggy T. Sikulu-Lord, Nicodem J. Govella

Open Access Research

Acceptability of insecticide-treated clothing for malaria prevention among migrant rubber tappers in Myanmar: a cluster-randomized non-inferiority crossover trial

Alison F. Crawshaw, Thae Maung Maung, Muhammad Shafique, Nyan Sint, Sarala Nicholas, Michelle S. Li, Arantxa Roca-Feltrer, Jeffrey Hii

Open Access Research

Long-term acceptability, durability and bio-efficacy of ZeroVector® durable lining for vector control in Papua New Guinea

Joseph J. Kuadima, Lincoln Timinao, Laura Naidi, Anthony Tandrapah, Manuel W. Hetzel, Cyrille Czeher, Justin Pulford

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The malaria testing and treatment market in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013

Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Erick Auko, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Angela Camilleri, Emily Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Kevin Duff, Keith Esch, Anna Fulton, Kevin Duff, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Catharine A. Hurley, Beth Kangwana, Esther Kabui, Gloria Kigo, Aliza Lailari, Megan Littrell, Julius Ngigi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Ricki Orford, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Carolyne Ochieng, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Lanto Razafindralambo, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Tanya Shewchuk, Julianna Smith, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Andria Rusk, Julianna Smith, Rachel Thompson, Cynthia Whitman, Mitsuru Toda, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Godéfroid Mpanya, Antoinette Tshefu, Joris Losimba Likwela

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Assessment of the utility of a symptom-based algorithm for identifying febrile patients for malaria diagnostic testing in Senegal

Julie Thwing, Fatou Ba, Alou Diaby, Younouss Diedhiou, Assane Sylla, Guelaye Sall, Mame Birame Diouf, Alioune Badara Gueye, Seynabou Gaye, Medoune Ndiop, Moustapha Cisse, Daouda Ndiaye, Mady Ba

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Assessing the impact of differences in malaria transmission intensity on clinical and haematological indices in children with malaria

Henrietta E. Mensah-Brown, James Abugri, Kwaku P. Asante, Duah Dwomoh, David Dosoo, Frank Atuguba, David J. Conway, Gordon A. Awandare

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Molecular surveillance of artemisinin resistance falciparum malaria among migrant goldmine workers in Myanmar

Myat Htut Nyunt, Bo Wang, Khin Myo Aye, Kyin Hla Aye, Jin-Hee Han, Seong-Kyun Lee, Kay Thwe Han, Ye Htut, Eun-Taek Han

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Selections, frameshift mutations, and copy number variation detected on the surf 4.1 gene in the western Kenyan Plasmodium falciparum population

Jesse N. Gitaka, Mika Takeda, Masatsugu Kimura, Zulkarnain Md Idris, Chim W. Chan, James Kongere, Kazuhide Yahata, Francis W. Muregi, Yoshio Ichinose, Akira Kaneko, Osamu Kaneko

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The shape of the iceberg: quantification of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia and gametocytaemia in five low endemic settings in Ethiopia

Fitsum G. Tadesse, Lotus van den Hoogen, Kjerstin Lanke, Jodie Schildkraut, Kevin Tetteh, Abraham Aseffa, Hassen Mamo, Robert Sauerwein, Ingrid Felger, Chris Drakeley, Endalamaw Gadissa, Teun Bousema

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Evidence of metabolic mechanisms playing a role in multiple insecticides resistance in Anopheles stephensi populations from Afghanistan

Noor Halim Zahid Safi, Abdul Ali Ahmadi, Sami Nahzat, Seyyed Payman Ziapour, Seyed Hassan Nikookar, Mahmoud Fazeli-Dinan, Ahmadali Enayati, Janet Hemingway

Open Access Review

Exo-erythrocytic development of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites

Gediminas Valkiūnas, Tatjana A. Iezhova

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Should chemoprophylaxis be a main strategy for preventing re-introduction of malaria in highly receptive areas? Sri Lanka a case in point

A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Renu Wickremasinghe, Hemantha D. B. Herath, S. Deepika Fernando

Open Access Research

In vivo efficacy of top five surveyed Ghanaian herbal anti-malarial products

Dennis Wilmot, Elvis Ofori Ameyaw, Daniel Amoako-Sakyi, Johnson Nyarko Boampong, Neils Ben Quashie

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Passive case detection of malaria in Ratanakiri Province (Cambodia) to detect villages at higher risk for malaria

Somony Heng, Lies Durnez, Sokny Mao, Sovannaroth Siv, Sochantha Tho, Vanna Mean, Vincent Sluydts, Marc Coosemans

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Rapid diagnostic tests failing to detect Plasmodium falciparum infections in Eritrea: an investigation of reported false negative RDT results

Araia Berhane, Mulugeta Russom, Iyassu Bahta, Filmon Hagos, Michael Ghirmai, Selam Uqubay

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Preliminary survey on Anopheles species distribution in Botswana shows the presence of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus complexes

Leabaneng Tawe, Pleasure Ramatlho, Kelebogile Waniwa, Charles W. Muthoga, Ntebaleng Makate, Davis S. Ntebela, Isaac K. Quaye, Marco Pombi, Giacomo Maria Paganotti

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A systematic review on malaria sero-epidemiology studies in the Brazilian Amazon: insights into immunological markers for exposure and protection

Pedro M. Folegatti, André M. Siqueira, Wuelton M. Monteiro, Marcus Vinícius G. Lacerda, Chris J. Drakeley, Érika M. Braga

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Prevalence and determinants of malaria among children in Zambézia Province, Mozambique

James G. Carlucci, Meridith Blevins Peratikos, Charlotte B. Cherry, Melanie L. Lopez, Ann F. Green, Lazaro González-Calvo, Troy D. Moon

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Burden of malaria in mobile populations in the Greater Accra region, Ghana: a cross- sectional study

Nouhoum Diallo, Patricia Akweongo, Ernest Maya, Moses Aikins, Bismark Sarfo

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Primaquine-thiazolidinones block malaria transmission and development of the liver exoerythrocytic forms

Anna Caroline C. Aguiar, Flávio Jr. B. Figueiredo, Patrícia D. Neuenfeldt, Tony H. Katsuragawa, Bruna B. Drawanz, Wilson Cunico, Photini Sinnis, Fidel Zavala, Antoniana U. Krettli

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Resting and feeding preferences of Anopheles stephensi in an urban setting, perennial for malaria

Shalu Thomas, Sangamithra Ravishankaran, N. A. Johnson Amala Justin, Aswin Asokan, Manu Thomas Mathai, Neena Valecha, Jacqui Montgomery, Matthew B. Thomas, Alex Eapen

Open Access Review

A systematic review of the clinical presentation, treatment and relapse characteristics of human Plasmodium ovale malaria

Mirjam Groger, Hannah S. Fischer, Luzia Veletzky, Albert Lalremruata, Michael Ramharter

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Rhesus macaque and mouse models for down-selecting circumsporozoite protein based malaria vaccines differ significantly in immunogenicity and functional outcomes

Timothy W. Phares, Anthony D. May, Christopher J. Genito, Nathan A. Hoyt, Farhat A. Khan, Michael D. Porter, Margot DeBot, Norman C. Waters, Philippe Saudan, Sheetij Dutta

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TOLLIP gene variant is associated with Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Brazilian Amazon

Larissa W. Brasil, Laila R. A. Barbosa, Felipe J. de Araujo, Allyson G. da Costa, Luan D. O. da Silva, Suzana K. Pinheiro, Anne C. G. de Almeida, Andrea Kuhn, Sheila Vitor-Silva, Gisely C. de Melo, Wuelton M. Monteiro, Marcus V. G. de Lacerda, Rajendranath Ramasawmy

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Clinical and molecular surveillance of drug resistant vivax malaria in Myanmar (2009–2016)

Myat Htut Nyunt, Jin-Hee Han, Bo Wang, Khin Myo Aye, Kyin Hla Aye, Seong-Kyun Lee, Ye Htut, Myat Phone Kyaw, Kay Thwe Han, Eun-Taek Han

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Confirmation of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro resistance to monodesethylamodiaquine and chloroquine in Dakar, Senegal, in 2015

Silman Diawara, Marylin Madamet, Mame Bou Kounta, Gora Lo, Khalifa Ababacar Wade, Aminata Nakoulima, Raymond Bercion, Rémy Amalvict, Mamadou Wague Gueye, Bécaye Fall, Bakary Diatta, Bruno Pradines

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Comparison of the diagnostic performance of microscopic examination with nested polymerase chain reaction for optimum malaria diagnosis in Upper Myanmar

Jung-Mi Kang, Pyo-Yun Cho, Mya Moe, Jinyoung Lee, Hojong Jun, Hyeong-Woo Lee, Seong Kyu Ahn, Tae Im Kim, Jhang Ho Pak, Moe Kyaw Myint, Khin Lin, Tong-Soo Kim, Byoung-Kuk Na

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Erratum to: Pre-travel malaria chemoprophylaxis counselling in a public travel medicine clinic in São Paulo, Brazil

Tânia do Socorro Souza Chaves, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Jessé Reis Alves, Marcus Lacerda, Marta Heloisa Lopes

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Tryptophan-rich domains of Plasmodium falciparum SURFIN4.2 and Plasmodium vivax PvSTP2 interact with membrane skeleton of red blood cell

Xiaotong Zhu, Yang He, Yifan Liang, Osamu Kaneko, Liwang Cui, Yaming Cao

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False-negative malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Rwanda: impact of Plasmodium falciparum isolates lacking hrp2 and declining malaria transmission

Christina T. Kozycki, Noella Umulisa, Stephen Rulisa, Emil I. Mwikarago, Jean Pierre Musabyimana, Jean Pierre Habimana, Corine Karema, Donald J. Krogstad

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Age and geographic patterns of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in a representative sample of children living in Burkitt lymphoma-endemic areas of northern Uganda

Marlena Maziarz, Tobias Kinyera, Isaac Otim, Paul Kagwa, Hadijah Nabalende, Ismail D. Legason, Martin D. Ogwang, Samuel Kirimunda, Benjamin Emmanuel, Steven J. Reynolds, Patrick Kerchan, Moses M. Joloba, Andrew W. Bergen, Kishor Bhatia, Ambrose O. Talisuna, Robert J. Biggar, James J. Goedert, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Sam M. Mbulaiteye

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Drug resistance mediating Plasmodium falciparum polymorphisms and clinical presentations of parasitaemic children in Uganda

Stephen Tukwasibwe, Patrick Tumwebaze, Melissa Conrad, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Samuel L. Nsobya, Bryan Greenhouse, Philip J. Rosenthal

Open Access Case report

Diagnostic challenges and case management of the first imported case of Plasmodium knowlesi in Sri Lanka

A. Dewanee Ranaweera, Manjula N. Danansuriya, Kusumawathie Pahalagedera, W. M. Kumudunayana T. de A. W. Gunasekera, Priyani Dharmawardena, Keng Wai Mak, Pei-Sze Jeslyn Wong, Mei-Zhi Irene Li, Cheong Huat Tan, Hapuarachchige C. Hapuarachchi, Hema D. B. Herath, Deepika Fernando

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An assessment of national surveillance systems for malaria elimination in the Asia Pacific

Chris Erwin G. Mercado, Nattwut Ekapirat, Arjen M. Dondorp, Richard J. Maude

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Analytical sensitivity of current best-in-class malaria rapid diagnostic tests

Alfons Jimenez, Roxanne R. Rees-Channer, Rushini Perera, Dionicia Gamboa, Peter L. Chiodini, Iveth J. González, Alfredo Mayor, Xavier C. Ding

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Anti-malarial landscape in Myanmar: results from a nationally representative survey among community health workers and the private sector outlets in 2015/2016

Louis Akulayi, Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Ekundayo D. Arogundade, Erick Auko, Abdul R. Badru, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Peter Buyungo, Angela Camilleri, Emily Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Robyn Cyr, Kevin Duff, Gylsain Guedegbe, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Christine Hong, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Enid Kaabunga, Baraka D Kaaya, Esther Kabui, Beth Kangwana, Lason Kapata, Henry Kaula, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Sandra LeFevre, Megan Littrell, Greta Martin, Daniel Michael, Erik Monroe, Godefroid Mpanya, Felton Mpasela, Felix Mulama, Anne Musuva, Julius Ngigi, Edward Ngoma, Marjorie Norman, Bernard Nyauchi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Carolyne Ochieng, Edna Ogada, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Saysana Phanalasy, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Lanto Razafindralambo, Solofo Razakamiadana, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Andria Rusk, Tanya Sensalire, Simon Rusk, Julianna Smith, Phok Sochea, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Chinazo Toda, Cynthia Ujuju, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Cynthia Whitman, Cyprien Zinsou, Si Thu Thein, Hnin Su Su Khin, Aung Thi

