Malaria Journal

Genetic diversity among Plasmodium falciparum field isolates in Pakistan measured with PCR genotyping of the merozoite surface protein 1 and 2

Najia K Ghanchi, Andreas Mårtensson, Johan Ursing, Sana Jafri, Sándor Bereczky, Rabia Hussain, Mohammad A Beg

Plasmodium infection and its risk factors in eastern Uganda

Rachel L Pullan, Hasifa Bukirwa, Sarah G Staedke, Robert W Snow, Simon Brooker

The Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 19 KD antibody response in the Peruvian Amazon predominantly targets the non-allele specific, shared sites of this antigen

Patrick L Sutton, Eva H Clark, Claudia Silva, OraLee H Branch

Assessing agreement between malaria slide density readings

Neal Alexander, David Schellenberg, Billy Ngasala, Max Petzold, Chris Drakeley, Colin Sutherland

Schistosoma mansoni infection reduces the incidence of murine cerebral malaria

Judith H Waknine-Grinberg, Daniel Gold, Ariel Ohayon, Eliezer Flescher, Alina Heyfets, Michael J Doenhoff, Gabriele Schramm, Helmut Haas, Jacob Golenser

Attraction of Anopheles gambiae to odour baits augmented with heat and moisture

Evelyn A Olanga, Michael N Okal, Phoebe A Mbadi, Elizabeth D Kokwaro, Wolfgang R Mukabana

Malaria control under the Taliban regime: insecticide-treated net purchasing, coverage, and usage among men and women in eastern Afghanistan

Natasha Howard, Ahmad Shafi, Caroline Jones, Mark Rowland

Plasmodium falciparum resistance to anti-malarial drugs in Papua New Guinea: evaluation of a community-based approach for the molecular monitoring of resistance

Jutta Marfurt, Thomas A Smith, Ian M Hastings, Ivo Müller, Albert Sie, Olive Oa, Moses Baisor, John C Reeder, Hans-Peter Beck, Blaise Genton

Molecular markers of resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine one year after implementation of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants in Mali

Alassane Dicko, Issaka Sagara, Abdoulaye A Djimdé, Sidy O Touré, Mariam Traore, Souleymane Dama, Abdoulbaki I Diallo, Amadou Barry, Mohamed Dicko, Oumar M Coulibaly, Christophe Rogier, Alexandra de Sousa, Ogobara K Doumbo

Severe malaria - a case of fatal Plasmodium knowlesi infection with post-mortem findings: a case report

Janet Cox-Singh, Jessie Hiu, Sebastian B Lucas, Paul C Divis, Mohammad Zulkarnaen, Patricia Chandran, Kum T Wong, Patricia Adem, Sherif R Zaki, Balbir Singh, Sanjeev Krishna

Several domains from VAR2CSA can induce Plasmodium falciparum adhesion-blocking antibodies

Ali Salanti, Mafalda Resende, Sisse B Ditlev, Vera V Pinto, Madeleine Dahlbäck, Gorm Andersen, Tom Manczak, Thor G Theander, Morten A Nielsen

Costs of insensitive acetylcholinesterase insecticide resistance for the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae homozygous for the G119S mutation

Luc Djogbénou, Valérie Noel, Philip Agnew

Severe Plasmodium vivax malaria exhibits marked inflammatory imbalance

Bruno B Andrade, Antonio Reis-Filho, Sebastião M Souza-Neto, Jorge Clarêncio, Luis MA Camargo, Aldina Barral, Manoel Barral-Netto

Shift in epitope dominance of IgM and IgG responses to Plasmodium falciparum MSP1 block 4

Sandra P Chang, Alexander KK Kayatani, Zilka I Terrientes, Socrates Herrera, Rose GF Leke, Diane W Taylor

Prevalence of anopheline species and their Plasmodium infection status in epidemic-prone border areas of Bangladesh

Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Md Gulam Musawwir Khan, Nurunnabi Chaudhury, Sharmina Deloer, Forida Nazib, A Mannan Bangali, Rashidul Haque

Placental Malaria is associated with reduced early life weight development of affected children independent of low birth weight

Brigitte Walther, David JC Miles, Sarah Crozier, Pauline Waight, Melba S Palmero, Olubukola Ojuola, Ebrima Touray, Marianne van der Sande, Hilton Whittle, Sarah Rowland-Jones, Katie L Flanagan

Improved methods for magnetic purification of malaria parasites and haemozoin

Charles C Kim, Emily B Wilson, Joseph L DeRisi

Intermittent screening and treatment versus intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: user acceptability

Lucy A Smith, Caroline Jones, Rose O Adjei, Gifty D Antwi, Nana A Afrah, Brian Greenwood, Daniel Chandramohan, Harry Tagbor, Jayne Webster

Gel versus capillary electrophoresis genotyping for categorizing treatment outcomes in two anti-malarial trials in Uganda

Vinay Gupta, Grant Dorsey, Alan E Hubbard, Philip J Rosenthal, Bryan Greenhouse

Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in Vietnam: some clarifications

Peter Van den Eede, Indra Vythilingam, Thang Ngo Duc, Hong Nguyen Van, Le Xuan Hung, Umberto D'Alessandro, Annette Erhart

Evaluation of PermaNet 3.0 a deltamethrin-PBO combination net against Anopheles gambiae and pyrethroid resistant Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes: an experimental hut trial in Tanzania

Patrick Tungu, Stephen Magesa, Caroline Maxwell, Robert Malima, Dennis Masue, Wema Sudi, Joseph Myamba, Olivier Pigeon, Mark Rowland

Factors affecting fungus-induced larval mortality in Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensi

Tullu Bukhari, Anthonieke Middelman, Constantianus JM Koenraadt, Willem Takken, Bart GJ Knols

Low perception of malaria risk among the Ra-glai ethnic minority in south-central Vietnam: implications for forest malaria control

