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Malaria Journal

Ausgabe 1/2007

Inhalt (170 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Total and functional parasite specific IgE responses in Plasmodium falciparum-infected patients exhibiting different clinical status

Joana Duarte, Prakash Deshpande, Vincent Guiyedi, Salah Mécheri, Constantin Fesel, Pierre-André Cazenave, Gyan C Mishra, Maryvonne Kombila, Sylviane Pied

Open Access Research

Molecular surveillance of drug-resistance associated mutations of Plasmodium falciparum in south-west Tanzania

Mirjam Schönfeld, Isabel Barreto Miranda, Mirjam Schunk, Ibrahim Maduhu, Leonard Maboko, Michael Hoelscher, Nicole Berens-Riha, Andrew Kitua, Thomas Löscher

Open Access Research

The epidemiology of malaria in adults in a rural area of southern Mozambique

Alfredo Mayor, John J Aponte, Carole Fogg, Francisco Saúte, Brian Greenwood, Martinho Dgedge, Clara Menendez, Pedro L Alonso

Open Access Review

Overestimating resistance in field testing of malaria parasites: simple methods for estimating high EC50 values using a Bayesian approach

Kasia Stepniewska, Kesinee Chotivanich, Alan Brockman, Nicholas PJ Day, Nicholas J White

Open Access Research

Malaria vectors and transmission dynamics in coastal south-western Cameroon

Jude D Bigoga, Lucien Manga, Vincent PK Titanji, Maureen Coetzee, Rose GF Leke

Open Access Research

Molecular identification of Palearctic members of Anopheles maculipennis in northern Iran

Navid D Djadid, Saber Gholizadeh, Elham Tafsiri, Roberto Romi, Mikhail Gordeev, Sedigheh Zakeri

Open Access Research

Treatment of malaria restricted to laboratory-confirmed cases: a prospective cohort study in Ugandan children

Denise Njama-Meya, Tamara D Clark, Bridget Nzarubara, Sarah Staedke, Moses R Kamya, Grant Dorsey

Open Access Research

Host choice and human blood index of Anopheles pseudopunctipennis in a village of the Andean valleys of Bolivia

Frédéric Lardeux, Paola Loayza, Bernard Bouchité, Tamara Chavez

Open Access Research

Modelling the impact of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria on selection pressure for drug resistance

Neal Alexander, Colin Sutherland, Cally Roper, Badara Cissé, David Schellenberg

Open Access Research

An elaborated feeding cycle model for reductions in vectorial capacity of night-biting mosquitoes by insecticide-treated nets

Arnaud Le Menach, Shannon Takala, F Ellis McKenzie, Andre Perisse, Anthony Harris, Antoine Flahault, David L Smith

Open Access Research

Home-based management of fever in rural Uganda: community perceptions and provider opinions

Xavier Nsabagasani, Jesca-Nsungwa-Sabiiti, Karin Källander, Stefan Peterson, George Pariyo, Göran Tomson

Open Access Research

Post-marketing assessment of content and efficacy of preservatives in artemisinin-derived antimalarial dry suspensions for paediatric use

Magnus A Atemnkeng, Katelijne De Cock, Jacqueline Plaizier-Vercammen

Open Access Research

The impact of a hybrid social marketing intervention on inequities in access, ownership and use of insecticide-treated nets

Sohail Agha, Ronan Van Rossem, Guy Stallworthy, Thankian Kusanthan

Open Access Research

Public-private delivery of insecticide-treated nets: a voucher scheme in Volta Region, Ghana

Margaret Kweku, Jayne Webster, Ian Taylor, Susan Burns, McDamien Dedzo

Open Access Review

The safety of artemisinins during pregnancy: a pressing question

Stephanie Dellicour, Susan Hall, Daniel Chandramohan, Brian Greenwood

Open Access Review

Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy in Africa: What's new, what's needed?

Andrew Vallely, Lisa Vallely, John Changalucha, Brian Greenwood, Daniel Chandramohan

Open Access Review

Assembling a global database of malaria parasite prevalence for the Malaria Atlas Project

Carlos A Guerra, Simon I Hay, Lorena S Lucioparedes, Priscilla W Gikandi, Andrew J Tatem, Abdisalan M Noor, Robert W Snow

Open Access Research

Biology and dynamics of potential malaria vectors in Southern France

Nicolas Ponçon, Céline Toty, Grégory L'Ambert, Gilbert Le Goff, Cécile Brengues, Francis Schaffner, Didier Fontenille

Open Access Methodology

A new ELISA kit which uses a combination of Plasmodium falciparum extract and recombinant Plasmodium vivax antigens as an alternative to IFAT for detection of malaria antibodies

Cecile Doderer, Aurelie Heschung, Phillippe Guntz, Jean-Pierre Cazenave, Yves Hansmann, Alexandre Senegas, Alexander W Pfaff, Tamer Abdelrahman, Ermanno Candolfi

Open Access Research

Promoter regions of Plasmodium vivax are poorly or not recognized by Plasmodium falciparum

Mauro F Azevedo, Hernando A del Portillo

Open Access Research

A cost-effectiveness analysis of artemether lumefantrine for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Zambia

Pascalina Chanda, Felix Masiye, Bona M Chitah, Naawa Sipilanyambe, Moonga Hawela, Patrick Banda, Tuoyo Okorosobo

Open Access Research

Medicines informal market in Congo, Burundi and Angola: counterfeit and sub-standard antimalarials