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Reemergence of chloroquine-sensitive pfcrt K76 Plasmodium falciparum genotype in southeastern Cameroon

Nicaise Tuikue Ndam, Leonardo K. Basco, Vincent Foumane Ngane, Ahidjo Ayouba, Eitel Mpoudi Ngolle, Philippe Deloron, Martine Peeters, Rachida Tahar

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A novel in vitro model reveals distinctive modulatory roles of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax on naïve cell-mediated immunity

Setthakit Chitsanoor, Sangdao Somsri, Panyu Panburana, Mathirut Mungthin, Ratawan Ubalee, Maliwan Emyeam, Somchai Jongwutiwes, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Rachanee Udomsangpetch

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Predictors of the use of interventions to prevent malaria in pregnancy in Cameroon

Jodie Dionne-Odom, Andrew O. Westfall, Tobias O. Apinjoh, Judith Anchang-Kimbi, Eric A. Achidi, Alan T. N. Tita

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Identification of a novel merozoite surface antigen of Plasmodium vivax, PvMSA180

Fauzi Muh, Jin-Hee Han, Myat Htut Nyunt, Seong-Kyun Lee, Hye-Yoon Jeon, Kwon-Soo Ha, Won Sun Park, Seok-Ho Hong, Md Atique Ahmed, Sunghun Na, Eizo Takashima, Takafumi Tsuboi, Eun-Taek Han

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Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of G6PD deficiency in Bengali adults with severe and uncomplicated malaria

Katherine Plewes, Ingfar Soontarawirat, Aniruddha Ghose, Germana Bancone, Hugh W. F. Kingston, M. Trent Herdman, Stije J. Leopold, Haruhiko Ishioka, Md. Abul Faiz, Nicholas M. Anstey, Nicholas P. J. Day, Md. Amir Hossain, Mallika Imwong, Arjen M. Dondorp, Charles J. Woodrow

Open Access Opinion

World Malaria Report: time to acknowledge Plasmodium knowlesi malaria

Bridget E. Barber, Giri S. Rajahram, Matthew J. Grigg, Timothy William, Nicholas M. Anstey

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Perceptions of malaria control and prevention in an era of climate change: a cross-sectional survey among CDC staff in China

Michael Xiaoliang Tong, Alana Hansen, Scott Hanson-Easey, Scott Cameron, Jianjun Xiang, Qiyong Liu, Xiaobo Liu, Yehuan Sun, Philip Weinstein, Gil-Soo Han, Craig Williams, Peng Bi

Open Access Methodology

A novel model fitted to multiple life stages of malaria for assessing efficacy of transmission-blocking interventions

Ellie Sherrard-Smith, Thomas S. Churcher, Leanna M. Upton, Katarzyna A. Sala, Sara E. Zakutansky, Hannah C. Slater, Andrew M. Blagborough, Michael Betancourt

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Asymptomatic and sub-microscopic malaria infection in Kayah State, eastern Myanmar

Myo Thiha Zaw, Myo Thant, Tin Maung Hlaing, Naing Zin Aung, Min Thu, Kanit Phumchuea, Kanokwan Phusri, Teerawat Saeseu, Ritthideach Yorsaeng, Wang Nguitragool, Ingrid Felger, Jaranit Kaewkungwal, Liwang Cui, Jetsumon Sattabongkot

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Prevalence and genetic variants of G6PD deficiency among two Malagasy populations living in Plasmodium vivax-endemic areas

Rosalind E. Howes, Ernest R. Chan, Tovonahary Angelo Rakotomanga, Seth Schulte, John Gibson, Melinda Zikursh, Thierry Franchard, Brune Ramiranirina, Arsène Ratsimbasoa, Peter A. Zimmerman

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Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum genes associated with drug resistance in Hodh Elgharbi, a malaria hotspot near Malian–Mauritanian border

Mohamed Salem Ould Ahmedou Salem, Khadijetou Mint Lekweiry, Houssem Bouchiba, Aurelie Pascual, Bruno Pradines, Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary, Sébastien Briolant, Leonardo K. Basco, Hervé Bogreau

Open Access Meeting report

Challenges for achieving safe and effective radical cure of Plasmodium vivax: a round table discussion of the APMEN Vivax Working Group

Kamala Thriemer, Benedikt Ley, Albino Bobogare, Lek Dysoley, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Ayodhia P. Pasaribu, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Elodie Jambert, Gonzalo J. Domingo, Robert Commons, Sarah Auburn, Jutta Marfurt, Angela Devine, Mohammad M. Aktaruzzaman, Nayeem Sohel, Rinzin Namgay, Tobgyel Drukpa, Surender Nath Sharma, Elvieda Sarawati, Iriani Samad, Minerva Theodora, Simone Nambanya, Sonesay Ounekham, Rose Nanti Binti Mudin, Garib Da Thakur, Leo Sora Makita, Raffy Deray, Sang-Eun Lee, Leonard Boaz, Manjula N. Danansuriya, Santha D. Mudiyanselage, Nipon Chinanonwait, Suravadee Kitchakarn, Johnny Nausien, Esau Naket, Thang Ngo Duc, Ha Do Manh, Young S. Hong, Qin Cheng, Jack S. Richards, Rita Kusriastuti, Ari Satyagraha, Rintis Noviyanti, Xavier C. Ding, Wasif Ali Khan, Ching Swe Phru, Zhu Guoding, Gao Qi, Akira Kaneko, Olivo Miotto, Wang Nguitragool, Wanlapa Roobsoong, Katherine Battle, Rosalind E. Howes, Arantxa Roca-Feltrer, Stephan Duparc, Ipsita Pal Bhowmick, Enny Kenangalem, Jo-Anne Bibit, Alyssa Barry, David Sintasath, Rabindra Abeyasinghe, Carol H. Sibley, James McCarthy, Lorenz von Seidlein, J. Kevin Baird, Ric N. Price

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Effects of community-level bed net coverage on malaria morbidity in Lilongwe, Malawi

Veronica Escamilla, Alisa Alker, Leonard Dandalo, Jonathan J. Juliano, William C. Miller, Portia Kamthuza, Tapiwa Tembo, Gerald Tegha, Francis Martinson, Michael Emch, Irving F. Hoffman

Open Access Research

Therapeutic efficacy and artemisinin resistance in northern Myanmar: evidence from in vivo and molecular marker studies

Moe Kyaw Myint, Charlotte Rasmussen, Aung Thi, Dorina Bustos, Pascal Ringwald, Khin Lin

Open Access Research

Patterns of inflammatory responses and parasite tolerance vary with malaria transmission intensity

Temitope W. Ademolue, Yaw Aniweh, Kwadwo A. Kusi, Gordon A. Awandare

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Spatial clustering and risk factors of malaria infections in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea

Diana Gómez-Barroso, Emely García-Carrasco, Zaida Herrador, Policarpo Ncogo, María Romay-Barja, Martín Eka Ondo Mangue, Gloria Nseng, Matilde Riloha, Maria Angeles Santana, Basilio Valladares, Pilar Aparicio, Agustín Benito

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Novel lead structures with both Plasmodium falciparum gametocytocidal and asexual blood stage activity identified from high throughput compound screening

Wei Sun, Xiuli Huang, Hao Li, Gregory Tawa, Ethan Fisher, Takeshi Q. Tanaka, Paul Shinn, Wenwei Huang, Kim C. Williamson, Wei Zheng

Open Access Review

The end of a dogma: the safety of doxycycline use in young children for malaria treatment

Tiphaine Gaillard, Sébastien Briolant, Marylin Madamet, Bruno Pradines

Open Access Case report

An intricate case of multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum isolate imported from Cambodia

Raffaele Dell’Acqua, Claudia Fabrizio, Francesco Di Gennaro, Sergio Lo Caputo, Annalisa Saracino, Michela Menegon, Mariangela L’Episcopia, Carlo Severini, Laura Monno, Francesco Castelli, Gioacchino Angarano

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Travel and the emergence of high-level drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in southwest Uganda: results from a population-based study

Caroline A. Lynch, Richard Pearce, Hirva Pota, Connie Egwang, Thomas Egwang, Amit Bhasin, Jonathan Cox, Tarekegn A. Abeku, Cally Roper

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: New developments in anti-malarial target candidate and product profiles

Jeremy N. Burrows, Stephan Duparc, Winston E. Gutteridge, Rob Hooft van Huijsduijnen, Wiweka Kaszubska, Fiona Macintyre, Sébastien Mazzuri, Jörg J. Möhrle, Timothy N. C. Wells

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Assessment of copy number variation in genes related to drug resistance in Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum isolates from the Brazilian Amazon and a systematic review of the literature

Gabriel Luíz Costa, Lara Cotta Amaral, Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes, Luzia Helena Carvalho, Cristiana Ferreira Alves de Brito, Taís Nóbrega de Sousa

Open Access Research

High resolution melting: a useful field-deployable method to measure dhfr and dhps drug resistance in both highly and lowly endemic Plasmodium populations

Yaye Dié Ndiaye, Cyrille K. Diédhiou, Amy K. Bei, Baba Dieye, Aminata Mbaye, Nasserdine Papa Mze, Rachel F. Daniels, Ibrahima M. Ndiaye, Awa B. Déme, Amy Gaye, Mouhamad Sy, Tolla Ndiaye, Aida S. Badiane, Mouhamadou Ndiaye, Zul Premji, Dyann F. Wirth, Souleymane Mboup, Donald Krogstad, Sarah K. Volkman, Ambroise D. Ahouidi, Daouda Ndiaye

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Distinct parasite populations infect individuals identified through passive and active case detection in a region of declining malaria transmission in southern Zambia

Kelly M. Searle, Ben Katowa, Tamaki Kobayashi, Mwiche N. S. Siame, Sungano Mharakurwa, Giovanna Carpi, Douglas E. Norris, Jennifer C. Stevenson, Philip E. Thuma, William J. Moss

Open Access Research

Molecular surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in the Republic of Congo: four and nine years after the introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy

Felix Koukouikila-Koussounda, Sankarganesh Jeyaraj, Christian N. Nguetse, Charles Nchotebah Nkonganyi, Kossiwa Clarisse Kokou, Mandingha K. Etoka-Beka, Francine Ntoumi, Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan

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Insecticide resistance patterns in Uganda and the effect of indoor residual spraying with bendiocarb on kdr L1014S frequencies in Anopheles gambiae s.s.

Tarekegn A. Abeku, Michelle E. H. Helinski, Matthew J. Kirby, James Ssekitooleko, Chris Bass, Irene Kyomuhangi, Michael Okia, Godfrey Magumba, Sylvia R. Meek

Open Access Research

Presence of susceptible wild strains of Anopheles gambiae in a large industrial palm farm located in Aboisso, South-Eastern of Côte d’Ivoire

Cécile M. A. Sadia-Kacou, Ludovic P. Ahoua Alou, Ako V. C. Edi, Celine M. Yobo, Maurice A. Adja, Allassane F. Ouattara, David Malone, Alphonsine A. Koffi, Yao Tano, Benjamin G. Koudou

Open Access Research

Immunity as a predictor of anti-malarial treatment failure: a systematic review

Katherine O’Flaherty, Julia Maguire, Julie A. Simpson, Freya J. I. Fowkes

Open Access Methodology

Comparison of methods for detecting asymptomatic malaria infections in the China–Myanmar border area

Yonghong Zhao, Yan Zhao, Yanmin Lv, Fei Liu, Qinghui Wang, Peipei Li, Zhenjun Zhao, Yingjie Liu, Liwang Cui, Qi Fan, Yaming Cao

Open Access Research

Quality issues with malaria rapid diagnostic test accessories and buffer packaging: findings from a 5-country private sector project in Africa

Steven A. Harvey, Sandra Incardona, Nina Martin, Cristina Lussiana, Elizabeth Streat, Stephanie Dolan, Nora Champouillon, Daniel J. Kyabayinze, Robert Mugerwa, Grace Nakanwagi, Nancy Njoki, Ratsimandisa Rova, Jane Cunningham

Open Access Research

Efficacies of DHA–PPQ and AS/SP in patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an area of an unstable seasonal transmission in Sudan

Abdelrahim O. Mohamed, Muzamil M. Abdel Hamid, Omer S. Mohamed, Nuha S. Elkando, Abdelmaroof Suliman, Mariam A. Adam, Fahad Awad Ali Elnour, Elfatih M. Malik