Koen Peeters Grietens, Xa Nguyen Xuan, Wim Van Bortel, Thang Ngo Duc, Joan Muela Ribera, Truong Ba Nhat, Ky Pham Van, Hung Le Xuan, Umberto D'Alessandro, Annette Erhart

Towards malaria elimination - a new thematic series

Marcel Tanner, Marcel Hommel

Pre-elimination stage of malaria in Sri Lanka: assessing the level of hidden parasites in the population

Rupika S Rajakaruna, Michael Alifrangis, Priyanie H Amerasinghe, Flemming Konradsen

Pre-elimination of malaria on the island of Príncipe

Pei-Wen Lee, Chia-Tai Liu, Herodes Sacramento Rampao, Virgilio E do Rosario, Men-Fang Shaio

A novel method for standardized application of fungal spore coatings for mosquito exposure bioassays

Marit Farenhorst, Bart GJ Knols

Assessment of two malaria rapid diagnostic tests in children under five years of age, with follow-up of false-positive pLDH test results, in a hyperendemic falciparum malaria area, Sierra Leone

Sibylle Gerstl, Sophie Dunkley, Ahmed Mukhtar, Martin De Smet, Samuel Baker, Jacob Maikere

Naturally-acquired humoral immune responses against the N- and C-termini of the Plasmodium vivax MSP1 protein in endemic regions of Brazil and Papua New Guinea using a multiplex assay

Carmen Fernandez-Becerra, Sergi Sanz, Marina Brucet, Danielle I Stanisic, Fabiana P Alves, Erney P Camargo, Pedro L Alonso, Ivo Mueller, Hernando A del Portillo

Treatment of asymptomatic carriers with artemether-lumefantrine: an opportunity to reduce the burden of malaria?

Bernhards Ogutu, Alfred B Tiono, Michael Makanga, Zulfiqarali Premji, Adama Dodji Gbadoé, David Ubben, Anne Claire Marrast, Oumar Gaye

Low-technology cooling box for storage of malaria RDTs and other medical supplies in remote areas

Lon Chanthap, Frédéric Ariey, Duong Socheat, Reiko Tsuyuoka, David Bell

Malaria incidence and prevalence on Pemba Island before the onset of the successful control intervention on the Zanzibar Archipelago

Thomas Jaenisch, David J Sullivan, Arup Dutta, Saikat Deb, Mahdi Ramsan, Mashavu K Othman, Roger Gaczkowski, James Tielsch, Sunil Sazawal

Molecular evidence for the occurrence of a new sibling species within the Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii complex in south-east Brazil

Luísa DP Rona, Carlos J Carvalho-Pinto, Alexandre A Peixoto

Efficacy of amodiaquine, sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and their combination for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children in Cameroon at the time of policy change to artemisinin-based combination therapy

Wilfred F Mbacham, Marie-Solange B Evehe, Palmer M Netongo, Isabel A Ateh, Patrice N Mimche, Anthony Ajua, Akindeh M Nji, Domkam Irenee, Justin B Echouffo-Tcheugui, Bantar Tawe, Rachel Hallett, Cally Roper, Geoffrey Targett, Brian Greenwood

A semi-automated method for counting fluorescent malaria oocysts increases the throughput of transmission blocking studies

Michael J Delves, Robert E Sinden

Uptake of purines in Plasmodium falciparum-infected human erythrocytes is mostly mediated by the human Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter and the human Facilitative Nucleobase Transporter

Neils B Quashie, Lisa C Ranford-Cartwright, Harry P de Koning

Geographical patterns and predictors of malaria risk in Zambia: Bayesian geostatistical modelling of the 2006 Zambia national malaria indicator survey (ZMIS)

Nadine Riedel, Penelope Vounatsou, John M Miller, Laura Gosoniu, Elizabeth Chizema-Kawesha, Victor Mukonka, Rick W Steketee

Optimized high gradient magnetic separation for isolation of Plasmodium-infected red blood cells

Sebastian C Bhakdi, Annette Ottinger, Sangdao Somsri, Panudda Sratongno, Peeranad Pannadaporn, Pattamawan Chimma, Prida Malasit, Kovit Pattanapanyasat, Hartmut PH Neumann

Exploring the relationship between chronic undernutrition and asymptomatic malaria in Ghanaian children

Benjamin T Crookston, Stephen C Alder, Isaac Boakye, Ray M Merrill, John H Amuasi, Christina A Porucznik, Joseph B Stanford, Ty T Dickerson, Kirk A Dearden, DeVon C Hale, Justice Sylverken, Bryce S Snow, Alex Osei-Akoto, Daniel Ansong

Malaria vectors of Timor-Leste

Robert D Cooper, Michael D Edstein, Stephen P Frances, Nigel W Beebe

Determinants of compliance with malaria chemoprophylaxis among French soldiers during missions in inter-tropical Africa

Noémie Resseguier, Vanessa Machault, Lénaick Ollivier, Eve Orlandi-Pradines, Gaetan Texier, Bruno Pradines, Jean Gaudart, Alain Buguet, Catherine Tourette-Turgis, Christophe Rogier

Using the social entrepreneurship approach to generate innovative and sustainable malaria diagnosis interventions in Tanzania: a case study

Lisa K Allen, Erin Hetherington, Mange Manyama, Jennifer M Hatfield, Guido van Marle

Compliance with a three-day course of artesunate-mefloquine combination and baseline anti-malarial treatment in an area of Thailand with highly multidrug resistant falciparum malaria

Kanungnit Congpuong, Pongwit Bualombai, Vick Banmairuroi, Kesara Na-Bangchang

Control of pyrethroid and DDT-resistant Anopheles gambiae by application of indoor residual spraying or mosquito nets treated with a long-lasting organophosphate insecticide, chlorpyrifos-methyl