Maria Cristina Gaudiano, Anna Di Maggio, Emilia Cocchieri, Eleonora Antoniella, Paola Bertocchi, Stefano Alimonti, Luisa Valvo

Open Access Methodology

Identification of field caught Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis by TaqMan single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping

Edward D Walker, Alisha R Thibault, Annette P Thelen, Blair A Bullard, Juan Huang, Maurice R Odiere, Nabie M Bayoh, Elizabeth E Wilkins, John M Vulule

Open Access Research

Prediction of outcome in adults with severe falciparum malaria: a new scoring system

Saroj K Mishra, Pinaki Panigrahi, Rajalaxmi Mishra, Sanjib Mohanty

Open Access Research

Artemisinin-based combination therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Colombia

Lyda Osorio, Iveth Gonzalez, Piero Olliaro, Walter RJ Taylor

Open Access Research

The Anopheles dirus complex: spatial distribution and environmental drivers

Valérie Obsomer, Pierre Defourny, Marc Coosemans

Open Access Research

Is chloroquine chemoprophylaxis still effective to prevent low birth weight? Results of a study in Benin

Lise Denoeud, Nadine Fievet, Agnès Aubouy, Paul Ayemonna, Richard Kiniffo, Achille Massougbodji, Michel Cot

Open Access Research

Island-wide diversity in single nucleotide polymorphisms of the Plasmodium vivax dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthetase genes in Sri Lanka

Mette L Schousboe, Rupika S Rajakaruna, Ali Salanti, Hapuarachchige C Hapuarachchi, Gawrie NL Galappaththy, Ib C Bygbjerg, Priyanie H Amerasinghe, Flemming Konradsen, Michael Alifrangis

Open Access Research

Artesunate – amodiaquine combination therapy for falciparum malaria in young Gabonese children

Sunny Oyakhirome, Marc Pötschke, Norbert G Schwarz, Jenny Dörnemann, Matthias Laengin, Carmen Ospina Salazar, Bertrand Lell, Jürgen FJ Kun, Peter G Kremsner, Martin P Grobusch

Open Access Research

Indoor collections of the Anopheles funestus group (Diptera: Culicidae) in sprayed houses in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Joel C Mouatcho, Keith Hargreaves, Lizette L Koekemoer, Basil D Brooke, Shüne V Oliver, Richard H Hunt, Maureen Coetzee

Open Access Research

Paediatric malaria case-management with artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia: a repeat cross-sectional study

Dejan Zurovac, Mickey Ndhlovu, Nawa Sipilanyambe, Pascalina Chanda, Davidson H Hamer, Jon L Simon, Robert W Snow

Open Access Research

Bone marrow chimeric mice reveal a dual role for CD36 in Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection

Margarida Cunha-Rodrigues, Sílvia Portugal, Maria Febbraio, Maria M Mota

Open Access Research

Epidemiologic aspects of the malaria transmission cycle in an area of very low incidence in Brazil

Crispim Cerutti Junior, Marcos Boulos, Arnídio F Coutinho, Maria do Carmo LD Hatab, Aloísio Falqueto, Helder R Rezende, Ana Maria RC Duarte, William Collins, Rosely S Malafronte

Open Access Research

Microsatellite polymorphism within pfcrt provides evidence of continuing evolution of chloroquine-resistant alleles in Papua New Guinea

Jeana T DaRe, Rajeev K Mehlotra, Pascal Michon, Ivo Mueller, John Reeder, Yagya D Sharma, Mark Stoneking, Peter A Zimmerman

Open Access Opinion

Malaria vaccine efficacy: the difficulty of detecting and diagnosing malaria

Wendy Prudhomme O'Meara, B Fenton Hall, F Ellis McKenzie

Open Access Research

Large-scale malaria survey in Cambodia: Novel insights on species distribution and risk factors

Sandra Incardona, Sirenda Vong, Lim Chiv, Pharath Lim, Sina Nhem, Rithy Sem, Nimol Khim, Socheat Doung, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, Thierry Fandeur

Open Access Research

Synergy between repellents and non-pyrethroid insecticides strongly extends the efficacy of treated nets against Anopheles gambiae

Cédric Pennetier, Vincent Corbel, Pélagie Boko, Abibatou Odjo, Raphaël N'Guessan, Bruno Lapied, Jean-Marc Hougard

Open Access Research

Choice of treatment for fever at household level in Malawi: examining spatial patterns

Lawrence N Kazembe, Christopher C Appleton, Immo Kleinschmidt

Open Access Research

Rapid detection of Pfcrt and Pfmdr1 mutations in Plasmodium falciparum isolates by FRET and in vivo response to chloroquine among children from Osogbo, Nigeria

Olusola Ojurongbe, Titus O Ogungbamigbe, Adetayo F Fagbenro-Beyioku, Rolf Fendel, Peter G Kremsner, Jürgen FJ Kun

Open Access Case report

Severe sepsis due to severe falciparum malaria and leptospirosis co-infection treated with activated protein C

Rajagopala Srinivas, Ritesh Agarwal, Dheeraj Gupta

Open Access Case report

Congenital malaria with atypical presentation: A case report from low transmission area in India

Neena Valecha, Sunita Bhatia, Sadhna Mehta, Sukla Biswas, Aditya P Dash

Open Access Research

Influence of oxygen on asexual blood cycle and susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine: requirement of a standardized in vitro assay

Sébastien Briolant, Philippe Parola, Thierry Fusaï, Marilyn Madamet-Torrentino, Eric Baret, Joël Mosnier, Jean P Delmont, Daniel Parzy, Philippe Minodier, Christophe Rogier, Bruno Pradines

Open Access Research

Micro-epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: Is there any difference in transmission risk between neighbouring villages?