Open Access Research

Defining micro-epidemiology for malaria elimination: systematic review and meta-analysis

Melanie Bannister-Tyrrell, Kristien Verdonck, Susanna Hausmann-Muela, Charlotte Gryseels, Joan Muela Ribera, Koen Peeters Grietens

Open Access Research

The malaria testing and treatment landscape in the southern Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR)

Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Erick Auko, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Angela Camilleri, Emily Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Kevin Duff, Keith Esch, Anna Fulton, Kevin Duff, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Beth Kangwana, Esther Kabui, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Megan Littrell, Greta Martin, Erik Monroe, Julius Ngigi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Ricki Orford, Carolyne Ochieng, Linda Ongwenyi, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Lanto Razafindralambo, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Tanya Shewchuk, Julianna Smith, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Andria Rusk, Julianna Smith, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Cynthia Whitman, Saysana Phanalasy

Open Access Research

Insights into the availability and distribution of oral artemisinin monotherapy in Myanmar: evidence from a nationally representative outlet survey

Louis Akulayi, Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Ekundayo D. Arogundade, Erick Auko, Abdul R. Badru, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Katia Bruxvoort, Peter Buyungo, Angela Camilleri, Emily D. Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Robyn Cyr, Kevin Duff, Gylsain Guedegbe, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Christine Hong, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Enid Kaabunga, Baraka D. Kaaya, Esther Kabui, Beth Kangwana, Lason Kapata, Henry Kaula, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Sandra LeFevre, Megan Littrell, Greta Martin, Daniel Michael, Erik Monroe, Godefroid Mpanya, Felton Mpasela, Felix Mulama, Anne Musuva, Julius Ngigi, Edward Ngoma, Marjorie Norman, Bernard Nyauchi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Carolyne Ochieng, Edna Ogada, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Saysana Phanalasy, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Lanto Razafindralambo, Solofo Razakamiadana, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Andria Rusk, Tanya Shewchuk, Simon Sensalire, Julianna Smith, Phok Sochea, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Chinazo Ujuju, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Cynthia B. Whitman, Cyprien Zinsou, Si Thu Thein, Hnin Su Su Khin, Aung Thi

Open Access Research

Evidence on anti-malarial and diagnostic markets in Cambodia to guide malaria elimination strategies and policies

Louis Akulayi, Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Ekundayo D. Arogundade, Erick Auko, Abdul R. Badru, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Katia Bruxvoort, Peter Buyungo, Angela Camilleri, Emily D. Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Robyn Cyr, Kevin Duff, Gylsain Guedegbe, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Christine Hong, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Enid Kaabunga, Baraka D Kaaya, Esther Kabui, Beth Kangwana, Lason Kapata, Henry Kaula, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Sandra LeFevre, Megan Littrell, Greta Martin, Daniel Michael, Erik Monroe, Godefroid Mpanya, Felton Mpasela, Felix Mulama, Anne Musuva, Julius Ngigi, Edward Ngoma, Marjorie Norman, Bernard Nyauchi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Carolyne Ochieng, Edna Ogada, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Saysana Phanalasy, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Lanto Razafindralambo, Solofo Razakamiadana, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Andria Rusk, Tanya Shewchuk, Simon Sensalire, Julianna Smith, Phok Sochea, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Chinazo Ujuju, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Cynthia B. Whitman, Cyprien Zinsou, Sochea Phok, Dysoley Lek

Open Access Commentary

Ivermectin and malaria control

Satoshi Ōmura, Andy Crump

Open Access Research

What happened to anti-malarial markets after the Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria pilot? Trends in ACT availability, price and market share from five African countries under continuation of the private sector co-payment mechanism

Louis Akulayi, Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Ekundayo D. Arogundade, Erick Auko, Abdul R. Badru, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Katia Bruxvoort, Peter Buyungo, Angela Camilleri, Emily D. Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Robyn Cyr, Kevin Duff, Gylsain Guedegbe, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Christine Hong, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Enid Kaabunga, Baraka D. Kaaya, Esther Kabui, Beth Kangwana, Lason Kapata, Henry Kaula, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Sandra LeFevre, Megan Littrell, Greta Martin, Daniel Michael, Erik Monroe, Godefroid Mpanya, Felton Mpasela, Felix Mulama, Anne Musuva, Julius Ngigi, Edward Ngoma, Marjorie Norman, Bernard Nyauchi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Carolyne Ochieng, Edna Ogada, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Saysana Phanalasy, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Lanto Razafindralambo, Solofo Razakamiadana, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Andria Rusk, Tanya Shewchuk, Simon Sensalire, Julianna Smith, Phok Sochea, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Esther, Katherine Thanel, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Chinazo Ujuju, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy , Cynthia B. Whitman, Cyprien Zinsou, Sarah Tougher, Kara Hanson, Catherine Goodman

Open Access Research

The malaria testing and treatment landscape in Benin

Louis Akulayi, Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Ekundayo D. Arogundade, Erick Auko, Abdul R. Badru, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Katia Bruxvoort, Peter Buyungo, Angela Camilleri, Emily D. Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Robyn Cyr, Kevin Duff, Gylsain Guedegbe, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Christine Hong, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Enid Kaabunga, Baraka D. Kaaya, Esther Kabui, Beth Kangwana, Lason Kapata, Henry Kaula, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Sandra LeFevre, Megan Littrell, Greta Martin, Daniel Michael, Erik Monroe, Godefroid Mpanya, Felton Mpasela, Felix Mulama, Anne Musuva, Julius Ngigi, Edward Ngoma, Marjorie Norman, Bernard Nyauchi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Carolyne Ochieng, Carolyne Ogada, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Saysana Phanalasy, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Lanto Razafindralambo, Solofo Razakamiadana, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Andria Rusk, Tanya Shewchuk, Simon Sensalire, Julianna Smith, Phok Sochea, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Chinazo Ujuju, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Cynthia B. Whitman, Cyprien Zinsou, Cyprien Zinsou, Adjibabi Bello Cherifath

Open Access Case study

No impact of strongylid infections on the detection of Plasmodium spp. in faeces of western lowland gorillas and eastern chimpanzees

Mwanahamisi I. Mapua, Barbora Pafčo, Jade Burgunder, Ilona Profousová-Pšenková, Angelique Todd, Chie Hashimoto, Moneeb A. Qablan, David Modrý, Klára J. Petrželková

Open Access Research

Recognition of Plasmodium falciparum mature gametocyte-infected erythrocytes by antibodies of semi-immune adults and malaria-exposed children from Gabon

Tamirat Gebru, Anthony Ajua, Michael Theisen, Meral Esen, Ulysse Ateba Ngoa, Saadou Issifou, Ayola A. Adegnika, Peter G. Kremsner, Benjamin Mordmüller, Jana Held

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Effect of anti-malarial interventions on trends of malaria cases, hospital admissions and deaths, 2005–2015, Ghana

Maru Aregawi, Keziah L. Malm, Mohammed Wahjib, Osae Kofi, Naa-Korkor Allotey, Peprah Nana Yaw, Wilmot Abba-Baffoe, Sylvester Segbaya, Felicia Owusu-Antwi, Abderahmane T. Kharchi, Ryan O. Williams, Mark Saalfeld, Nibretie Workneh, Estifanos Biru Shargie, Abdisalan M. Noor, Constance Bart-Plange

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Asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax infections induce robust IgG responses to multiple blood-stage proteins in a low-transmission region of western Thailand

Rhea J. Longley, Camila T. França, Michael T. White, Chalermpon Kumpitak, Patiwat Sa-angchai, Jakub Gruszczyk, Jessica B. Hostetler, Anjali Yadava, Christopher L. King, Rick M. Fairhurst, Julian C. Rayner, Wai-Hong Tham, Wang Nguitragool, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Ivo Mueller

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Increase in the prevalence of mutations associated with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates collected from early to late pregnancy in Nanoro, Burkina Faso

Esmée Ruizendaal, Marc C. Tahita, Ronald B. Geskus, Inge Versteeg, Susana Scott, Umberto d’Alessandro, Palpouguini Lompo, Karim Derra, Maminata Traore-Coulibaly, Menno D. de Jong, Henk D. F. H. Schallig, Halidou Tinto, Petra F. Mens

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Private sector opportunities and threats to achieving malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong Subregion: results from malaria outlet surveys in Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Thailand

Louis Akulayi, Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Ekundayo D. Arogundade, Erick Auko, Abdul R. Badru, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Katia Bruxvoort, Peter Buyungo, Angela Camilleri, Emily D. Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Robyn Cyr, Kevin Duff, Gylsain Guedegbe, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Christine Hong, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Enid Kaabunga, Baraka D Kaaya, Esther Kabui, Beth Kangwana, Lason Kapata, Henry Kaula, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Sandra LeFevre, Megan Littrell, Greta Martin, Daniel Michael, Erik Monroe, Godefroid Mpanya, Felton Mpasela, Felix Mulama, Anne Musuva, Julius Ngigi, Edward Ngoma, Marjorie Norman, Bernard Nyauchi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Carolyne Ochieng, Edna Ogada, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Saysana Phanalasy, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Lanto Razafindralambo, Solofo Razakamiadana, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Andria Rusk, Tanya Shewchuk, Simon Sensalire, Julianna Smith, Phok Sochea, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Chinazo Ujuju, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Cynthia B. Whitman, Cyprien Zinsou, Sochea Phok, Saysana Phanalasy, Si Thu Thein, Asawin Likhitsup

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Malaria epidemiology in an area of stable transmission in tribal population of Jharkhand, India

Manoj K. Das, Brijesh K. Prajapati, Régis W. Tiendrebeogo, Kumud Ranjan, Bright Adu, Amit Srivastava, Harvinder K. Khera, Narendra Chauhan, Sanjay Tevatiya, Ikhlaq H. Kana, Surya Kant Sharma, Subhash Singh, Michael Theisen

Open Access review

Seasonal vaccination against malaria: a potential use for an imperfect malaria vaccine

Brian Greenwood, Alassane Dicko, Issaka Sagara, Issaka Zongo, Halidou Tinto, Matthew Cairns, Irene Kuepfer, Paul Milligan, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo, Ogobara Doumbo, Daniel Chandramohan

Open Access Research

Comparison of the capacity between public and private health facilities to manage under-five children with febrile illnesses in Uganda

Esther Buregyeya, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Phillip LaRussa, Sham Lal, Sîan E. Clarke, Kristian S. Hansen, Pascal Magnussen, Anthony K. Mbonye

Open Access Research

Continuous determination of blood glucose in children admitted with malaria in a rural hospital in Mozambique

Lola Madrid, Antonio Sitoe, Rosauro Varo, Tacilta Nhampossa, Miguel Lanaspa, Abel Nhama, Sozinho Acácio, Isolina Riaño, Aina Casellas, Quique Bassat

Open Access Research

ICAM-1 is a key receptor mediating cytoadherence and pathology in the Plasmodium chabaudi malaria model

Deirdre A. Cunningham, Jing-wen Lin, Thibaut Brugat, William Jarra, Irene Tumwine, Garikai Kushinga, Jai Ramesar, Blandine Franke-Fayard, Jean Langhorne

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Evaluating malaria case management at public health facilities in two provinces in Angola

Mateusz M. Plucinski, Manzambi Ferreira, Carolina Miguel Ferreira, Jordan Burns, Patrick Gaparayi, Lubaki João, Olinda da Costa, Parambir Gill, Claudete Samutondo, Joltim Quivinja, Eliane Mbounga, Gabriel Ponce de León, Eric S. Halsey, Pedro Rafael Dimbu, Filomeno Fortes

Open Access Research

Safety and efficacy of the choline analogue SAR97276 for malaria treatment: results of two phase 2, open-label, multicenter trials in African patients

Jana Held, Christian Supan, Carmen L. Ospina Salazar, Halidou Tinto, Léa Nadège Bonkian, Alain Nahum, Ali Sié, Salim Abdulla, Cathy Cantalloube, Elhadj Djeriou, Marielle Bouyou-Akotet, Bernhards Ogutu, Benjamin Mordmüller, Andrea Kreidenweiss, Mohamadou Siribie, Sodiomon B. Sirima, Peter G. Kremsner

Open Access Research

Evaluation of the utility value of three diagnostic methods in the detection of malaria parasites in endemic area

Uchenna Iyioku Ugah, Moses Nnaemeka Alo, Jacob Oluwabusuyi Owolabi, Oluchi DivineGift Okata-Nwali, Ifeoma Mercy Ekejindu, Nancy Ibeh, Michael Okpara Elom