Raphael N'Guessan, Pelagie Boko, Abibathou Odjo, Joseph Chabi, Martin Akogbeto, Mark Rowland

Chronic infection during placental malaria is associated with up-regulation of cycloxygenase-2

Demba Sarr, Delphine Aldebert, Laurence Marrama, Emilie Frealle, Alioune Gaye, Hamoud O Brahim, Makhtar Niang, Jean Marie Dangou, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, Jean Yves Lehesran, Ronan Jambou

Suppressive and additive effects in protection mediated by combinations of monoclonal antibodies specific for merozoite surface protein 1 of Plasmodium yoelii

Irosoki Eslava, Gilberto Payares, Beatriz M Pernia, Anthony A Holder, Lilian M Spencer

The influence of the Gilgel-Gibe hydroelectric dam in Ethiopia on caregivers' knowledge, perceptions and health-seeking behaviour towards childhood malaria

Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Wondwossen Kassahun, Kifle Woldemichael, Kora Tushune, Morankar Sudaker, Daniel Kaba, Luc Duchateau, Wim Van Bortel, Niko Speybroeck

Adherence to and acceptability of artemether-lumefantrine as first-line anti-malarial treatment: evidence from a rural community in Tanzania

Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, Christian Lengeler, Prudensiana Kasim, Said King'eng'ena, Raymond Schlienger, Nathan Mulure, Blaise Genton

Flow cytometry for the evaluation of anti-plasmodial activity of drugs on Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes

Séverine Chevalley, Agnès Coste, Alexandrine Lopez, Bernard Pipy, Alexis Valentin

Retail sector distribution chains for malaria treatment in the developing world: a review of the literature

Edith Patouillard, Kara G Hanson, Catherine A Goodman

Anti-malarial activity of a non-piperidine library of next-generation quinoline methanols

Erin Milner, William McCalmont, Jayendra Bhonsle, Diana Caridha, Jose Cobar, Sean Gardner, Lucia Gerena, Duane Goodine, Charlotte Lanteri, Victor Melendez, Norma Roncal, Jason Sousa, Peter Wipf, Geoffrey Stuart Dow

Evaluation of chloroquine therapy for vivax and falciparum malaria in southern Sumatra, western Indonesia

Inge Sutanto, Dedeh Endawati, Liem Hui Ling, Ferdinand Laihad, Rianto Setiabudy, J Kevin Baird

Factors contributing to delay in parasite clearance in uncomplicated falciparum malaria in children

Akintunde Sowunmi, Elsie O Adewoye, Grace O Gbotsho, Christian T Happi, Abayomi Sijuade, Onikepe A Folarin, Titilope M Okuboyejo, Obaro S Michael

Women's experiences and views about costs of seeking malaria chemoprevention and other antenatal services: a qualitative study from two districts in rural Tanzania

Godfrey M Mubyazi, Paul Bloch, Pascal Magnussen, Øystein E Olsen, Jens Byskov, Kristian S Hansen, Ib C Bygbjerg

Species composition, larval habitats, seasonal occurrence and distribution of potential malaria vectors and associated species of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Republic of Korea

Leopoldo M Rueda, Tracy L Brown, Heung Chul Kim, Sung-Tae Chong, Terry A Klein, Desmond H Foley, Assaf Anyamba, Matthew Smith, Edwin P Pak, Richard C Wilkerson

Efficacy of non-artemisinin- and artemisinin-based combination therapies for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Cameroon

Solange Youdom Whegang, Rachida Tahar, Vincent Ngane Foumane, Georges Soula, Henri Gwét, Jean-Christophe Thalabard, Leonardo K Basco

Rapid and effective malaria control in Cambodia through mass administration of artemisinin-piperaquine

Jianping Song, Duong Socheat, Bo Tan, Prak Dara, Changsheng Deng, Sreng Sokunthea, Suon Seila, Fengzhen Ou, Huaxiang Jian, Guoqiao Li

Malaria indicator survey 2007, Ethiopia: coverage and use of major malaria prevention and control interventions

Daddi Jima, Asefaw Getachew, Hana Bilak, Richard W Steketee, Paul M Emerson, Patricia M Graves, Teshome Gebre, Richard Reithinger, Jimee Hwang

High heterogeneity in Plasmodium falciparum risk illustrates the need for detailed mapping to guide resource allocation: a new malaria risk map of the Lao People's Democratic Republic

Pernille Jorgensen, Simone Nambanya, Deyer Gopinath, Bouasy Hongvanthong, Kongxay Luangphengsouk, David Bell, Samlane Phompida, Rattanaxay Phetsouvanh

Nonlinear mixed effects modeling of gametocyte carriage in patients with uncomplicated malaria

Greg B Distiller, Francesca Little, Karen I Barnes

Community response to artemisinin-based combination therapy for childhood malaria: a case study from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Vinay R Kamat, Daniel J Nyato

Anopheles gambiae: historical population decline associated with regional distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets in western Nyanza Province, Kenya

M Nabie Bayoh, Derrick K Mathias, Maurice R Odiere, Francis M Mutuku, Luna Kamau, John E Gimnig, John M Vulule, William A Hawley, Mary J Hamel, Edward D Walker

Congenital Plasmodium vivax malaria mimicking neonatal sepsis: a case report

Veronica Del Punta, Maurizio Gulletta, Alberto Matteelli, Vania Spinoni, Antonio Regazzoli, Francesco Castelli

Dual effect of Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes on dendritic cell maturation

Esther Bettiol, Daniel Carapau, Cristina Galan-Rodriguez, Carlos Ocaña-Morgner, Ana Rodriguez

Computational analysis of binding between malarial dihydrofolate reductases and anti-folates

Kiattawee Choowongkomon, Sasikrit Theppabutr, Napat Songtawee, Nicholas PJ Day, Nicholas J White, Charles J Woodrow, Mallika Imwong