Yazoumé Yé, Catherine Kyobutungi, Valérie R Louis, Rainer Sauerborn

Open Access Research

Amodiaquine failure associated with erythrocytic glutathione in Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Lina Zuluaga, Adriana Pabón, Carlos López, Aleida Ochoa, Silvia Blair

Open Access Research

An exploratory study of community factors relevant for participatory malaria control on Rusinga Island, western Kenya

Pamela Opiyo, W Richard Mukabana, Ibrahim Kiche, Evan Mathenge, Gerry F Killeen, Ulrike Fillinger

Open Access Research

Larval habitats of Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae) influences vector competence to Plasmodium falciparum parasites

Bernard A Okech, Louis C Gouagna, Guiyun Yan, John I Githure, John C Beier

Open Access Case study

Outcome of life-threatening malaria in African children requiring endotracheal intubation

Patrick Gérardin, Christophe Rogier, Amadou S Ka, Philippe Jouvencel, Bakary Diatta, Patrick Imbert

Open Access Research

Malaria vector control by indoor residual insecticide spraying on the tropical island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea

Brian L Sharp, Frances C Ridl, Dayanandan Govender, Jaime Kuklinski, Immo Kleinschmidt

Open Access Research

Efficacy of antimalarial treatment in Guinea: in vivo study of two artemisinin combination therapies in Dabola and molecular markers of resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in N'Zérékoré

Maryline Bonnet, Cally Roper, Martine Félix, Léonie Coulibaly, Gabriel Mufuta Kankolongo, Jean Paul Guthmann

Open Access Research

Antimalarial drug prescribing practice in private and public health facilities in South-east Nigeria: a descriptive study

Martin Meremikwu, Uduak Okomo, Chukwuemeka Nwachukwu, Angela Oyo-Ita, John Eke-Njoku, Joseph Okebe, Esu Oyo-Ita, Paul Garner

Open Access Research

Quantification of the efficiency of treatment of Anopheles gambiae breeding sites with petroleum products by local communities in areas of insecticide resistance in the Republic of Benin

Rousseau F Djouaka, Adekunle A Bakare, Honore S Bankole, Julien MC MC Doannio, Hortense Kossou, Martin C Akogbeto

Open Access Research

Use of over-the-counter malaria medicines in children and adults in three districts in Kenya: implications for private medicine retailer interventions

Timothy O Abuya, Wilfred Mutemi, Baya Karisa, Sam A Ochola, Greg Fegan, Vicki Marsh

Open Access Research

Paracheck-Pf® accuracy and recently treated Plasmodium falciparum infections: is there a risk of over-diagnosis?

Todd D Swarthout, Helen Counihan, Raphael Kabangwa K Senga, Ingrid van den Broek

Open Access Research

Germinal center architecture disturbance during Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection in CBA mice

Leonardo JM Carvalho, Maria F Ferreira-da-Cruz, Claudio T Daniel-Ribeiro, Marcelo Pelajo-Machado, Henrique L Lenzi

Open Access Research

Genetic structure of Plasmodium falciparum field isolates in eastern and north-eastern India

Hema Joshi, Neena Valecha, Anju Verma, Asha Kaul, Prashant K Mallick, Sneh Shalini, Surendra K Prajapati, Surya K Sharma, Vas Dev, Sukla Biswas, Nutan Nanda, MS Malhotra, Sarala K Subbarao, Aditya P Dash

Open Access Methodology

Quantification of malaria parasite release from infected erythrocytes: inhibition by protein-free media

Svetlana Glushakova, Dan Yin, Nicole Gartner, Joshua Zimmerberg

Open Access Research

Plasmodium vivax: paroxysm-associated lipids mediate leukocyte aggregation

Nadira Karunaweera, Deepani Wanasekara, Vishvanath Chandrasekharan, Kamini Mendis, Richard Carter

Open Access Research

Larvicidal effects of a neem (Azadirachta indica) oil formulation on the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Fredros O Okumu, Bart GJ Knols, Ulrike Fillinger

Open Access Methodology

Deletion mutagenesis of large areas in Plasmodium falciparum genes: a comparative study

Marni Williams, Abraham I Louw, Lyn-Marie Birkholtz

Open Access Research

Randomized clinical trial of artemisinin versus non-artemisinin combination therapy for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Madagascar

Didier Ménard, Nohary Nina Harimanana Andrianina, Zakaherizo Ramiandrasoa, Arthur Randriamanantena, Noéline Rasoarilalao, Martial Jahevitra, Arsène Ratsimbasoa, Luciano Tuseo, Andrianirina Raveloson

Open Access Methodology

Rapid and specific biotin labelling of the erythrocyte surface antigens of both cultured and ex-vivo Plasmodium parasites

Lisa Sharling, Kordai MP Sowa, Joanne Thompson, Helen M Kyriacou, David E Arnot

Open Access Research

Haemoglobin and haematocrit: is the threefold conversion valid for assessing anaemia in malaria-endemic settings?