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Evaluation of efficacy of Interceptor® G2, a long-lasting insecticide net coated with a mixture of chlorfenapyr and alpha-cypermethrin, against pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Burkina Faso

Koama Bayili, Severin N’do, Moussa Namountougou, Roger Sanou, Abdoulaye Ouattara, Roch K. Dabiré, Anicet G. Ouédraogo, David Malone, Abdoulaye Diabaté

Open Access Research

Factors associated with malaria parasitaemia among children under 5 years in Uganda: a secondary data analysis of the 2014 Malaria Indicator Survey dataset

Humphrey Wanzira, Henry Katamba, Allen Eva Okullo, Bosco Agaba, Mathias Kasule, Denis Rubahika

Open Access Research

Antiplasmodial dihetarylthioethers target the coenzyme A synthesis pathway in Plasmodium falciparum erythrocytic stages

Thomas Weidner, Leonardo Lucantoni, Abed Nasereddin, Lutz Preu, Peter G. Jones, Ron Dzikowski, Vicky M. Avery, Conrad Kunick

Open Access Research

Binding of Plasmodium falciparum to CD36 can be shielded by the glycocalyx

Casper Hempel, Christian William Wang, Jørgen Anders Lindholm Kurtzhals, Trine Staalsø

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Malaria parasite clearance

Nicholas J. White

Open Access Research

Artemisinin resistance without pfkelch13 mutations in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Cambodia

Angana Mukherjee, Selina Bopp, Pamela Magistrado, Wesley Wong, Rachel Daniels, Allison Demas, Stephen Schaffner, Chanaki Amaratunga, Pharath Lim, Mehul Dhorda, Olivo Miotto, Charles Woodrow, Elizabeth A. Ashley, Arjen M. Dondorp, Nicholas J. White, Dyann Wirth, Rick Fairhurst, Sarah K. Volkman

Open Access Research

Global survey of malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) sales, procurement and lot verification practices: assessing the use of the WHO–FIND Malaria RDT Evaluation Programme (2011–2014)

Sandra Incardona, Elisa Serra-Casas, Nora Champouillon, Christian Nsanzabana, Jane Cunningham, Iveth J. González

Open Access Research

Antiplasmodial activity of Indigofera spicata root extract against Plasmodium berghei infection in mice

Eshetie Melese Birru, Mestayet Geta, Abyot Endale Gurmu

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Artemisinin-based combination therapy in pregnant women in Zambia: efficacy, safety and risk of recurrent malaria

Michael Nambozi, Jean-Bertin Bukasa Kabuya, Sebastian Hachizovu, David Mwakazanga, Joyce Mulenga, Webster Kasongo, Jozefien Buyze, Modest Mulenga, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Umberto D’Alessandro

Open Access Commentary

Drug-based vector control: a potential new paradigm

Pedro Alonso, Dirk Engels

Open Access Methodology

Further evaluation of the NWF filter for the purification of Plasmodium vivax-infected erythrocytes

Jiangyan Li, Zhiyong Tao, Qian Li, Awtum Brashear, Ying Wang, Hui Xia, Qiang Fang, Liwang Cui

Open Access Research

The malaria testing and treatment landscape in mainland Tanzania, 2016

Louis Akulayi, Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Ekundayo D. Arogundade, Erick Auko, Abdul R. Badru, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Katia Bruxvoort, Peter Buyungo, Angela Camilleri, Emily D. Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Robyn Cyr, Kevin Duff, Gylsain Guedegbe, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Christine Hong, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Enid Kaabunga, Baraka D. Kaaya, Esther Kabui, Beth Kangwana, Lason Kapata, Henry Kaula, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Sandra LeFevre, Megan Littrell , Greta Martin, Daniel Michael, Erik Monroe, Godefroid Mpanya, Felton Mpasela, Felix Mulama, Anne Musuva, Julius Ngigi, Edward Ngoma, Marjorie Norman, Bernard Nyauchi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Carolyne Ochieng, Edna Ogada, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Saysana Phanalasy, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Lanto Razafindralambo, Solofo Razakamiadana, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Andria Rusk, Tanya Shewchuk, Simon Sensalire, Julianna Smith, Phok Sochea, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Chinazo Ujuju, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Cynthia B. Whitman, Cyprien Zinsou, Daniel Michael, Sigsbert Patila Mkunde

Open Access Research

Do anti-malarials in Africa meet quality standards? The market penetration of non quality-assured artemisinin combination therapy in eight African countries

Louis Akulayi, Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Ekundayo D. Arogundade, Erick Auko, Abdul R. Badru, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Katia Bruxvoort, Peter Buyungo, Angela Camilleri, Emily D. Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Robyn Cyr, Kevin Duff, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Gylsain Guedegbe, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Christine Hong, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Enid Kaabunga, Baraka D. Kaaya, Esther Kabui, Beth Kangwana, Lason Kapata, Henry Kaula, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Sandra LeFevre, Megan Littrell, Greta Martin, Daniel Michael, Erik Monroe, Godefroid Mpanya, Felton Mpasela, Felix Mulama, Anne Musuva, Julius Ngigi, Edward Ngoma, Marjorie Norman, Bernard Nyauchi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Carolyne Ochieng, Edna Ogada, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Saysana Phanalasy, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Lanto Razafindralambo, Solofo Razakamiadana, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Andria Rusk, Tanya Shewchuk, Simon Sensalire, Julianna Smith, Phok Sochea, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Chinazo Ujuju, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Cynthia B. Whitman, Cyprien Zinsou, Paul N. Newton, Kara Hanson, Catherine Goodman

Open Access Research

Testing times: trends in availability, price, and market share of malaria diagnostics in the public and private healthcare sector across eight sub-Saharan African countries from 2009 to 2015

Louis Akulayi, Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Ekundayo D. Arogundade, Erick Auko, Abdul R. Badru, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Katia Bruxvoort, Peter Buyungo, Angela Camilleri, Emily D. Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Robyn Cyr, Kevin Duff, Gylsain Guedegbe, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Christine Hong, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Enid Kaabunga, Baraka D Kaaya, Esther Kabui, Beth Kangwana, Lason Kapata, Henry Kaula, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Sandra LeFevre, Megan Littrell, Greta Martin, Daniel Michael, Erik Monroe, Godefroid Mpanya, Felton Mpasela, Felix Mulama, Anne Musuva, Julius Ngigi, Edward Ngoma, Marjorie Norman, Bernard Nyauchi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Carolyne Ochieng, Edna Ogada, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Saysana Phanalasy, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Lanto Razafindralambo, Solofo Razakamiadana, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Andria Rusk, Tanya Shewchuk, Simon Sensalire, Julianna Smith, Phok Sochea, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Chinazo Ujuju, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Cynthia B. Whitman, Cyprien Zinsou, Kara Hanson, Catherine Goodman

Open Access Research

Mass anti-malarial administration in western Cambodia: a qualitative study of factors affecting coverage

Christopher Pell, Rupam Tripura, Chea Nguon, Phaikyeong Cheah, Chan Davoeung, Chhouen Heng, Lim Dara, Ma Sareth, Arjen Dondorp, Lorenz von Seidlein, Thomas J. Peto

Open Access Research

Multiplex, DNase-free one-step reverse transcription PCR for Plasmodium 18S rRNA and spliced gametocyte-specific mRNAs

Amelia E. Hanron, Zachary P. Billman, Annette M. Seilie, Tayla M. Olsen, Matthew Fishbaugher, Ming Chang, Thomas Rueckle, Nicole Andenmatten, Bryan Greenhouse, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, John Rek, Smita Das, Gonzalo J. Domingo, Kelly Shipman, Stefan H. Kappe, James G. Kublin, Sean C. Murphy

Open Access Research

Improving local health workers’ knowledge of malaria in the elimination phase—determinants and strategies: a cross-sectional study in rural China

Ruoxi Wang, Shangfeng Tang, Jun Yang, Tian Shao, Piaopiao Shao, Chunyan Liu, Da Feng, Hang Fu, Xiaoyu Chen, Tao Hu, Zhanchun Feng

Open Access Research

Naturally acquired humoral and cellular immune responses to Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 8 in patients with P. vivax infection

Yang Cheng, Bo Wang, Siriruk Changrob, Jin-Hee Han, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Kwon-Soo Ha, Patchanee Chootong, Feng Lu, Jun Cao, Myat Htut Nyunt, Won Sun Park, Seok-Ho Hong, Chae Seung Lim, Takafumi Tsuboi, Eun-Taek Han

Open Access Research

Malaria mortality characterization and the relationship between malaria mortality and climate in Chimoio, Mozambique

João Luís Ferrão, Jorge M. Mendes, Marco Painho, Sara Zacarias

Open Access Research

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in people living in malaria endemic districts of Nepal

Prakash Ghimire, Nihal Singh, Leonard Ortega, Komal Raj Rijal, Bipin Adhikari, Garib Das Thakur, Baburam Marasini

Open Access Research

Safety and tolerability of adjunctive rosiglitazone treatment for children with uncomplicated malaria

Rosauro Varo, Valerie M. Crowley, Antonio Sitoe, Lola Madrid, Lena Serghides, Rubao Bila, Helio Mucavele, Alfredo Mayor, Quique Bassat, Kevin C. Kain

Open Access Research

Within-host selection of drug resistance in a mouse model of repeated interrupted treatment of Plasmodium yoelii infection

Suci Nuralitha, Josephine E. Siregar, Din Syafruddin, Andy I. M. Hoepelman, Sangkot Marzuki

Open Access Research

Molecular markers of anti-malarial drug resistance in Central, West and East African children with severe malaria

Christian N. Nguetse, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Tsiri Agbenyega, Bernhards R. Ogutu, Sanjeev Krishna, Peter G. Kremsner, Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan

Open Access Case Study

Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria among children in a refugee camp in Northern Uganda: lessons learned

Matthew E. Coldiron, Estrella Lasry, Malika Bouhenia, Debashish Das, Peter Okui, Dan Nyehangane, Juliet Mwanga, Celine Langendorf, Greg Elder, Léon Salumu, Rebecca F. Grais

Open Access Research

Private sector role, readiness and performance for malaria case management in Uganda, 2015

Louis Akulayi, Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Ekundayo D. Arogundade, Erick Auko, Abdul R. Badru, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Katia Bruxvoort, Peter Buyungo, Angela Camilleri, Emily D. Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Robyn Cyr, Kevin Duff, Gylsain Guedegbe, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Christine Hong, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Enid Kaabunga, Baraka D. Kaaya, Esther Kabui, Beth Kangwana, Lason Kapata, Henry Kaula, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Sandra LeFevre, Megan Littrell, Greta Martin, Daniel Michael, Erik Monroe, Godefroid Mpanya, Felton Mpasela, Felix Mulama, Anne Musuva, Julius Ngigi, Edward Ngoma, Marjorie Norman, Bernard Nyauchi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Carolyne Ochieng, Edna Ogada, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Saysana Phanalasy, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Lanto Razafindralambo, Solofo Razakamiadana, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Andria Rusk, Tanya Shewchuk, Simon Sensalire, Julianna Smith, Phok Sochea, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Chinazo Ujuju, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Cynthia B. Whitman, Cyprien Zinsou, Henry Kaula, Peter Buyungo, Jimmy Opigo

Open Access Research

Effect of climatic variability on malaria trends in Baringo County, Kenya

Edwin K. Kipruto, Alfred O. Ochieng, Douglas N. Anyona, Macrae Mbalanya, Edna N. Mutua, Daniel Onguru, Isaac K. Nyamongo, Benson B. A. Estambale

Open Access Research

Evaluation of a laboratory quality assurance pilot programme for malaria diagnostics in low-transmission areas of Kenya, 2013

Elizabeth Wanja, Rachel Achilla, Peter Obare, Rose Adeny, Caroline Moseti, Victor Otieno, Collins Morang’a, Ephantus Murigi, John Nyamuni, Derek R. Monthei, Bernhards Ogutu, Ann M. Buff

Open Access Research

Malaria prevalence in asymptomatic and symptomatic children in Kiwangwa, Bagamoyo district, Tanzania

Deborah Sumari, Felista Mwingira, Majige Selemani, Joseph Mugasa, Kefas Mugittu, Paul Gwakisa

Open Access Research

Effect of IPTp on Plasmodium falciparum antibody levels among pregnant women and their babies in a sub-urban coastal area in Ghana

Judith K. Stephens, Eric Kyei-Baafour, Emmanuel K. Dickson, Jones K. Ofori, Michael F. Ofori, Mark L. Wilson, Isabella A. Quakyi, Bartholomew D. Akanmori