Transmission blocking activity of a standardized neem (Azadirachta indica) seed extract on the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei in its vector Anopheles stephensi

Leonardo Lucantoni, Rakiswendé S Yerbanga, Giulio Lupidi, Luciano Pasqualini, Fulvio Esposito, Annette Habluetzel

Community-wide benefits of targeted indoor residual spray for malaria control in the Western Kenya Highland

Guofa Zhou, Andrew K Githeko, Noboru Minakawa, Guiyun Yan

Markers of anti-malarial drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Swaziland: identification of pfmdr1-86F in natural parasite isolates

Sabelo V Dlamini, Khalid Beshir, Colin J Sutherland

Distribution of the main malaria vectors in Kenya

Robi M Okara, Marianne E Sinka, Noboru Minakawa, Charles M Mbogo, Simon I Hay, Robert W Snow

Assessing the future threat from vivax malaria in the United Kingdom using two markedly different modelling approaches

Steven W Lindsay, David G Hole, Robert A Hutchinson, Shane A Richards, Stephen G Willis

The infectivity of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana to insecticide-resistant and susceptible Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes at two different temperatures

Christophe K Kikankie, Basil D Brooke, Bart GJ Knols, Lizette L Koekemoer, Marit Farenhorst, Richard H Hunt, Matthew B Thomas, Maureen Coetzee

Comparative detection of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum DNA in saliva and urine samples from symptomatic malaria patients in a low endemic area

Pattakorn Buppan, Chaturong Putaporntip, Urassaya Pattanawong, Sunee Seethamchai, Somchai Jongwutiwes

Suppressive effect of azithromycin on Plasmodium berghei mosquito stage development and apicoplast replication

Shoichi Shimizu, Yoshio Osada, Tamotsu Kanazawa, Yoshiya Tanaka, Meiji Arai

Dynamics of pfcrt alleles CVMNK and CVIET in chloroquine-treated Sudanese patients infected with Plasmodium falciparum

Nahla B Gadalla, Salah Eldin Elzaki, Ebtihal Mukhtar, David C Warhurst, Badria El-Sayed, Colin J Sutherland

Molecular surveillance of Plasmodium vivax dhfr and dhps mutations in isolates from Afghanistan

Sedigheh Zakeri, Mandana Afsharpad, Faezeh Ghasemi, Ahmad Raeisi, Najibullah Safi, Waqar Butt, Hoda Atta, Navid D Djadid

Solution structure of a Plasmodium falciparum AMA-1/MSP 1 chimeric protein vaccine candidate (PfCP-2.9) for malaria

Heng Peng, Yunfei Hu, Aiguo Zhou, Changwen Jin, Weiqing Pan

Antibodies against multiple merozoite surface antigens of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum inhibit parasite maturation and red blood cell invasion

Ute Woehlbier, Christian Epp, Fiona Hackett, Michael J Blackman, Hermann Bujard

Diversity in anopheline larval habitats and adult composition during the dry and wet seasons in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Florence Fournet, Maud Cussac, Ali Ouari, Pierre-Erwann Meyer, Hyacinthe K Toé, Louis-Clément Gouagna, Roch K Dabiré

Mapping malaria incidence distribution that accounts for environmental factors in Maputo Province - Mozambique

Orlando P Zacarias, Mikael Andersson

Annual variations in the number of malaria cases related to two different patterns of Anopheles darlingi transmission potential in the Maroni area of French Guiana

Florence Fouque, Pascal Gaborit, Romuald Carinci, Jean Issaly, Romain Girod

Up- and down-modulation of liver cytochrome P450 activities and associated events in two murine malaria models

Ana Cecilia AX De-Oliveira, Renato S Carvalho, Flavio HM Paixão, Hellen S Tavares, Luciana S Gueiros, Carolina M Siqueira, Francisco JR Paumgartten

Heterogeneity in malaria exposure and vaccine response: implications for the interpretation of vaccine efficacy trials

Michael T White, Jamie T Griffin, Chris J Drakeley, Azra C Ghani

Insecticide resistance status in Anopheles gambiae in southern Benin

Anges W Yadouleton, Gil Padonou, Alex Asidi, Nicolas Moiroux, Sahabi Bio-Banganna, Vincent Corbel, Raphael N'guessan, Dina Gbenou, Imorou Yacoubou, Kinde Gazard, Martin C Akogbeto

Evaluation of Interceptor long-lasting insecticidal nets in eight communities in Liberia

Kristin Banek, Albert Kilian, Richard Allan

Algorithms to predict cerebral malaria in murine models using the SHIRPA protocol

Yuri C Martins, Guilherme L Werneck, Leonardo J Carvalho, Beatriz PT Silva, Bruno G Andrade, Tadeu M Souza, Diogo O Souza, Cláudio T Daniel-Ribeiro

Engaging diverse communities participating in clinical trials: case examples from across Africa

Aceme Nyika, Roma Chilengi, Deus Ishengoma, Sally Mtenga, Mahamadou A Thera, Mahamadou S Sissoko, John Lusingu, Alfred B Tiono, Ogobara Doumbo, Sodiomon B Sirima, Martha Lemnge, Wen L Kilama

Polymorphisms in genes of interleukin 12 and its receptors and their association with protection against severe malarial anaemia in children in western Kenya

Lyna Zhang, Donald Prather, Jodi Vanden Eng, Sara Crawford, Simon Kariuki, Feiko ter Kuile, Dianne Terlouw, Bernard Nahlen, Altaf A Lal, Laurence Slutsker, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Ya Ping Shi

Testing the sensitivity and specificity of the fluorescence microscope (Cyscope®) for malaria diagnosis

Saad El-Din H Hassan, Somia I Okoued, Mahmoud A Mudathir, Elfatih M Malik

Active case detection, treatment of falciparum malaria with combined chloroquine and sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine and vivax malaria with chloroquine and molecular markers of anti-malarial resistance in the Republic of Vanuatu