Ilona A Carneiro, Chris J Drakeley, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Bruno Mmbando, Daniel Chandramohan

Open Access Research

Acceptability and efficacy of intra-rectal quinine alkaloids as a pre-transfer treatment of non-per os malaria in peripheral health care facilities in Mopti, Mali

Mahamadou A Thera, Falaye Keita, Mahamadou S Sissoko, Oumar B Traoré, Drissa Coulibaly, Massambou Sacko, Valerie Lameyre, Jean Pascal Ducret, Ogobara Doumbo

Open Access Research

Selective activation of TCR-γδ+ cells in endemic Burkitt's lymphoma

Godfred Futagbi, Jennifer E Welbeck, John Kweku A Tetteh, Lars Hviid, Bartholomew D Akanmori

Open Access Research

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of fosmidomycin monotherapy and combination therapy with clindamycin in the treatment of multidrug resistant falciparum malaria

Kesara Na-Bangchang, Ronnatrai Ruengweerayut, Juntra Karbwang, Anurak Chauemung, David Hutchinson

Open Access Research

Assessing the risk of self-diagnosed malaria in urban informal settlements of Nairobi using self-reported morbidity survey

Yazoumé Yé, Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, John Kebaso, Frederick Mugisha

Open Access Research

The challenges of changing national malaria drug policy to artemisinin-based combinations in Kenya

Abdinasir A Amin, Dejan Zurovac, Beth B Kangwana, Joanne Greenfield, Dorothy N Otieno, Willis S Akhwale, Robert W Snow

Open Access Research

An exploratory study of factors that affect the performance and usage of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Devanand Moonasar, Ameena Ebrahim Goga, John Frean, Philip Kruger, Daniel Chandramohan

Open Access Research

An insight into immunogenic salivary proteins of Anopheles gambiae in African children

Sylvie Cornelie, Franck Remoue, Souleymane Doucoure, Tofene NDiaye, Francois-Xavier Sauvage, Denis Boulanger, Francois Simondon

Open Access Research

Microbial larvicides for malaria control in The Gambia

Silas Majambere, Steven W Lindsay, Clare Green, Balla Kandeh, Ulrike Fillinger

Open Access Research

Changes in var gene mRNA levels during erythrocytic development in two phenotypically distinct Plasmodium falciparum parasites

Madeleine Dahlbäck, Thomas Lavstsen, Ali Salanti, Lars Hviid, David E Arnot, Thor G Theander, Morten A Nielsen

Open Access Case study

Establishing a malaria diagnostics centre of excellence in Kisumu, Kenya

Colin Ohrt, Peter Obare, Ampon Nanakorn, Christine Adhiambo, Ken Awuondo, Wendy Prudhomme O'Meara, Shon Remich, Kurt Martin, Earnest Cook, Jean-Paul Chretien, Carmen Lucas, Joseph Osoga, Peter McEvoy, Martin Lucas Owaga, James Sande Odera, Bernhards Ogutu

Open Access Research

Efficacy and tolerability of four antimalarial combinations in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Senegal

Babacar Faye, Jean-Louis Ndiaye, Daouda Ndiaye, Yemou Dieng, Oumar Faye, Oumar Gaye

Open Access Case study

In vitro activity of ferroquine (SSR 97193) against Plasmodium falciparum isolates from the Thai-Burmese border

Marion Barends, Anchalee Jaidee, Nopparat Khaohirun, Pratap Singhasivanon, François Nosten

Open Access Research

IgG antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum merozoite antigens in Kenyan children have a short half-life

Samson M Kinyanjui, David J Conway, David E Lanar, Kevin Marsh

Open Access Case study

Understanding and improving access to prompt and effective malaria treatment and care in rural Tanzania: the ACCESS Programme

Manuel W Hetzel, Nelly Iteba, Ahmed Makemba, Christopher Mshana, Christian Lengeler, Brigit Obrist, Alexander Schulze, Rose Nathan, Angel Dillip, Sandra Alba, Iddy Mayumana, Rashid A Khatib, Joseph D Njau, Hassan Mshinda

Open Access Research

Effect of chloroquine on gene expression of Plasmodium yoelii nigeriensis during its sporogonic development in the mosquito vector

Henrique Silveira, Susana Ramos, Patrícia Abrantes, Luís Filipe Lopes, Virgílio E do Rosario, Mitchell S Abrahamsen

Open Access Research

Self-reported use of anti-malarial drugs and health facility management of malaria in Ghana

Kwame O Buabeng, Mahama Duwiejua, Alex NO Dodoo, Lloyd K Matowe, Hannes Enlund

Open Access Research

Antibodies elicited in adults by a primary Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage infection recognize different epitopes compared with immune individuals

Damon P Eisen, Lina Wang, Helene Jouin, E Elsa H Murhandarwati, Casilda G Black, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, Ross L Coppel

Open Access Research

A major genetic locus controlling natural Plasmodium falciparum infection is shared by East and West African Anopheles gambiae

Michelle M Riehle, Kyriacos Markianos, Louis Lambrechts, Ai Xia, Igor Sharakhov, Jacob C Koella, Kenneth D Vernick

Open Access Research

Intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine is effective in preventing maternal and placental malaria in Ibadan, south-western Nigeria

Catherine O Falade, Bidemi O Yusuf, Francis F Fadero, Olugbenga A Mokuolu, Davidson H Hamer, Lateef A Salako

Open Access Methodology

The use of fluorescence enhancement to improve the microscopic diagnosis of falciparum malaria