Open Access Research

Insecticide-treated nets provide protection against malaria to children in an area of insecticide resistance in Southern Benin

John Bradley, Aurore Ogouyèmi-Hounto, Sylvie Cornélie, Jacob Fassinou, Yolande Sissinto Savi de Tove, Adicath Adéola Adéothy, Filémon T. Tokponnon, Patrick Makoutode, Alioun Adechoubou, Thibaut Legba, Telesphore Houansou, Dorothée Kinde-Gazard, Martin C. Akogbeto, Achille Massougbodji, Tessa Bellamy Knox, Martin Donnelly, Immo Kleinschmidt

Open Access Case Study

Elimination of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Tajikistan

Anatoly V. Kondrashin, Azizullo S. Sharipov, Dilshod S. Kadamov, Saifuddin S. Karimov, Elkhan Gasimov, Alla M. Baranova, Lola F. Morozova, Ekaterina V. Stepanova, Natalia A. Turbabina, Maria S. Maksimova, Evgeny N. Morozov

Open Access Research

Rapid reduction of malaria following introduction of vector control interventions in Tororo District, Uganda: a descriptive study

David W. Oguttu, Joseph K. B. Matovu, David C. Okumu, Alex R. Ario, Allen E. Okullo, Jimmy Opigo, Victoria Nankabirwa

Open Access Research

Molecular and immunological analyses of confirmed Plasmodium vivax relapse episodes

Sarunya Maneerattanasak, Panita Gosi, Srivicha Krudsood, Pattamawan Chimma, Jarinee Tongshoob, Yuvadee Mahakunkijcharoen, Chonlaphat Sukasem, Mallika Imwong, Georges Snounou, Srisin Khusmith

Open Access Research

A metabolomic analytical approach permits identification of urinary biomarkers for Plasmodium falciparum infection: a case–control study

Salah Abdelrazig, Catharine A. Ortori, Gail Davey, Wakgari Deressa, Dhaba Mulleta, David A. Barrett, Alemayehu Amberbir, Andrew W. Fogarty

Open Access Methodology

Fast and robust single PCR for Plasmodium sporozoite detection in mosquitoes using the cytochrome oxidase I gene

Diego F. Echeverry, Nicholas A. Deason, Victoria Makuru, Jenna Davidson, Honglin Xiao, Julie Niedbalski, Xiaoyu Yu, Jennifer C. Stevenson, Hugo Bugoro, Allan Aparaimo, Hedrick Reuben, Robert Cooper, Thomas R. Burkot, Tanya L. Russell, Frank H. Collins, Neil F. Lobo

Open Access Research

Evaluation of the knowledge and attitude of pharmacists about the national malaria control policy in southern Benin

Habib Ganfon, Giraud Ekanmian, Louis Amoussou, Emilie Daniel-Garcia, Aurel Constant Allabi

Open Access Research

Assessment of climate-driven variations in malaria incidence in Swaziland: toward malaria elimination

Ting-Wu Chuang, Adam Soble, Nyasatu Ntshalintshali, Nomcebo Mkhonta, Eric Seyama, Steven Mthethwa, Deepa Pindolia, Simon Kunene

Open Access Research

Effect of user preferences on ITN use: a review of literature and data

Hannah Koenker, Joshua O. Yukich

Open Access Research

Molecular characterization of Anopheline (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes from eight geographical locations of Sri Lanka

Thilini C. Weeraratne, Sinnathambi N. Surendran, Lisa J. Reimer, Charles S. Wondji, M. Devika B. Perera, Catherine Walton, S. H. P. Parakrama Karunaratne

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Comparative physical genome mapping of malaria vectors Anopheles sinensis and Anopheles gambiae

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Surveillance for sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistant malaria parasites in the Lake and Southern Zones, Tanzania, using pooling and next-generation sequencing

Jeremiah M. Ngondi, Deus S. Ishengoma, Stephanie M. Doctor, Kyaw L. Thwai, Corinna Keeler, Sigsbert Mkude, Oresto M. Munishi, Ritha A. Willilo, Shabbir Lalji, Naomi Kaspar, Chonge Kitojo, Lynn A. Paxton, Nicholas J. Hathaway, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Jonathan J. Juliano, Steven R. Meshnick, Julie Gutman

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The invasive shrub Prosopis juliflora enhances the malaria parasite transmission capacity of Anopheles mosquitoes: a habitat manipulation experiment

Gunter C. Muller, Amy Junnila, Mohamad M. Traore, Sekou F. Traore, Seydou Doumbia, Fatoumata Sissoko, Seydou M. Dembele, Yosef Schlein, Kristopher L. Arheart, Edita E. Revay, Vasiliy D. Kravchenko, Arne Witt, John C. Beier

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Genome-wide scans for the identification of Plasmodium vivax genes under positive selection

Hai-Mo Shen, Shen-Bo Chen, Yue Wang, Bin Xu, Eniola Michael Abe, Jun-Hu Chen

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Community-based intermittent mass testing and treatment for malaria in an area of high transmission intensity, western Kenya: study design and methodology for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Aaron M. Samuels, Nobert Awino, Wycliffe Odongo, Benard Abong’o, John Gimnig, Kephas Otieno, Ya Ping Shi, Vincent Were, Denise Roth Allen, Florence Were, Tony Sang, David Obor, John Williamson, Mary J. Hamel, S. Patrick Kachur, Laurence Slutsker, Kim A. Lindblade, Simon Kariuki, Meghna Desai

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Plasmobase: a comparative database of predicted domain architectures for Plasmodium genomes

Juliana Bernardes, Catherine Vaquero, Alessandra Carbone

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Current and cumulative malaria infections in a setting embarking on elimination: Amhara, Ethiopia

Woyneshet G. Yalew, Sampa Pal, Pooja Bansil, Rebecca Dabbs, Kevin Tetteh, Caterina Guinovart, Michael Kalnoky, Belendia A. Serda, Berhane H. Tesfay, Belay B. Beyene, Catherine Seneviratne, Megan Littrell, Lindsay Yokobe, Gregory S. Noland, Gonzalo J. Domingo, Asefaw Getachew, Chris Drakeley, Richard W. Steketee

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Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar

Josué Martínez-de la Puente, Luke J. Eberhart-Phillips, M. Cristina Carmona-Isunza, Sama Zefania, María José Navarro, Oliver Kruger, Joseph Ivan Hoffman, Tamás Székely, Jordi Figuerola

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The role of extracellular vesicles in malaria biology and pathogenesis

Natalia Guimaraes Sampaio, Lesley Cheng, Emily M. Eriksson

Open Access Review

Malaria research in Malawi from 1984 to 2016: a literature review and bibliometric analysis

Chikondi A. Mwendera, Christiaan de Jager, Herbert Longwe, Charles Hongoro, Clifford M. Mutero, Kamija S. Phiri

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Suppression of experimental cerebral malaria by disruption of malate:quinone oxidoreductase

Mamoru Niikura, Keisuke Komatsuya, Shin-Ichi Inoue, Risa Matsuda, Hiroko Asahi, Daniel Ken Inaoka, Kiyoshi Kita, Fumie Kobayashi

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Effectiveness of reactive case detection for malaria elimination in three archetypical transmission settings: a modelling study

Jaline Gerardin, Caitlin A. Bever, Daniel Bridenbecker, Busiku Hamainza, Kafula Silumbe, John M. Miller, Thomas P. Eisele, Philip A. Eckhoff, Edward A. Wenger

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Reported community-level indoor residual spray coverage from two-stage cluster surveys in sub-Saharan Africa

David A. Larsen, Lauren Borrill, Ryan Patel, Lauren Fregosi

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Ex vivo susceptibility and genotyping of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Pikine, Senegal

Aminata Mbaye, Amy Gaye, Baba Dieye, Yaye D. Ndiaye, Amy K. Bei, Muna Affara, Awa B. Deme, Mamadou S. Yade, Khadim Diongue, Ibrahima M. Ndiaye, Tolla Ndiaye, Mouhamed Sy, Ngayo Sy, Ousmane Koita, Donald J. Krogstad, Sarah Volkman, Davis Nwakanma, Daouda Ndiaye

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Tracking development assistance and government health expenditures for 35 malaria-eliminating countries: 1990–2017

Rima Shretta, Brittany Zelman, Maxwell L. Birger, Annie Haakenstad, Lavanya Singh, Yingying Liu, Joseph Dieleman

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Engaging the private sector in malaria surveillance: a review of strategies and recommendations for elimination settings

Adam Bennett, Anton L. V. Avanceña, Jennifer Wegbreit, Chris Cotter, Kathryn Roberts, Roly Gosling

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G6PD deficiency alleles in a malaria-endemic region in the Western Brazilian Amazon

Jamille G. Dombrowski, Rodrigo M. Souza, Jonathan Curry, Laura Hinton, Natercia R. M. Silva, Lynn Grignard, Ligia A. Gonçalves, Ana Rita Gomes, Sabrina Epiphanio, Chris Drakeley, Jim Huggett, Taane G. Clark, Susana Campino, Claudio R. F. Marinho

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New adenovirus-based vaccine vectors targeting Pfs25 elicit antibodies that inhibit Plasmodium falciparum transmission

Kathleen A. McGuire, Kazutoyo Miura, Christopher M. Wiethoff, Kim C. Williamson

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Effectiveness and equity of the Tanzania National Voucher Scheme for mosquito nets over 10 years of implementation

Karen Kramer, Renata Mandike, Rose Nathan, Ally Mohamed, Matthew Lynch, Nick Brown, Ally Mnzava, Wilhelmina Rimisho, Christian Lengeler

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Social representations of malaria in the Guna indigenous population of Comarca Guna de Madungandi, Panama

Lorenzo Cáceres, José E. Calzada, Amanda Gabster, Josue Young, Ricardo Márquez, Rolando Torres, Margarita Griffith

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Perennial transmission of malaria in the low altitude areas of Baringo County, Kenya

Collince J. Omondi, Daniel Onguru, Lucy Kamau, Mark Nanyingi, George Ong’amo, Benson Estambale

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Imported Plasmodium falciparum and locally transmitted Plasmodium vivax: cross-border malaria transmission scenario in northwestern Thailand

Patchara Sriwichai, Stephan Karl, Yudthana Samung, Kirakorn Kiattibutr, Jeeraphat Sirichaisinthop, Ivo Mueller, Liwang Cui, Jetsumon Sattabongkot

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Yeast lysates carrying the nucleoprotein from measles virus vaccine as a novel subunit vaccine platform to deliver Plasmodium circumsporozoite antigen

Daria Jacob, Claude Ruffie, Chantal Combredet, Pauline Formaglio, Rogerio Amino, Robert Ménard, Frédéric Tangy, Monica Sala

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Non-imported malaria in non-endemic countries: a review of cases in Spain

Emilia Velasco, Diana Gomez-Barroso, Carmen Varela, Oliva Diaz, Rosa Cano

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Genetic diversity and natural selection of Plasmodium vivax multi-drug resistant gene (pvmdr1) in Mesoamerica

Lilia González-Cerón, Alberto Montoya, Josselin C. Corzo-Gómez, Rene Cerritos, Frida Santillán, Marco A. Sandoval

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New gorilla adenovirus vaccine vectors induce potent immune responses and protection in a mouse malaria model

Keith Limbach, Maureen Stefaniak, Ping Chen, Noelle B. Patterson, Grant Liao, Shaojie Weng, Svetlana Krepkiy, Greg Ekberg, Holly Torano, Damodar Ettyreddy, Kalpana Gowda, Sharvari Sonawane, Arnel Belmonte, Esteban Abot, Martha Sedegah, Michael R. Hollingdale, Ann Moormann, John Vulule, Eileen Villasante, Thomas L. Richie, Douglas E. Brough, Joseph T. Bruder

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Seasonal variation of malaria cases in children aged less than 5 years old following weather change in Zomba district, Malawi

Precious L. Hajison, Bonex W. Mwakikunga, Don P. Mathanga, Shingairai A. Feresu

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Is outdoor vector control needed for malaria elimination? An individual-based modelling study

Lin Zhu, Günter C. Müller, John M. Marshall, Kristopher L. Arheart, Whitney A. Qualls, WayWay M. Hlaing, Yosef Schlein, Sekou F. Traore, Seydou Doumbia, John C. Beier

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Effect of pharmacogenetics on plasma lumefantrine pharmacokinetics and malaria treatment outcome in pregnant women