Michael H Kinzer, Krisin Chand, Hasan Basri, Edith R Lederman, Augustina I Susanti, Iqbal Elyazar, George Taleo, William O Rogers, Michael J Bangs, Jason D Maguire

Structure, localization and histone binding properties of nuclear-associated nucleosome assembly protein from Plasmodium falciparum

Jasmita Gill, Anuj Kumar, Manickam Yogavel, Hassan Belrhali, SK Jain, Melanie Rug, Monica Brown, Alexander G Maier, Amit Sharma

Malaria knowledge and agricultural practices that promote mosquito breeding in two rural farming communities in Oyo State, Nigeria

Oladimeji Oladepo, Grace O Tona, Frederick O Oshiname, Musibau A Titiloye

Determining utility values related to malaria and malaria chemoprophylaxis

Anne E McCarthy, Doug Coyle

Community participation for malaria elimination in Tafea Province, Vanuatu: Part I. Maintaining motivation for prevention practices in the context of disappearing disease

Jo-An M Atkinson, Lisa Fitzgerald, Hilson Toaliu, George Taleo, Anna Tynan, Maxine Whittaker, Ian Riley, Andrew Vallely

Epitope mapping of PfCP-2.9, an asexual blood-stage vaccine candidate of Plasmodium falciparum

Changling Li, Rui Wang, Yuan Wu, Dongmei Zhang, Zhicheng He, Weiqing Pan

How can malaria rapid diagnostic tests achieve their potential? A qualitative study of a trial at health facilities in Ghana

Clare IR Chandler, Christopher JM Whitty, Evelyn K Ansah

Rural health centres, communities and malaria case detection in Zambia using mobile telephones: a means to detect potential reservoirs of infection in unstable transmission conditions

Aniset Kamanga, Petros Moono, Gillian Stresman, Sungano Mharakurwa, Clive Shiff

Randomized controlled trial of artesunate or artemether in Vietnamese adults with severe falciparum malaria

Nguyen H Phu, Phung Q Tuan, Nicholas Day, Nguyen TH Mai, Tran TH Chau, Ly V Chuong, Dinh X Sinh, Nicholas J White, Jeremy Farrar, Tran T Hien

School-based participatory health education for malaria control in Ghana: engaging children as health messengers

Irene Ayi, Daisuke Nonaka, Josiah K Adjovu, Shigeki Hanafusa, Masamine Jimba, Kwabena M Bosompem, Tetsuya Mizoue, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Daniel A Boakye, Jun Kobayashi

The relationship between reported fever and Plasmodium falciparum infection in African children

Emelda A Okiro, Robert W Snow

The kinetics of antibody binding to Plasmodium falciparum VAR2CSA PfEMP1 antigen and modelling of PfEMP1 antigen packing on the membrane knobs

Lars M Joergensen, Ali Salanti, Tina Dobrilovic, Lea Barfod, Tue Hassenkam, Thor G Theander, Lars Hviid, David E Arnot

Alpha-tocopherol transfer protein disruption confers resistance to malarial infection in mice

Maria S Herbas, Yoshiko Y Ueta, Chie Ichikawa, Mayumi Chiba, Kana Ishibashi, Mototada Shichiri, Shinya Fukumoto, Naoaki Yokoyama, Motohiro Takeya, Xuenan Xuan, Hiroyuki Arai, Hiroshi Suzuki

Costs and effects of two public sector delivery channels for long-lasting insecticidal nets in Uganda

Jan H Kolaczinski, Kate Kolaczinski, Daniel Kyabayinze, Daniel Strachan, Matilda Temperley, Nayantara Wijayanandana, Albert Kilian

Sustainable development of a GCP-compliant clinical trials platform in Africa: the Malaria Clinical Trials Alliance perspective

Bernhards R Ogutu, Rita Baiden, Diadier Diallo, Peter G Smith, Fred N Binka

Can treatment of malaria be restricted to parasitologically confirmed malaria? A school-based study in Benin in children with and without fever

Jean-François Faucher, Patrick Makoutode, Grace Abiou, Todoégnon Béhéton, Pascal Houzé, Edgard Ouendo, Sandrine Houzé, Philippe Deloron, Michel Cot

Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus chloroquine to treat vivax malaria in Afghanistan: an open randomized, non-inferiority, trial

Ghulam Rahim Awab, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Mallika Imwong, Arjen M Dondorp, Charles J Woodrow, Sue Jean Lee, Nicholas PJ Day, Pratap Singhasivanon, Nicholas J White, Faizullah Kaker

Anopheles culicifacies breeding in brackish waters in Sri Lanka and implications for malaria control

Pavilupillai J Jude, Sangaralingam Dharshini, Muthuladchumy Vinobaba, Sinnathamby N Surendran, Ranjan Ramasamy

Comparison of anaemia and parasitaemia as indicators of malaria control in household and EPI-health facility surveys in Malawi

Don P Mathanga, Carl H Campbell Jr, Jodi Vanden Eng, Adam Wolkon, Rachel N Bronzan, Grace J Malenga, Doreen Ali, Meghna Desai

Sub-microscopic malaria cases and mixed malaria infection in a remote area of high malaria endemicity in Rattanakiri province, Cambodia: implication for malaria elimination

Nicolas Steenkeste, William O Rogers, Lucy Okell, Isabelle Jeanne, Sandra Incardona, Linda Duval, Sophy Chy, Sean Hewitt, Monidarin Chou, Duong Socheat, François-Xavier Babin, Frédéric Ariey, Christophe Rogier

Assessing the quality of service of village malaria workers to strengthen community-based malaria control in Cambodia

Junko Yasuoka, Krishna C Poudel, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Chea Nguon, Po Ly, Duong Socheat, Masamine Jimba