Rebecca Guy, Paul Liu, Peter Pennefather, Ian Crandall

Open Access Research

Co-infection with Trypanosoma cruzi protects mice against early death by neurological or pulmonary disorders induced by Plasmodium berghei ANKA

Claudia M Egima, Silene F Macedo, Gisela RS Sasso, Charles Covarrubias, Mauro Cortez, Fernando Y Maeda, Fabio T Costa, Nobuko Yoshida

Open Access Research

Estimating antimalarial drugs consumption in Africa before the switch to artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs)

Jean-Marie Kindermans, Daniel Vandenbergh, Ed Vreeke, Piero Olliaro, Jean-Pierre D'Altilia

Open Access Research

A comparative study on the efficacy of artesunate plus sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine versus artemether-lumefantrine in eastern Sudan

Ebtihal A Mukhtar, Nahla B Gadalla, Salah-Eldin G El-zaki, Izdihar Mukhtar, Fathi A Mansour, Ahmed Babiker, Badria B El-Sayed

Open Access Case study

Vector control in a malaria epidemic occurring within a complex emergency situation in Burundi: a case study

Natacha Protopopoff, Michel Van Herp, Peter Maes, Tony Reid, Dismas Baza, Umberto D'Alessandro, Wim Van Bortel, Marc Coosemans

Open Access Research

Community coverage of an antimalarial combination of artesunate and amodiaquine in Makamba Province, Burundi, nine months after its introduction

Sibylle Gerstl, Sandra Cohuet, Kodjo Edoh, Christopher Brasher, Alexandre Lesage, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Francesco Checchi

Open Access Research

Polymorphism and epitope sharing between the alleles of merozoite surface protein-1 of Plasmodium falciparum among Indian isolates

Anitha Mamillapalli, Sujatha Sunil, Suraksha S Diwan, Surya K Sharma, Prajesh K Tyagi, Tridibes Adak, Hema Joshi, Pawan Malhotra

Open Access Research

Severe falciparum malaria in young children of the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana

Abraham R Oduro, Kwadwo A Koram, William Rogers, Frank Atuguba, Patrick Ansah, Thomas Anyorigiya, Akosua Ansah, Francis Anto, Nathan Mensah, Abraham Hodgson, Francis Nkrumah

Open Access Research

The burden of malaria in Sudan: incidence, mortality and disability – adjusted life – years

Safa I Abdalla, Elfatih M Malik, Kamil M Ali

Open Access Research

Feeding and resting behaviour of malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis with reference to zooprophylaxis

Aneth Mahande, Franklin Mosha, Johnson Mahande, Eliningaya Kweka

Open Access Research

A low-cost repellent for malaria vectors in the Americas: results of two field trials in Guatemala and Peru

Sarah J Moore, Samuel T Darling, Moisés Sihuincha, Norma Padilla, Gregor J Devine

Open Access Research

ABO blood group phenotypes influence parity specific immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Malawian women

Edward Senga, Maria-Paz Loscertales, KEB Makwakwa, George N Liomba, Charles Dzamalala, Peter N Kazembe, Bernard J Brabin

Open Access Research

Assessing malaria control in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana through repeated surveys using the RBM tools

Seth Owusu-Agyei, Elizabeth Awini, Francis Anto, Thomas Mensah-Afful, Martin Adjuik, Abraham Hodgson, Edwin Afari, Fred Binka

Open Access Research

Predatory capacity of a shorefly, Ochthera chalybescens, on malaria vectors

Noboru Minakawa, Kyoko Futami, George Sonye, Peter Akweywa, Satoshi Kaneko

Open Access Commentary

Battling the malaria iceberg with chloroquine in India

Vinod P Sharma

Open Access Research

Malaria in rural Burkina Faso: local illness concepts, patterns of traditional treatment and influence on health-seeking behaviour

Claudia Beiersmann, Aboubakary Sanou, Evelyn Wladarsch, Manuela De Allegri, Bocar Kouyaté, Olaf Müller

Open Access Research

Transmission-blocking activity induced by malaria vaccine candidates Pfs25/Pvs25 is a direct and predictable function of antibody titer

Kazutoyo Miura, David B Keister, Olga V Muratova, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Carole A Long, Allan Saul

Open Access Research

The implication of dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthetase gene mutations in modification of Plasmodium falciparum characteristics

Ishraga E A-Elbasit, Michael Alifrangis, Insaf F Khalil, Ib C Bygbjerg, Emad M Masuadi, Mustafa I Elbashir, Hayder A Giha

Open Access Research

Role of cattle treated with deltamethrine in areas with a high population of Anopheles arabiensis in Moshi, Northern Tanzania

Aneth M Mahande, Franklin W Mosha, Johnson M Mahande, Eliningaya J Kweka

Open Access Research

ABO blood group system and placental malaria in an area of unstable malaria transmission in eastern Sudan

Ishag Adam, Saud Babiker, Ahmed A Mohmmed, Magdi M Salih, Martin H Prins, Zaki M Zaki

Open Access Methodology

Detection of knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations in Anopheles gambiae: a comparison of two new high-throughput assays with existing methods

Chris Bass, Dimitra Nikou, Martin J Donnelly, Martin S Williamson, Hilary Ranson, Amanda Ball, John Vontas, Linda M Field

Open Access Research

Comparison of PCR-based detection of Plasmodium falciparum infections based on single and multicopy genes

Segun I Oyedeji, Henrietta O Awobode, Gamaliel C Monday, Eric Kendjo, Peter G Kremsner, Jürgen F Kun

Open Access Research

Effect of discriminative plant-sugar feeding on the survival and fecundity of Anopheles gambiae

Hortance Manda, Louis C Gouagna, Woodbridge A Foster, Robert R Jackson, John C Beier, John I Githure, Ahmed Hassanali

Open Access Opinion

The low and declining risk of malaria in travellers to Latin America: is there still an indication for chemoprophylaxis?