Ritah F. Mutagonda, Appolinary A. R. Kamuhabwa, Omary M. S. Minzi, Siriel N. Massawe, Muhammad Asghar, Manijeh V. Homann, Anna Färnert, Eleni Aklillu

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Efficacy and safety evaluation of a novel trioxaquine in the management of cerebral malaria in a mouse model

Onyango C. Odhiambo, Hannah N. Wamakima, Gabriel N. Magoma, Peter G. Kirira, Bonface J. Malala, Francis T. Kimani, Francis W. Muregi

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Anti-malarial treatment outcomes in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Eyob Alemayehu Gebreyohannes, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Mohammed Assen Seid, Henok Getachew Tegegn

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Host-seeking activity of a Tanzanian population of Anopheles arabiensis at an insecticide treated bed net

Josephine E. A. Parker, Natalia C. Angarita Jaimes, Katherine Gleave, Fabian Mashauri, Mayumi Abe, Jackline Martine, Catherine E. Towers, David Towers, Philip J. McCall

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Incidence, prevalence and mortality rates of malaria in Ethiopia from 1990 to 2015: analysis of the global burden of diseases 2015

Amare Deribew, Tariku Dejene, Biruck Kebede, Gizachew Assefa Tessema, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Awoke Misganaw, Teshome Gebre, Asrat Hailu, Sibhatu Biadgilign, Alemayehu Amberbir, Biruck Desalegn Yirsaw, Amanuel Alemu Abajobir, Oumer Shafi, Semaw F. Abera, Nebiyu Negussu, Belete Mengistu, Azmeraw T. Amare, Abate Mulugeta, Birhan Mengistu, Zerihun Tadesse, Mesfin Sileshi, Elizabeth Cromwell, Scott D. Glenn, Kebede Deribe, Jeffrey D. Stanaway

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Community perceptions and attitudes on malaria case management and the role of community health workers

Collins J. Owek, Elizabeth Oluoch, Juddy Wachira, Benson Estambale, Yaw A. Afrane

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Malaria in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela: current challenges in malaria control and elimination

Judith Recht, André M. Siqueira, Wuelton M. Monteiro, Sonia M. Herrera, Sócrates Herrera, Marcus V. G. Lacerda

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Community perceptions on outdoor malaria transmission in Kilombero Valley, Southern Tanzania

Irene R. Moshi, Halfan Ngowo, Angel Dillip, Daniel Msellemu, Edith P. Madumla, Fredros O. Okumu, Maureen Coetzee, Ladslaus L. Mnyone, Lenore Manderson

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A study on the epidemiological characteristics and infectious forecast model of malaria at Guangzhou Airport among Chinese returnees from Africa

Hui-ming Wu, Zhi-qiang Fang, Dang Zhao, Yan-ling Chen, Chuan-ge Liu, Xi Liang

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Eave tubes for malaria control in Africa: prototyping and evaluation against Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis under semi-field conditions in western Kenya

Janneke Snetselaar, Basilio N. Njiru, Beatrice Gachie, Phillip Owigo, Rob Andriessen, Katey Glunt, Anne J. Osinga, James Mutunga, Marit Farenhorst, Bart G. J. Knols

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Cost-effectiveness analysis of the national implementation of integrated community case management and community-based health planning and services in Ghana for the treatment of malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia

Blanca Escribano Ferrer, Kristian Schultz Hansen, Margaret Gyapong, Jane Bruce, Solomon A. Narh Bana, Clement T. Narh, Naa-Korkor Allotey, Roland Glover, Naa-Charity Azantilow, Constance Bart-Plange, Isabella Sagoe-Moses, Jayne Webster

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Health information system strengthening and malaria elimination in Papua New Guinea

Alexander Rosewell, Leo Makita, David Muscatello, Lucy Ninmongo John, Sibauk Bieb, Ross Hutton, Sundar Ramamurthy, Phil Shearman

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In vitro inhibition and reversal of Plasmodium falciparum cytoadherence to endothelium by monoclonal antibodies to ICAM-1 and CD36

Khairul M. F. Mustaffa, Janet Storm, Megan Whittaker, Tadge Szestak, Alister G. Craig

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Ivermectin susceptibility and sporontocidal effect in Greater Mekong Subregion Anopheles

Kevin C. Kobylinski, Ratawan Ubalee, Alongkot Ponlawat, Chanyapat Nitatsukprasert, Siriporn Phasomkulsolsil, Thanaporn Wattanakul, Joel Tarning, Kesara Na-Bangchang, Patrick W. McCardle, Silas A. Davidson, Jason H. Richardson

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Chloroquine efficacy for Plasmodium vivax in Myanmar in populations with high genetic diversity and moderate parasite gene flow

Myo Win Htun, Nan Cho Nwe Mon, Khin Myo Aye, Chan Myae Hlaing, Myat Phone Kyaw, Irene Handayuni, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Dorina Bustos, Pascal Ringwald, Ric N. Price, Sarah Auburn, Kamala Thriemer

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Donor support for quality assurance and pharmacovigilance of anti-malarials in malaria-endemic countries

Stephanie D. Kovacs, Brianna M. Mills, Andy Stergachis

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Temporal analysis of IgG antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in relation to changing malaria epidemiology in a West African setting

Makhtar Niang, Oumy Niass, Nafissatou Diagne, Fatoumata Diene Sarr, Michel Matar Faye, Fode Diop, Babacar Diouf, Joseph Faye, Abdoulaye Badiane, Ronald Perraut, Cheikh Sokhna, Jean-François Trape, Adama Tall, Aissatou Toure-Balde

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Dynamics of Plasmodium vivax sporogony in wild Anopheles stephensi in a malaria-endemic region of Western India

Praveen Balabaskaran Nina, Ajeet Kumar Mohanty, Shuvankar Ballav, Smita Vernekar, Sushma Bhinge, Maria D’souza, Jayashree Walke, Suresh Kumar Manoharan, Anjali Mascarenhas, Edwin Gomes, Laura Chery, Neena Valecha, Ashwani Kumar, Pradipsinh K. Rathod

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Demand and willingness-to-pay for bed nets in Tanzania: results from a choice experiment

Chris D. Gingrich, Emily Ricotta, Amos Kahwa, Catherine Kahabuka, Hannah Koenker

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Vector control with driving Y chromosomes: modelling the evolution of resistance

Andrea Beaghton, Pantelis John Beaghton, Austin Burt

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An analytical approach to reduce between-plate variation in multiplex assays that measure antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum antigens

Rui Fang, Andrew Wey, Naveen K. Bobbili, Rose F. G. Leke, Diane Wallace Taylor, John J. Chen

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Explaining variation in adult Anopheles indoor resting abundance: the relative effects of larval habitat proximity and insecticide-treated bed net use

Robert S. McCann, Joseph P. Messina, David W. MacFarlane, M. Nabie Bayoh, John E. Gimnig, Emanuele Giorgi, Edward D. Walker

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Effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on the acquisition of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in Ouelessebougou, Mali

Almahamoudou Mahamar, Djibrilla Issiaka, Amadou Barry, Oumar Attaher, Adama B. Dembele, Tiangoua Traore, Adama Sissoko, Sekouba Keita, Bacary Soumana Diarra, David L. Narum, Patrick E. Duffy, Alassane Dicko, Michal Fried

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Exploring anti-malarial potential of FDA approved drugs: an in silico approach

Gayatri Ramakrishnan, Nagasuma Chandra, Narayanaswamy Srinivasan

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Economic burden of malaria inpatients during National Malaria Elimination Programme: estimation of hospitalization cost and its inter-province variation

Shangfeng Tang, Da Feng, Ruoxi Wang, Bishwajit Ghose, Tao Hu, Lu Ji, Tailai Wu, Hang Fu, Yueying Huang, Zhanchun Feng

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Identification and characterization of the antiplasmodial activity of Hsp90 inhibitors

Claribel Murillo-Solano, Chunmin Dong, Cecilia G. Sanchez, Juan C. Pizarro

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Malaria after international travel: a GeoSentinel analysis, 2003–2016

Kristina M. Angelo, Michael Libman, Eric Caumes, Davidson H. Hamer, Kevin C. Kain, Karin Leder, Martin P. Grobusch, Stefan H. Hagmann, Phyllis Kozarsky, David G. Lalloo, Poh-Lian Lim, Calvin Patimeteeporn, Philippe Gautret, Silvia Odolini, François Chappuis, Douglas H. Esposito, Emilie Javelle, Francesco Castelli, Alberto Matteelli, Alice Perignon, Camilla Rothe, Christoph Rapp, Cecile Ficko, Eli Schwartz, Frank von Sonnenburg, Watcharapong Piyaphanee, Udomsak Silachamroon, Andrea Boggild, Perry Van Genderen, Joe Torresi, Mogens Jensenius, Shuzo Kanagawa, Yasuyuki Kato, Cedric Yansouni, Anne McCarthy, Paul Kelly, Bram Goorhuis, Rogelio López-Vélez, Francesco Norman, Marc Mendelson, Peter Vincent, Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, Ben Warne, Denis Malvy, Alexandre Duvignaud, Emanuel Bottieau, Joannes Clerinx, Christina Coyle, Hilmer Àsgeirsson, Hedvig Glans, Patricia Schlagenhauf, Rainer Weber, Frank Mockenhaupt, Gundel Harms-Zwingenberger, Nicholas Beeching, Jan Hajek, Wayne Ghesquiere, Henry Wu, Elizabeth Barnett, Natasha Hockberg, Yukiriro Yoshimura, Natsuo Tachikawa, John Cahill, George McKinley, William Stauffer, Pat Walker, Susan Kuhn, Lin Chen, Daniel Leung, Scott Benson, Carsten Schade Larsen, Christian Wejse, Vanessa Field, Carmelo Licitra, Alena Klochko, Noreen Hynes, Cecilia Perret Perez, Bradley Connor, Holly Murphy, Prativa Pandey, Jean Vincelette, Sapha Barkati, Simin Aysel Florescu, Corneliu Petru Popescu, Lucille Blumberg, Albie De Frey, Susan Anderson, Marc Shaw, AnneMarie Hern, Israel Molina, Johnnie Yates, Hugo Siu, Luis Manuel Valdez, Jean Haulman, David Roesel, Phi Truong Hoang Phu, Sarah Borwein

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Accuracy of a Plasmodium falciparum specific histidine-rich protein 2 rapid diagnostic test in the context of the presence of non-malaria fevers, prior anti-malarial use and seasonal malaria transmission

Francois Kiemde, Massa dit Achille Bonko, Marc Christian Tahita, Palpouguini Lompo, Toussaint Rouamba, Halidou Tinto, Michael Boele van Hensbroek, Petra F. Mens, Henk D. F. H. Schallig

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Progress towards malaria elimination in Zimbabwe with special reference to the period 2003–2015

Shadreck Sande, Moses Zimba, Joseph Mberikunashe, Andrew Tangwena, Anderson Chimusoro

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Aung Pyae Phyo, Lorenz von Seidlein

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Comparative evaluation of fluorescent in situ hybridization and Giemsa microscopy with quantitative real-time PCR technique in detecting malaria parasites in a holoendemic region of Kenya

Joseph Osoga, John Waitumbi, Bernard Guyah, James Sande, Cornel Arima, Michael Ayaya, Caroline Moseti, Collins Morang’a, Martin Wahome, Rachel Achilla, George Awinda, Nancy Nyakoe, Elizabeth Wanja

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Non-falciparum malaria imported mainly from Africa: a review from a Portuguese hospital

Rogério Ruas, André Pinto, João Nuak, António Sarmento, Cândida Abreu

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Status of insecticide resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes in Ubon Ratchathani province, Northeastern Thailand

Anchana Sumarnrote, Hans J. Overgaard, Nattapol Marasri, Bénédicte Fustec, Kanutcharee Thanispong, Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap, Vincent Corbel

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Malaria epidemiology in low-endemicity areas of the northern coast of Ecuador: high prevalence of asymptomatic infections

Fabián E. Sáenz, Andrea Arévalo-Cortés, Gabriela Valenzuela, Andrés F. Vallejo, Angélica Castellanos, Andrea C. Poveda-Loayza, Juan B. Gutierrez, Alvaro Alvarez, Yi Heng Yan, Yoldy Benavides, Luis Enrique Castro, Myriam Arévalo-Herrera, Sócrates Herrera

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Progress in coverage of bed net ownership and use in Burkina Faso 2003–2014: evidence from population-based surveys

Sekou Samadoulougou, Morgan Pearcy, Yazoumé Yé, Fati Kirakoya-Samadoulougou

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Cerebrospinal fluid kynurenine and kynurenic acid concentrations are associated with coma duration and long-term neurocognitive impairment in Ugandan children with cerebral malaria