Alterations in urine, serum and brain metabolomic profiles exhibit sexual dimorphism during malaria disease progression

Angika Basant, Mayuri Rege, Shobhona Sharma, Haripalsingh M Sonawat

Predicting and mapping malaria under climate change scenarios: the potential redistribution of malaria vectors in Africa

Henri EZ Tonnang, Richard YM Kangalawe, Pius Z Yanda

Genetic structure of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in the Bannu district of Pakistan

Lubna Khatoon, Frederick N Baliraine, Mariangela Bonizzoni, Salman A Malik, Guiyun Yan

Field efficacy of a new mosaic long-lasting mosquito net (PermaNet® 3.0) against pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors: a multi centre study in Western and Central Africa

Vincent Corbel, Joseph Chabi, Roch K Dabiré, Josiane Etang, Philippe Nwane, Olivier Pigeon, Martin Akogbeto, Jean-Marc Hougard

Bayesian modelling of the effect of climate on malaria in Burundi

Hermenegilde Nkurunziza, Albrecht Gebhardt, Jürgen Pilz

Malaria in Brazil: an overview

Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira, Marcus VG Lacerda, Patrícia Brasil, José LB Ladislau, Pedro L Tauil, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro

Parameterization of high magnetic field gradient fractionation columns for applications with Plasmodium falciparum infected human erythrocytes

Stephan Karl, Timothy ME Davis, Tim G St Pierre

Towards a precise test for malaria diagnosis in the Brazilian Amazon: comparison among field microscopy, a rapid diagnostic test, nested PCR, and a computational expert system based on artificial neural networks

Bruno B Andrade, Antonio Reis-Filho, Austeclino M Barros, Sebastião M Souza-Neto, Lucas L Nogueira, Kiyoshi F Fukutani, Erney P Camargo, Luís MA Camargo, Aldina Barral, Ângelo Duarte, Manoel Barral-Netto

Beneficial effect of aurothiomalate on murine malaria

Ioana Alesutan, Diwakar Bobbala, Syed M Qadri, Adriana Estremera, Michael Föller, Florian Lang

Candidate malaria susceptibility/protective SNPs in hospital and population-based studies: the effect of sub-structuring

Nahid A Eid, Aymen A Hussein, Abier M Elzein, Hiba S Mohamed, Kirk A Rockett, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Muntaser E Ibrahim

Spatial prediction of malaria prevalence in an endemic area of Bangladesh

Ubydul Haque, Ricardo J Soares Magalhães, Heidi L Reid, Archie CA Clements, Syed Masud Ahmed, Akramul Islam, Taro Yamamoto, Rashidul Haque, Gregory E Glass

Effect of training on the use of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets on the burden of malaria among vulnerable groups, south-west Ethiopia: baseline results of a cluster randomized trial

Amare Deribew, Fessehaye Alemseged, Zewdie Birhanu, Lelisa Sena, Ayalew Tegegn, Ahmed Zeynudin, Tariku Dejene, Morankar Sudhakar, Nasir Abdo, Fasil Tessema

Using the entomological inoculation rate to assess the impact of vector control on malaria parasite transmission and elimination

Ayesha M Shaukat, Joel G Breman, F Ellis McKenzie

Understanding caretakers' dilemma in deciding whether or not to adhere with referral advice after pre-referral treatment with rectal artesunate

Daudi O Simba, Deodatus C Kakoko, Marian Warsame, Zul Premji, Melba F Gomes, Goran Tomson, Eva Johansson

In vitro and in vivo anti-malarial activity of Boerhavia elegans and Solanum surattense

Ali Ramazani, Sedigheh Zakeri, Soroush Sardari, Nastaran Khodakarim, Navid Dinparas Djadidt

Towards malaria risk prediction in Afghanistan using remote sensing

Farida Adimi, Radina P Soebiyanto, Najibullah Safi, Richard Kiang

A nuclear targeting system in Plasmodium falciparum

Kanjana Wittayacom, Chairat Uthaipibull, Krittikorn Kumpornsin, Ruchanok Tinikul, Theerarat Kochakarn, Pucharee Songprakhon, Thanat Chookajorn

Complete mtDNA genomes of Anopheles darlingi and an approach to anopheline divergence time

Marta Moreno, Osvaldo Marinotti, Jaroslaw Krzywinski, Wanderli P Tadei, Anthony A James, Nicole L Achee, Jan E Conn

Perspectives of people in Mali toward genetically-modified mosquitoes for malaria control

John M Marshall, Mahamoudou B Touré, Mohamed M Traore, Shannon Famenini, Charles E Taylor

Global sequence variation in the histidine-rich proteins 2 and 3 of Plasmodium falciparum: implications for the performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests

Joanne Baker, Mei-Fong Ho, Anita Pelecanos, Michelle Gatton, Nanhua Chen, Salim Abdullah, Audrey Albertini, Frederic Ariey, John Barnwell, David Bell, Jane Cunningham, Djibrine Djalle, Diego F Echeverry, Dionicia Gamboa, Jeffery Hii, Myat Phone Kyaw, Jennifer Luchavez, Christopher Membi, Didier Menard, Claribel Murillo, Sina Nhem, Bernhards Ogutu, Pamela Onyor, Wellington Oyibo, Shan Qing Wang, James McCarthy, Qin Cheng

Alterations in early cytokine-mediated immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum infection in Tanzanian children with mineral element deficiencies: a cross-sectional survey

Erasto V Mbugi, Marjolein Meijerink, Jacobien Veenemans, Prescilla V Jeurink, Matthew McCall, Raimos M Olomi, John F Shao, Hans Verhoef, Huub FJ Savelkoul

Genetic polymorphism of merozoite surface protein-1 and merozoite surface protein-2 in Plasmodium falciparum field isolates from Myanmar