Ron H Behrens, Bernadette Carroll, Jiri Beran, Olivier Bouchaud, Urban Hellgren, Christoph Hatz, Tomas Jelinek, Fabrice Legros, Nikolai Mühlberger, Bjørn Myrvang, Heli Siikamäki, Leo Visser

Open Access Research

How human practices have affected vector-borne diseases in the past: a study of malaria transmission in Alpine valleys

Julien Sérandour, Jacky Girel, Sebastien Boyer, Patrick Ravanel, Guy Lemperière, Muriel Raveton

Open Access Research

Malaria prevalence in Nias District, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Din Syafruddin, Puji BS Asih, Isra Wahid, Rita M Dewi, Sekar Tuti, Idaman Laowo, Waozidohu Hulu, Pardamean Zendrato, Ferdinand Laihad, Anuraj H Shankar

Open Access Research

Evaluation of antibody response to Plasmodium falciparum in children according to exposure of Anopheles gambiae s.l or Anopheles funestus vectors

Jean Biram Sarr, Franck Remoue, Badara Samb, Ibrahima Dia, Sohibou Guindo, Cheikh Sow, Sophie Maiga, Seydou Tine, Cheikh Thiam, Anne-Marie Schacht, François Simondon, Lassana Konate, Gilles Riveau

Open Access Editorial

The rationale and plan for creating a World Antimalarial Resistance Network (WARN)

Carol Hopkins Sibley, Karen I Barnes, Christopher V Plowe

Open Access Review

World Antimalarial Resistance Network I: Clinical efficacy of antimalarial drugs

Ric N Price, Grant Dorsey, Elizabeth A Ashley, Karen I Barnes, J Kevin Baird, Umberto d'Alessandro, Philippe J Guerin, Miriam K Laufer, Inbarani Naidoo, François Nosten, Piero Olliaro, Christopher V Plowe, Pascal Ringwald, Carol H Sibley, Kasia Stepniewska, Nicholas J White

Open Access Review

World Antimalarial Resistance Network (WARN) II: In vitro antimalarial drug susceptibility

David J Bacon, Ronan Jambou, Thierry Fandeur, Jacques Le Bras, Chansuda Wongsrichanalai, Mark M Fukuda, Pascal Ringwald, Carol Hopkins Sibley, Dennis E Kyle

Open Access Review

World Antimalarial Resistance Network (WARN) III: Molecular markers for drug resistant malaria

Christopher V Plowe, Cally Roper, John W Barnwell, Christian T Happi, Hema H Joshi, Wilfred Mbacham, Steven R Meshnick, Kefas Mugittu, Inbarani Naidoo, Ric N Price, Robert W Shafer, Carol H Sibley, Colin J Sutherland, Peter A Zimmerman, Philip J Rosenthal

Open Access Review

World Antimalarial Resistance Network (WARN) IV: Clinical pharmacology

Karen I Barnes, Niklas Lindegardh, Olumide Ogundahunsi, Piero Olliaro, Christopher V Plowe, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Grace O Gbotosho, William M Watkins, Carol H Sibley, Nicholas J White

Open Access Opinion

Age-structured gametocyte allocation links immunity to epidemiology in malaria parasites

Richard E Paul, Sarah Bonnet, Christian Boudin, Timoleon Tchuinkam, Vincent Robert

Open Access Methodology

Comparison of three molecular methods for the detection and speciation of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum

Prapaporn Boonma, Peter R Christensen, Rossarin Suwanarusk, Ric N Price, Bruce Russell, Usa Lek-Uthai

Open Access Commentary

Ensuring sustained ACT production and reliable artemisinin supply

Jean-Marie Kindermans, Jacques Pilloy, Piero Olliaro, Melba Gomes

Open Access Research

Interdependence of domestic malaria prevention measures and mosquito-human interactions in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Yvonne Geissbühler, Prosper Chaki, Basiliana Emidi, Nicodemus J Govella, Rudolf Shirima, Valeliana Mayagaya, Deo Mtasiwa, Hassan Mshinda, Ulrike Fillinger, Steven W Lindsay, Khadija Kannady, Marcia Caldas de Castro, Marcel Tanner, Gerry F Killeen

Open Access Review

Kerteszia subgenus of Anopheles associated with the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest:current knowledge and future challenges

Mauro Toledo Marrelli, Rosely S Malafronte, Maria AM Sallum, Delsio Natal

Open Access Research

Forecasting malaria incidence based on monthly case reports and environmental factors in Karuzi, Burundi, 1997–2003

Alberto Gomez-Elipe, Angel Otero, Michel van Herp, Armando Aguirre-Jaime

Open Access Research

The effect of parental rearing conditions on offspring life history in Anopheles stephensi

Katrina Grech, Liam Aye Maung, Andrew F Read

Open Access Research

Standardizing estimates of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate

David L Smith, Carlos A Guerra, Robert W Snow, Simon I Hay

Open Access Research

Varying efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in two similar trials: public health implications