Dag Holmberg, Elisabeth Franzén-Röhl, Richard Idro, Robert O. Opoka, Paul Bangirana, Carl M. Sellgren, Ronny Wickström, Anna Färnert, Lilly Schwieler, Göran Engberg, Chandy C. John

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Generation of transgenic rodent malaria parasites by transfection of cell culture-derived merozoites

Gesine Kaiser, Mariana De Niz, Paul-Christian Burda, Livia Niklaus, Rebecca Limenitakis Stanway, Volker Heussler

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Antibody responses to two new Lactococcus lactis-produced recombinant Pfs48/45 and Pfs230 proteins increase with age in malaria patients living in the Central Region of Ghana

Festus K. Acquah, Evans K. Obboh, Kwame Asare, Johnson N. Boampong, Samuel Victor Nuvor, Susheel K. Singh, Michael Theisen, Kim C. Williamson, Linda Eva Amoah

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Deployment and use of mobile phone technology for real-time reporting of fever cases and malaria treatment failure in areas of declining malaria transmission in Muheza district north-eastern Tanzania

Filbert Francis, Deus S. Ishengoma, Bruno P. Mmbando, Acleus S. M. Rutta, Mwelecele N. Malecela, Benjamin Mayala, Martha M. Lemnge, Edwin Michael

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A longitudinal cohort study of malaria exposure and changing serostatus in a malaria endemic area of rural Tanzania

Ryan A. Simmons, Leonard Mboera, Marie Lynn Miranda, Alison Morris, Gillian Stresman, Elizabeth L. Turner, Randall Kramer, Chris Drakeley, Wendy P. O’Meara

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Host attraction and biting behaviour of Anopheles mosquitoes in South Halmahera, Indonesia

Brandyce St. Laurent, Timothy A. Burton, Siti Zubaidah, Helen C. Miller, Puji B. Asih, Amirullah Baharuddin, Sully Kosasih, Shinta, Saya Firman, William A. Hawley, Thomas R. Burkot, Din Syafruddin, Supratman Sukowati, Frank H. Collins, Neil F. Lobo

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Micro-heterogeneity of malaria transmission in the Peruvian Amazon: a baseline assessment underlying a population-based cohort study

Angel Rosas-Aguirre, Mitchel Guzman-Guzman, Dionicia Gamboa, Raul Chuquiyauri, Roberson Ramirez, Paulo Manrique, Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar, Carmen Puemape, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Joseph M. Vinetz

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In vivo study of Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine susceptibility in three departments of Haiti

Christian P. Raccurt, Philippe Brasseur, Micheline Cicéron, Dana M. Parke, Marcus J. Zervos, Jacques Boncy

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The establishment of a WHO Reference Reagent for anti-malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) human serum

Donna Bryan, Nilupa Silva, Peter Rigsby, Thomas Dougall, Patrick Corran, Paul W. Bowyer, Mei Mei Ho, Evelina Angov, Ed Remarque, Daniel Dodoo, Chris Drakeley, James Beeson, A. Manjurano, Simon Kariuki, Francis Ndungu, Faith Osier, Denise L. Doolan, Carlota Dobano, Benjamin Mordmueller, Ogobara Doumbo, Bourèma Kouriba, Paushali Mukherjee, Carole Long, Nilupa Silva, Donna Bryan, Mei Mei Ho, David Cavanagh

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Concentration of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in whole blood samples by magnetic cell sorting enhances parasite infection rates in mosquito feeding assays

Isaie J. Reuling, Will J. R. Stone, Marga van de Vegte-Bolmer, Geert-Jan van Gemert, Rianne Siebelink-Stoter, Wouter Graumans, Kjerstin Lanke, Teun Bousema, Robert W. Sauerwein

Open Access Research

Willingness to pay for small solar powered bed net fans: results of a Becker–DeGroot–Marschak auction in Ghana

Joshua O. Yukich, Olivier J. T. Briët, Collins K. Ahorlu, Peter Nardini, Joseph Keating

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Estimation of malaria parasite reservoir coverage using reactive case detection and active community fever screening from census data with rapid diagnostic tests in southern Zambia: a re-sampling approach

Joshua Yukich, Adam Bennett, Rudy Yukich, Logan Stuck, Busiku Hamainza, Kafula Silumbe, Tom Smith, Nakul Chitnis, Richard W. Steketee, Timothy Finn, Thomas P. Eisele, John M. Miller

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School-based diagnosis and treatment of malaria by teachers using rapid diagnostic tests and artemisinin-based combination therapy: experiences and perceptions of users and implementers of the Learner Treatment Kit, southern Malawi

Treza Mphwatiwa, Stefan Witek-McManus, Austin Mtali, George Okello, Paul Nguluwe, Hard Chatsika, Natalie Roschnik, Katherine E. Halliday, Simon J. Brooker, Don P. Mathanga

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Malaria incidence among children less than 5 years during and after cessation of indoor residual spraying in Northern Uganda

Allen E. Okullo, Joseph K. B. Matovu, Alex R. Ario, Jimmy Opigo, Humphrey Wanzira, David W. Oguttu, Joan N. Kalyango

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Additional burden of asymptomatic and sub-patent malaria infections during low transmission season in forested tribal villages in Chhattisgarh, India

Mehul Kumar Chourasia, Kamaraju Raghavendra, Rajendra M. Bhatt, Dipak Kumar Swain, Hemraj M. Meshram, Jayant K. Meshram, Shrity Suman, Vinita Dubey, Gyanendra Singh, Kona Madhavinadha Prasad, Immo Kleinschmidt

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Hydrophilic-treated plastic plates for wide-range analysis of Giemsa-stained red blood cells and automated Plasmodium infection rate counting

Muneaki Hashimoto, Shouki Yatsushiro, Shohei Yamamura, Masato Tanaka, Hirokazu Sakamoto, Yusuke Ido, Kazuaki Kajimoto, Mika Bando, Jun-ichi Kido, Masatoshi Kataoka

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A reduction in malaria transmission intensity in Northern Ghana after 7 years of indoor residual spraying

Sylvester Coleman, Samuel K. Dadzie, Aklilu Seyoum, Yemane Yihdego, Peter Mumba, Dereje Dengela, Philip Ricks, Kristen George, Christen Fornadel, Daniel Szumlas, Paul Psychas, Jacob Williams, Maxwell A. Appawu, Daniel A. Boakye

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Measuring the impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention as part of routine malaria control in Kita, Mali

Fatou Diawara, Laura C. Steinhardt, Almahamoudou Mahamar, Tiangoua Traore, Daouda T. Kone, Halimatou Diawara, Beh Kamate, Diakalia Kone, Mouctar Diallo, Aboubacar Sadou, Jules Mihigo, Issaka Sagara, Abdoulaye A. Djimde, Erin Eckert, Alassane Dicko

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First record of Anopheles stephensi in Sri Lanka: a potential challenge for prevention of malaria reintroduction

A. G. Gayan Dharmasiri, A. Yashan Perera, Jeevanie Harishchandra, Hemantha Herath, Kandasamy Aravindan, H. T. R. Jayasooriya, Gaya R. Ranawaka, Mihirini Hewavitharane

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Evaluation of community-based continuous distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets in Toamasina II District, Madagascar

Celine Zegers de Beyl, Albert Kilian, Andrea Brown, Mohamad Sy-Ar, Richmond Ato Selby, Felicien Randriamanantenasoa, Jocelyn Ranaivosoa, Sixte Zigirumugabe, Lilia Gerberg, Megan Fotheringham, Matthew Lynch, Hannah Koenker

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Evaluation of CareStart™ Malaria HRP2/pLDH (Pf/pan) Combo Test in a malaria low transmission region of Senegal

Mamadou Alpha Diallo, Khadim Diongue, Mouhamadou Ndiaye, Amy Gaye, Awa Deme, Aida S. Badiane, Daouda Ndiaye

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Barriers to routine G6PD testing prior to treatment with primaquine

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Life-span of in vitro differentiated Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes

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The implementation of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets has differential effects on the genetic structure of the African malaria vectors in the Anopheles gambiae complex in Dielmo, Senegal

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The development of an ivermectin-based attractive toxic sugar bait (ATSB) to target Anopheles arabiensis

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Which intervention is better for malaria vector control: insecticide mixture long-lasting insecticidal nets or standard pyrethroid nets combined with indoor residual spraying?

Corine Ngufor, Josias Fagbohoun, Jessica Critchley, Raphael N’Guessan, Damien Todjinou, David Malone, Martin Akogbeto, Mark Rowland

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Evaluation of piperonyl butoxide in enhancing the efficacy of pyrethroid insecticides against resistant Anopheles gambiae s.l. in Ghana

Samuel K. Dadzie, Joseph Chabi, Andy Asafu-Adjaye, Otubea Owusu-Akrofi, Aba Baffoe-Wilmot, Keziah Malm, Constance Bart-Plange, Sylvester Coleman, Maxwell A. Appawu, Daniel A. Boakye

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Antoine Dara, Mark A. Travassos, Matthew Adams, Sarah Schaffer DeRoo, Elliott F. Drábek, Sonia Agrawal, Miriam K. Laufer, Christopher V. Plowe, Joana C. Silva

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Do the venous blood samples replicate malaria parasite densities found in capillary blood? A field study performed in naturally-infected asymptomatic children in Cameroon

Maurice M. Sandeu, Albert N. Bayibéki, Majoline T. Tchioffo, Luc Abate, Geoffrey Gimonneau, Parfait H. Awono-Ambéné, Sandrine E. Nsango, Diadier Diallo, Antoine Berry, Gaétan Texier, Isabelle Morlais

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Olalekan A. Uthman, Patricia M. Graves, Rachel Saunders, Hellen Gelband, Marty Richardson, Paul Garner

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Chris Cotter, Prayuth Sudathip, Herdiana Herdiana, Yuanyuan Cao, Yaobao Liu, Alex Luo, Neil Ranasinghe, Adam Bennett, Jun Cao, Roly D. Gosling

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Indrani Saran, Elisa M. Maffioli, Diana Menya, Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara

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Comparison of statistical models to estimate parasite growth rate in the induced blood stage malaria model

Leesa F. Wockner, Isabell Hoffmann, Peter O’Rourke, James S. McCarthy, Louise Marquart

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Joël Ladner, Ben Davis, Etienne Audureau, Joseph Saba

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Wouter Graumans, Fitsum G. Tadesse, Chiara Andolina, Geert-Jan van Gemert, Karina Teelen, Kjerstin Lanke, Endalamaw Gadisa, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Marga van de Vegte-Bolmer, Rianne Siebelink-Stoter, Isaïe Reuling, Robert Sauerwein, Teun Bousema

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Edwin Ogola, Jandouwe Villinger, Danspaid Mabuka, David Omondi, Benedict Orindi, James Mutunga, Vincent Owino, Daniel K Masiga

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Methods for the field evaluation of quantitative G6PD diagnostics: a review

Benedikt Ley, Germana Bancone, Lorenz von Seidlein, Kamala Thriemer, Jack S. Richards, Gonzalo J. Domingo, Ric N. Price

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The influence of age on insecticide susceptibility of Anopheles arabiensis during dry and rainy seasons in rice irrigation schemes of Northern Tanzania

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Josep M. Mòdol, Sílvia Roure, Àlex Smithson, Gema Fernández-Rivas, Anna Esquerrà, Neus Robert, María Méndez, Javier Ramos, Anna Carreres, Lluís Valerio

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Spatial models for the rational allocation of routinely distributed bed nets to public health facilities in Western Kenya

Peter M. Macharia, Patroba A. Odera, Robert W. Snow, Abdisalan M. Noor

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Nick Scott, S. Azfar Hussain, Rowan Martin-Hughes, Freya J. I. Fowkes, Cliff C. Kerr, Ruth Pearson, David J. Kedziora, Madhura Killedar, Robyn M. Stuart, David P. Wilson

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Carrion crows (Corvus corone) of southwest Germany: important hosts for haemosporidian parasites

Sandrine Schmid, Katrin Fachet, Anke Dinkel, Ute Mackenstedt, Friederike Woog

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Laélia M. B. F. Brasil, José L. F. Vieira, Eliete C. Araújo, Pedro P. F. Piani, Rosa M. Dias, Ana M. R. S. Ventura, Bianca C. Cabral, Renée C. R. Santa Brígida, Marcieni A. de Andrade