Jung-Mi Kang, Sung-Ung Moon, Jung-Yeon Kim, Shin-Hyeong Cho, Khin Lin, Woon-Mok Sohn, Tong-Soo Kim, Byoung-Kuk Na

Interpreting malaria age-prevalence and incidence curves: a simulation study of the effects of different types of heterogeneity

Amanda Ross, Thomas Smith

Assessing bed net use and non-use after long-lasting insecticidal net distribution: a simple framework to guide programmatic strategies

Jodi L Vanden Eng, Julie Thwing, Adam Wolkon, Manisha A Kulkarni, Ayub Manya, Marcy Erskine, Allen Hightower, Laurence Slutsker

Rapid identification of chloroquine and atovaquone drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum using high-resolution melt polymerase chain reaction

Linda Seo Hwee Gan, Jin Phang Loh

Plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi malaria parasites can develop stable resistance to atovaquone with a mutation in the cytochrome b gene

Ana Afonso, Zoraima Neto, Helena Castro, Dinora Lopes, Ana C Alves, Ana M Tomás, Virgílio D Rosário

Revisiting the circulation time of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes: molecular detection methods to estimate the duration of gametocyte carriage and the effect of gametocytocidal drugs

Teun Bousema, Lucy Okell, Seif Shekalaghe, Jamie T Griffin, Sabah Omar, Patrick Sawa, Colin Sutherland, Robert Sauerwein, Azra C Ghani, Chris Drakeley

Opportunities and obstacles to the elimination of malaria from Peninsular Malaysia: knowledge, attitudes and practices on malaria among aboriginal and rural communities

Abdulelah H Al-Adhroey, Zurainee M Nor, Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi, Rohela Mahmud

Limited variation in vaccine candidate Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-6 over multiple transmission seasons

Aaron T Neal, Stephen J Jordan, Ana L Oliveira, Jean N Hernandez, OraLee H Branch, Julian C Rayner

Atorvastatin as a potential anti-malarial drug: in vitro synergy in combinational therapy with quinine against Plasmodium falciparum

Véronique Parquet, Maud Henry, Nathalie Wurtz, Jerome Dormoi, Sébastien Briolant, Marine Gil, Eric Baret, Rémy Amalvict, Christophe Rogier, Bruno Pradines

Hyponatraemia in imported malaria is common and associated with disease severity

Marlies E van Wolfswinkel, Dennis A Hesselink, Robert Zietse, Ewout J Hoorn, Perry JJ van Genderen

Plasmodium falciparum proteome changes in response to doxycycline treatment

Sébastien Briolant, Lionel Almeras, Maya Belghazi, Elodie Boucomont-Chapeaublanc, Nathalie Wurtz, Albin Fontaine, Samuel Granjeaud, Thierry Fusaï, Christophe Rogier, Bruno Pradines

The potential of a new larviciding method for the control of malaria vectors

Gregor J Devine, Gerry F Killeen

The impact of human reservoir of malaria at a community-level on individual malaria occurrence in a low malaria transmission setting along the Thai-Myanmar border

Saranath Lawpoolsri, Irwin F Chavez, Surapon Yimsamran, Supalap Puangsa-art, Nipon Thanyavanich, Wanchai Maneeboonyang, Wuthichai Chaimungkun, Pratap Singhasivanon, James H Maguire, Laura L Hungerford

Barriers to prompt and effective malaria treatment among the poorest population in Kenya

Jane Chuma, Vincent Okungu, Catherine Molyneux

Comparison of Plasmodium berghei challenge models for the evaluation of pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccines and their effect on perceived vaccine efficacy

Wolfgang W Leitner, Elke S Bergmann-Leitner, Evelina Angov

Presence of two alternative kdr-like mutations, L1014F and L1014S, and a novel mutation, V1010L, in the voltage gated Na+ channel of Anopheles culicifacies from Orissa, India

Om P Singh, Cherry L Dykes, Manoj K Das, Sabyasachi Pradhan, Rajendra M Bhatt, Om P Agrawal, Tridibes Adak

Identification of a major rif transcript common to gametocytes and sporozoites of Plasmodium falciparum

Christian W Wang, Steven B Mwakalinga, Colin J Sutherland, Samana Schwank, Sarah Sharp, Cornelus C Hermsen, Robert W Sauerwein, Thor G Theander, Thomas Lavstsen

A situational analysis of pharmacovigilance plans in the Global Fund Malaria and U.S. President's Malaria Initiative proposals

Andy Stergachis, Rebecca JK Bartlein, Alexander Dodoo, Jude Nwokike, S Patrick Kachur

The economic costs of malaria in four Kenyan districts: do household costs differ by disease endemicity?

Jane Chuma, Vincent Okungu, Catherine Molyneux

Baseline spatial distribution of malaria prior to an elimination programme in Vanuatu

Heidi Reid, Andrew Vallely, George Taleo, Andrew J Tatem, Gerard Kelly, Ian Riley, Ivor Harris, Iata Henri, Sam Iamaher, Archie CA Clements

Multilocus genotyping reveals high heterogeneity and strong local population structure of the Plasmodium vivax population in the Peruvian Amazon

Peter Van den Eede, Gert Van der Auwera, Christopher Delgado, Tine Huyse, Veronica E Soto-Calle, Dionicia Gamboa, Tanilu Grande, Hugo Rodriguez, Alejandro Llanos, Jozef Anné, Annette Erhart, Umberto D'Alessandro

Development of fluorescent Plasmodium falciparum for in vitro growth inhibition assays

Danny W Wilson, Brendan S Crabb, James G Beeson

Use of HRP-2-based rapid diagnostic test for Plasmodium falciparum malaria: assessing accuracy and cost-effectiveness in the villages of Dielmo and Ndiop, Senegal