Clara Menendez, David Schellenberg, Eusebio Macete, Pedro Aide, Elizeus Kahigwa, Sergi Sanz, John J Aponte, Jahit Sacarlal, Hassan Mshinda, Marcel Tanner, Pedro L Alonso

Open Access Methodology

PCR-based karyotyping of Anopheles gambiae inversion 2Rj identifies the BAMAKO chromosomal form

Mamadou B Coulibaly, Marco Pombi, Beniamino Caputo, Davis Nwakanma, Musa Jawara, Lassana Konate, Ibrahima Dia, Abdrahamane Fofana, Marcia Kern, Frédéric Simard, David J Conway, Vincenzo Petrarca, Alessandra della Torre, Sékou Traoré, Nora J Besansky

Open Access Case study

Impact of home-based management of malaria on health outcomes in Africa: a systematic review of the evidence

Heidi Hopkins, Ambrose Talisuna, Christopher JM Whitty, Sarah G Staedke

Open Access Research

Induction of multi-antigen multi-stage immune responses against Plasmodium falciparum in rhesus monkeys, in the absence of antigen interference, with heterologous DNA prime/poxvirus boost immunization

George Jiang, Yupin Charoenvit, Alberto Moreno, Maria F Baraceros, Glenna Banania, Nancy Richie, Steve Abot, Harini Ganeshan, Victoria Fallarme, Noelle B Patterson, Andrew Geall, Walter R Weiss, Elizabeth Strobert, Ivette Caro-Aquilar, David E Lanar, Allan Saul, Laura B Martin, Kalpana Gowda, Craig R Morrissette, David C Kaslow, Daniel J Carucci, Mary R Galinski, Denise L Doolan

Open Access Research

Role of information and communication networks in malaria survival

Pallab Mozumder, Achla Marathe

Open Access Research

Genetic population structure of Anopheles gambiae in Equatorial Guinea

Marta Moreno, Patricia Salgueiro, José Luis Vicente, Jorge Cano, Pedro J Berzosa, Aida de Lucio, Frederic Simard, Adalgisa Caccone, Virgilio E Do Rosario, João Pinto, Agustín Benito

Open Access Research

Mannitol as adjunct therapy for childhood cerebral malaria in Uganda: A randomized clinical trial

Beatrice Namutangula, Grace Ndeezi, Justus S Byarugaba, James K Tumwine

Open Access Research

Susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensi to tropical isolates of Plasmodium falciparum

Jennifer CC Hume, Mark Tunnicliff, Lisa C Ranford-Cartwright, Karen P Day

Open Access Research

Evaluation of the intra- and inter-specific genetic variability of Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase

Arthur M Talman, Linda Duval, Eric Legrand, Véronique Hubert, Seiha Yen, David Bell, Jacques Le Bras, Frédéric Ariey, Sandrine Houze

Open Access Research

Transmission of malaria and genotypic variability of Plasmodium falciparum on the Island of Annobon (Equatorial Guinea)

Jorge Cano, Pedro Berzosa, Aida de Lucio, Miguel Angel Descalzo, Leonardo Bobuakasi, Sisinio Nzambo, Melchor Ondo, Jesus N Buatiche, Gloria Nseng, Agustin Benito

Open Access Research

Monitoring the operational impact of insecticide usage for malaria control on Anopheles funestus from Mozambique

Sonia LR Casimiro, Janet Hemingway, Brian L Sharp, Michael Coleman

Open Access Research

The effect of HIV on morbidity and mortality in children with severe malarial anaemia

Samuel Malamba, Wolfgang Hladik, Arthur Reingold, Flora Banage, Willi McFarland, George Rutherford, Derrick Mimbe, Esau Nzaro, Robert Downing, Jonathan Mermin

Open Access Research

Decline of placental malaria in southern Ghana after the implementation of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy

Lena Hommerich, Christa von Oertzen, George Bedu-Addo, Ville Holmberg, Patrick A Acquah, Teunis A Eggelte, Ulrich Bienzle, Frank P Mockenhaupt

Open Access Case study

Incorporating a quiz into informed consent processes: Qualitative study of participants' reactions

Sassy Molyneux, Caroline Gikonyo, Vicki Marsh, Philip Bejon

Open Access Research

Efficacy and safety of artemisinin-based antimalarial in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in children in southern Tanzania

Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, Alex Mwita, Deborah Sumari, Renata Mandike, Kefas Mugittu, Salim Abdulla

Open Access Research

Cerebrospinal fluid and serum biomarkers of cerebral malaria mortality in Ghanaian children

Henry B Armah, Nana O Wilson, Bismark Y Sarfo, Michael D Powell, Vincent C Bond, Winston Anderson, Andrew A Adjei, Richard K Gyasi, Yao Tettey, Edwin K Wiredu, Jon Eric Tongren, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Jonathan K Stiles

Open Access Research

An assessment of various blood collection and transfer methods used for malaria rapid diagnostic tests

Jennifer Luchavez, Ma Eichelle Lintag, Mary Coll-Black, Fred Baik, David Bell

Open Access Research

Efficacy and safety of artesunate plus amodiaquine in routine use for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Casamance, southern Sénégal

Philippe Brasseur, Patrice Agnamey, Oumar Gaye, Michel Vaillant, Walter RJ Taylor, Piero L Olliaro

Open Access Research

The decline in paediatric malaria admissions on the coast of Kenya

Emelda A Okiro, Simon I Hay, Priscilla W Gikandi, Shahnaaz K Sharif, Abdisalan M Noor, Norbert Peshu, Kevin Marsh, Robert W Snow