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Fredrick Odhiambo, Ann M. Buff, Collins Moranga, Caroline M. Moseti, Jesca Okwara Wesongah, Sara A. Lowther, Wences Arvelo, Tura Galgalo, Thomas O. Achia, Zeinab G. Roka, Waqo Boru, Lily Chepkurui, Bernhards Ogutu, Elizabeth Wanja

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Prevalence of K13 mutation and Day-3 positive parasitaemia in artemisinin-resistant malaria endemic area of Cambodia: a cross-sectional study

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Claudia P. Ferreira, Silas P. Lyra, Franciane Azevedo, David Greenhalgh, Eduardo Massad

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Samia A. Omer, Hagir E. Idress, Ishag Adam, Mutasim Abdelrahim, Ali N. Noureldein, Abdelrahim M. Abdelrazig, Mohammed O. Elhassan, Suad M. Sulaiman

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Luis L. Fonseca, Chester J. Joyner, Mary R. Galinski, Eberhard O. Voit

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Peter Pemberton-Ross, Nakul Chitnis, Emilie Pothin, Thomas A. Smith

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A novel method for extracting nucleic acids from dried blood spots for ultrasensitive detection of low-density Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections

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Erratum to: Composition of Anopheles mosquitoes, their blood-meal hosts, and Plasmodium falciparum infection rates in three islands with disparate bed net coverage in Lake Victoria, Kenya

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Alexander Nissen, Jackie Cook, Eskindir Loha, Bernt Lindtjørn

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Selective inhibition of PfA-M1, over PfA-M17, by an amino-benzosuberone derivative blocks malaria parasites development in vitro and in vivo

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Statistical prediction of immunity to placental malaria based on multi-assay antibody data for malarial antigens

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DAF-shielded baculovirus-vectored vaccine enhances protection against malaria sporozoite challenge in mice

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Anna A. Minta, Keren Z. Landman, Dyson A. Mwandama, Monica P. Shah, Jodi L. Vanden Eng, James F. Sutcliffe, Joseph Chisaka, Kim A. Lindblade, Don P. Mathanga, Laura C. Steinhardt

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Ian Hennessee, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Melissa Briggs-Hagen, Andy Bauleni, Monica P. Shah, Alfred Chalira, Dubulao Moyo, Wilfred Dodoli, Misheck Luhanga, John Sande, Doreen Ali, Julie Gutman, Kim A. Lindblade, Joseph Njau, Don P. Mathanga

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Socioeconomic and demographic characterization of an endemic malaria region in Brazil by multiple correspondence analysis

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Albert Lalremruata, Sankarganesh Jeyaraj, Thomas Engleitner, Fanny Joanny, Annika Lang, Sabine Bélard, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Michael Ramharter, Peter G. Kremsner, Benjamin Mordmüller, Jana Held

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Chantal Marie Ingabire, Emmanuel Hakizimana, Alexis Rulisa, Fredrick Kateera, Bart Van Den Borne, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Leon Mutesa, Michelle Van Vugt, Constantianus J. M. Koenraadt, Willem Takken, Jane Alaii

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James Kapisi, Abel Kakuru, Prasanna Jagannathan, Mary K. Muhindo, Paul Natureeba, Patricia Awori, Miriam Nakalembe, Richard Ssekitoleko, Peter Olwoch, John Ategeka, Patience Nayebare, Tamara D. Clark, Gabrielle Rizzuto, Atis Muehlenbachs, Diane V. Havlir, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Stephanie L. Gaw

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Henk van den Berg, Gamini Manuweera, Flemming Konradsen

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Sung Eun Choi, Margaret L. Brandeau, Eran Bendavid

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Can the collection of expired long-lasting insecticidal nets reduce their coverage and use? Sociocultural aspects related to LLIN life cycle management and use in four districts in Madagascar

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Jodi L. Vanden Eng, Don P. Mathanga, Keren Landman, Dyson Mwandama, Anna A. Minta, Monica Shah, James Sutcliffe, Joseph Chisaka, Kim A. Lindblade, Laura Steinhardt

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Claire Beaufay, Marie-France Hérent, Joëlle Quetin-Leclercq, Joanne Bero

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Francesca F. Norman, Ana López-Polín, Fernando Salvador, Begoña Treviño, Eva Calabuig, Diego Torrús, Antonio Soriano-Arandes, Jose-Manuel Ruíz-Giardín, Begoña Monge-Maillo, Jose-Antonio Pérez-Molina, Ana Perez-Ayala, Magdalena García, Azucena Rodríguez, María Martínez-Serrano, Miren Zubero, Rogelio López-Vélez, Paloma Aguilera, Marta Díaz Menendez, Yolanda Meije, Joaquim Martínez-Montauti, Xavier Sanz, Isabel Pacehco Tenza, Inmaculada Gonzalez Cuello, Belén Martínez López, Mar Masiá, Sergio Padilla, Mónica Romero, José Manuel Ramos Rincón, Eduardo Malmierca, Inés Suárez-García, Juan María Herrero, Manuel Lizasoain, Pablo Rojo, Mariano Matarranz, Carlos Zarco, Jonathan Fernández Suárez, Jose Antonio Boga Ribeiro, Josune Goikoetxea Agirre, Juan Victor Sanmartín López, María Velasco Arribas, Ana Mena Ribas, María Peñaranda Vera, Israel Molina, Adrián Sánchez Montalvá, Ángel Dominguez, Nuria Serre Delcor, Diana Pou Ciruelo, Cristina Bocanegra

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Correction to: Socioeconomic and demographic characterization of an endemic malaria region in Brazil by multiple correspondence analysis

Raquel M. Lana, Thais I. S. Riback, Tiago F. M. Lima, Mônica da Silva Nunes, Oswaldo G. Cruz, Francisco G. S. Oliveira, Gilberto G. Moresco, Nildimar A. Honório, Cláudia T. Codeço

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Informing new or improved vector control tools for reducing the malaria burden in Tanzania: a qualitative exploration of perceptions of mosquitoes and methods for their control among the residents of Dar es Salaam

Christina Makungu, Stephania Stephen, Salome Kumburu, Nicodem J. Govella, Stefan Dongus, Zoe Jane-Lara Hildon, Gerry F. Killeen, Caroline Jones

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Marco Liverani, Jacques Derek Charlwood, Harriet Lawford, Shunmay Yeung

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Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar, Julio Miranda-Alban, Carlos Fernandez-Miñope, Kimberly C. Brouwer, Katherine Torres, Maritza Calderon, Dionicia Gamboa, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Joseph M. Vinetz

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Diagnostic performance of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) based illumigene® malaria assay in a non-endemic region

Anne-Sophie De Koninck, Lieselotte Cnops, Mattias Hofmans, Jan Jacobs, Dorien Van den Bossche, Jan Philippé

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Alinune N. Kabaghe, Mphatso D. Phiri, Kamija S. Phiri, Michèle van Vugt

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A systematic review and synthesis of the strengths and limitations of measuring malaria mortality through verbal autopsy

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Integrated community case management by drug sellers influences appropriate treatment of paediatric febrile illness in South Western Uganda: a quasi-experimental study

Freddy Eric Kitutu, Joan Nakayaga Kalyango, Chrispus Mayora, Katarina Ekholm Selling, Stefan Peterson, Henry Wamani

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Risk factors and pregnancy outcomes associated with placental malaria in a prospective cohort of Papua New Guinean women

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Entomological characterization of malaria in northern Colombia through vector and parasite species identification, and analyses of spatial distribution and infection rates

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A spatial agent-based model of Anopheles vagus for malaria epidemiology: examining the impact of vector control interventions

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Kenji O. Mfuh, Samuel Tassi Yunga, Livo F. Esemu, Obase Ngemani Bekindaka, Jessica Yonga, Jean Claude Djontu, Calixt D. Mbakop, Diane W. Taylor, Vivek R. Nerurkar, Rose G. F. Leke

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Correction to: Prevalence of K13 mutation and Day-3 positive parasitaemia in artemisinin-resistant malaria endemic area of Cambodia: a cross-sectional study

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Correction to: Absence of Plasmodium inui and Plasmodium cynomolgi, but detection of Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium vivax infections in asymptomatic humans in the Betong division of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

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Melchior Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa, Lauren Levitz, Kyaw L. Thwai, Jonathan B. Parr, Varun Goel, Mark Janko, Antoinette Tshefu, Michael Emch, Steven R. Meshnick, Margaret Carrel

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Correction to: Molecular surveillance of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 deletions in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Mozambique

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Chan Yang, Zushi Huang, Mei Li, Xiangyang Feng, Xinghui Qiu

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Correction to: Integrative analysis associates monocytes with insufficient erythropoiesis during acute Plasmodium cynomolgi malaria in rhesus macaques

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Louis Akulayi, Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Ekundayo D. Arogundade, Erick Auko, Abdul R. Badru, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Katia Bruxvoort, Peter Buyungo, Angela Camilleri, Emily D. Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Robyn Cyr, Kevin Duff, Gylsain Guedegbe, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Christine Hong, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Enid Kaabunga, Baraka D. Kaaya, Esther Kabui, Beth Kangwana, Lason Kapata, Henry Kaula, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Sandra LeFevre, Megan Littrell, Greta Martin, Daniel Michael, Erik Monroe, Godefroid Mpanya, Felton Mpasela, Felix Mulama, Anne Musuva, Julius Ngigi, Edward Ngoma, Marjorie Norman, Bernard Nyauchi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Carolyne Ochieng, Edna Ogada, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Saysana Phanalasy, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Lanto Razafindralambo, Solofo Razakamiadana, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Andria Rusk, Tanya Shewchuk, Simon Sensalire, Julianna Smith, Phok Sochea, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Chinazo Ujuju, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Cynthia B. Whitman, Cyprien Zinsou, Chinazo Ujuju, Jennifer Anyanti, Paul N. Newton, Godwin Ntadom

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A deep sequencing approach to estimate Plasmodium falciparum complexity of infection (COI) and explore apical membrane antigen 1 diversity

Robin H. Miller, Nicholas J. Hathaway, Oksana Kharabora, Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa, Antoinette Tshefu, Steven R. Meshnick, Steve M. Taylor, Jonathan J. Juliano, V. Ann Stewart, Jeffrey A. Bailey

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Kiran K. Dayanand, Kishore Punnath, Valleesha Chandrashekar, Rajeshwara N. Achur, Srinivas B. Kakkilaya, Susanta K. Ghosh, Suchetha Kumari, D. Channe Gowda

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Functional analysis of Plasmodium falciparum subpopulations associated with artemisinin resistance in Cambodia

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The malaria testing and treatment landscape in Kenya: results from a nationally representative survey among the public and private sector in 2016

Louis Akulayi, Angela Alum, Andrew Andrada, Julie Archer, Ekundayo D. Arogundade, Erick Auko, Abdul R. Badru, Katie Bates, Paul Bouanchaud, Meghan Bruce, Katia Bruxvoort, Peter Buyungo, Angela Camilleri, Emily D. Carter, Steven Chapman, Nikki Charman, Desmond Chavasse, Robyn Cyr, Kevin Duff, Gylsain Guedegbe, Keith Esch, Illah Evance, Anna Fulton, Hellen Gataaka, Tarryn Haslam, Emily Harris, Christine Hong, Catharine Hurley, Whitney Isenhower, Enid Kaabunga, Baraka D. Kaaya, Esther Kabui, Beth Kangwana, Lason Kapata, Henry Kaula, Gloria Kigo, Irene Kyomuhangi, Aliza Lailari, Sandra LeFevre, Megan Littrell, Greta Martin, Daniel Michael, Erik Monroe, Godefroid Mpanya, Felton Mpasela, Felix Mulama, Anne Musuva, Julius Ngigi, Edward Ngoma, Marjorie Norman, Bernard Nyauchi, Kathryn A. O’Connell, Carolyne Ochieng, Edna Ogada, Linda Ongwenyi, Ricki Orford, Saysana Phanalasy, Stephen Poyer, Justin Rahariniaina, Jacky Raharinjatovo, Lanto Razafindralambo, Solofo Razakamiadana, Christina Riley, John Rodgers, Andria Rusk, Tanya Shewchuk, Simon Sensalire, Julianna Smith, Phok Sochea, Tsione Solomon, Raymond Sudoi, Martine Esther Tassiba, Katherine Thanel, Rachel Thompson, Mitsuru Toda, Chinazo Ujuju, Marie-Alix Valensi, Vamsi Vasireddy, Cynthia B. Whitman, Cyprien Zinsou, Anne Musuva, Waqo Ejersa, Rebecca Kiptui, Dorothy Memusi, Edward Abwao

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