Open Access Case study

Pilot feasibility study of an emergency paediatric kit for intra-rectal quinine administration used by the personnel of community-based health care units in Senegal

Jean Louis A Ndiaye, Roger C Tine, Babacar Faye, El Hadj Lamine Dieye, Pape Amadou Diack, Valérie Lameyre, Oumar Gaye, Husseyn Dembel Sow

Open Access Research

Potential impact of host immunity on malaria treatment outcome in Tanzanian children infected with Plasmodium falciparum

Anders Enevold, Watoky MMM Nkya, Michael Theisen, Lasse S Vestergaard, Anja TR Jensen, Trine Staalsoe, Thor G Theander, Ib C Bygbjerg, Michael Alifrangis

Open Access Research

Sequence diversity and natural selection at domain I of the apical membrane antigen 1 among Indian Plasmodium falciparum populations

Sheena Garg, Mohammad T Alam, Manoj K Das, Vas Dev, Ashwani Kumar, Aditya P Dash, Yagya D Sharma

Open Access Methodology

Identification of the main malaria vectors in the Anopheles gambiae species complex using a TaqMan real-time PCR assay

Chris Bass, Martin S Williamson, Craig S Wilding, Martin J Donnelly, Linda M Field

Open Access Research

Multiple host-switching of Haemosporidia parasites in bats

Linda Duval, Vincent Robert, Gabor Csorba, Alexandre Hassanin, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Joe Walston, Thy Nhim, Steve M Goodman, Frédéric Ariey

Open Access Research

Spatial targeted vector control in the highlands of Burundi and its impact on malaria transmission

Natacha Protopopoff, Wim Van Bortel, Tanguy Marcotty, Michel Van Herp, Peter Maes, Dismas Baza, Umberto D'Alessandro, Marc Coosemans

Open Access Research

Does the spillage of petroleum products in Anopheles breeding sites have an impact on the pyrethroid resistance?

Rousseau F Djouaka, Adekunle A Bakare, Honore S Bankole, Julien MC Doannio, Ousmane N Coulibaly, Hortense Kossou, Manuele Tamo, Harcourt I Basene, OK Popoola, Martin C Akogbeto

Open Access Opinion

Intermittent preventive treatment for the prevention of malaria during pregnancy in high transmission areas

Valérie Briand, Gilles Cottrell, Achille Massougbodji, Michel Cot

Open Access Opinion

How is childhood development of immunity to Plasmodium falciparum enhanced by certain antimalarial interventions?

Colin J Sutherland, Christopher J Drakeley, David Schellenberg

Open Access Research

Climate prediction of El Niño malaria epidemics in north-west Tanzania

Anne E Jones, Ulrika Uddenfeldt Wort, Andrew P Morse, Ian M Hastings, Alexandre S Gagnon

Open Access Research

Malaria incidence and efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi)

Robin Kobbe, Samuel Adjei, Christina Kreuzberg, Benno Kreuels, Benedicta Thompson, Peter A Thompson, Florian Marks, Wibke Busch, Meral Tosun, Nadine Schreiber, Ernest Opoku, Ohene Adjei, Christian G Meyer, Juergen May

Open Access Research

Sequence analysis of Plasmodium falciparum cytochrome b in multiple geographic sites

Marie-Thérèse Ekala, Nimol Khim, Eric Legrand, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Ronan Jambou, Thierry Fandeur, Didier Menard, Serge-Brice Assi, Marie-Claire Henry, Christophe Rogier, Christiane Bouchier, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon

Open Access Research

Complement activation in Ghanaian children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Gideon K Helegbe, Bamenla Q Goka, Joergen AL Kurtzhals, Michael M Addae, Edwin Ollaga, John KA Tetteh, Daniel Dodoo, Michael F Ofori, George Obeng-Adjei, Kenji Hirayama, Gordon A Awandare, Bartholomew D Akanmori

Open Access Commentary

Haemoglobin and haematocrit: the threefold conversion is also non valid for assessing anaemia in Plasmodium vivax malaria-endemic settings

Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales, Elia Sánchez, Melissa Arria, Miguel Vargas, Carmelina Piccolo, Rosa Colina, Carlos Franco-Paredes

Open Access Research

Duffy blood group gene polymorphisms among malaria vivax patients in four areas of the Brazilian Amazon region

Carlos E Cavasini, Luiz C de Mattos, Álvaro AR D'Almeida Couto, Vanja SC D'Almeida Couto, Yuri Gollino, Laurence J Moretti, Cláudia R Bonini-Domingos, Andréa RB Rossit, Lilian Castilho, Ricardo LD Machado

Open Access Research

Estimated financial and human resources requirements for the treatment of malaria in Malawi

Adamson S Muula, Emmanuel Rudatsikira, Seter Siziya, Ronald H Mataya

Open Access Methodology

Improved isolation of murine hepatocytes for in vitro malaria liver stage studies

Lígia A Gonçalves, Ana M Vigário, Carlos Penha-Gonçalves

Open Access Research

Adding artesunate to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine greatly improves the treatment efficacy in children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria on the coast of Benin, West Africa

Alain Nahum, Annette Erhart, Dorothée Gazard, Carine Agbowai, Chantal Van Overmeir, Harry van Loen, Joris Menten, Martin Akogbeto, Marc Coosemans, Achille Massougbodji, Umberto D'Alessandro

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