Alioune Badara Ly, Adama Tall, Robert Perry, Laurence Baril, Abdoulaye Badiane, Joseph Faye, Christophe Rogier, Aissatou Touré, Cheikh Sokhna, Jean-François Trape, Rémy Michel

Field evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test (Parascreen™) for malaria diagnosis in the Peruvian Amazon

Jorge Bendezu, Angel Rosas, Tanilu Grande, Hugo Rodriguez, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Jorge Escobedo, Dionicia Gamboa

Cerebral malaria: insights from host-parasite protein-protein interactions

Aditya Rao, Mayil K Kumar, Thomas Joseph, Gopalakrishnan Bulusu

Progress and challenges to control malaria in a remote area of Chittagong hill tracts, Bangladesh

Ubydul Haque, Masahiro Hashizume, Toshihiko Sunahara, Shahed Hossain, Syed Masud Ahmed, Rashidul Haque, Taro Yamamoto, Gregory E Glass

Anti-malarial drug quality in Lagos and Accra - a comparison of various quality assessments

Roger Bate, Kimberly Hess

Cloning, expression and transmission-blocking activity of anti-PvWARP, malaria vaccine candidate, in Anopheles stephensi mysorensis

Saber Gholizadeh, Hamid Reza Basseri, Sedigheh Zakeri, Hossein Ladoni, Navid Dinparast Djadid

Murine malaria is associated with significant hearing impairment

Joachim Schmutzhard, Christian H Kositz, Peter Lackner, Anelia Dietmann, Marlene Fischer, Rudolf Glueckert, Markus Reindl, Kurt Stephan, Herbert Riechelmann, Annelies Schrott-Fischer, Erich Schmutzhard

Identification of three single nucleotide polymorphisms in Anopheles gambiae immune signaling genes that are associated with natural Plasmodium falciparum infection

Ashley A Horton, Yoosook Lee, Cheick A Coulibaly, Vanessa K Rashbrook, Anthony J Cornel, Gregory C Lanzaro, Shirley Luckhart

Population genetic structure of the malaria vector Anopheles nili in sub-Saharan Africa

Cyrille Ndo, Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio, Anna Cohuet, Diego Ayala, Pierre Kengne, Isabelle Morlais, Parfait H Awono-Ambene, Daniel Couret, Pierre Ngassam, Didier Fontenille, Frédéric Simard

Effect of nutrient deficiencies on in vitro Th1 and Th2 cytokine response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to Plasmodium falciparum infection

Erasto V Mbugi, Marjolein Meijerink, Jacobien Veenemans, Prescilla V Jeurink, Matthew McCall, Raimos M Olomi, John F Shao, Jaffu O Chilongola, Hans Verhoef, Huub FJ Savelkoul

Improvements in access to malaria treatment in Tanzania following community, retail sector and health facility interventions -- a user perspective

Sandra Alba, Angel Dillip, Manuel W Hetzel, Iddy Mayumana, Christopher Mshana, Ahmed Makemba, Mathew Alexander, Brigit Obrist, Alexander Schulze, Flora Kessy, Hassan Mshinda, Christian Lengeler

Improvements in access to malaria treatment in Tanzania after switch to artemisinin combination therapy and the introduction of accredited drug dispensing outlets - a provider perspective

Sandra Alba, Manuel W Hetzel, Catherine Goodman, Angel Dillip, Jafari Liana, Hassan Mshinda, Christian Lengeler

Plasmodium falciparum population dynamics in a cohort of pregnant women in Senegal

Juliette Guitard, Pernille Andersen, Caroline Ermont, Sédami Gnidehou, Nadine Fievet, Ole Lund, Philippe Deloron, Nicaise Tuikue Ndam

Model variations in predicting incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria using 1998-2007 morbidity and meteorological data from south Ethiopia

Eskindir Loha, Bernt Lindtjørn

Distribution of ace-1 R and resistance to carbamates and organophosphates in Anopheles gambiae s.s. populations from Côte d'Ivoire

Ludovic P Ahoua Alou, Alphonsine A Koffi, Maurice A Adja, Emmanuel Tia, Philippe K Kouassi, Moussa Koné, Fabrice Chandre

Pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles gambiae leads to increased susceptibility to the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana

Annabel FV Howard, Constantianus JM Koenraadt, Marit Farenhorst, Bart GJ Knols, Willem Takken

Using serological measures to monitor changes in malaria transmission in Vanuatu

Jackie Cook, Heidi Reid, Jennifer Iavro, Melissa Kuwahata, George Taleo, Archie Clements, James McCarthy, Andrew Vallely, Chris Drakeley

New synchronization method for Plasmodium falciparum

Lisa C Ranford-Cartwright, Abhinav Sinha, Georgina S Humphreys, Jonathan M Mwangi

Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test (CareStart™ Malaria HRP-2/pLDH (Pf/pan) Combo Test) for the diagnosis of malaria in a reference setting

Jessica Maltha, Philippe Gillet, Emmanuel Bottieau, Lieselotte Cnops, Marjan van Esbroeck, Jan Jacobs

The spatial-temporal clustering of Plasmodium falciparum infection over eleven years in Gezira State, The Sudan

Samia E Mirghani, Bakri YM Nour, Sayed M Bushra, Ibrahim M Elhassan, Robert W Snow, Abdisalan M Noor

System effectiveness of a targeted free mass distribution of long lasting insecticidal nets in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Netta Beer, Abdullah S Ali, Don de Savigny, Abdul-wahiyd H Al-mafazy, Mahdi Ramsan, Ali K Abass, Rahila S Omari, Anders Björkman, Karin Källander

Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Angola show the StctVMNT haplotype in the pfcrt gene

Bianca E Gama, Guilhermina AL Pereira-Carvalho, Florbela JI Lutucuta Kosi, Natália K Almeida de Oliveira, Filomeno Fortes, Philip J Rosenthal, Cláudio T Daniel-Ribeiro, Maria de Fátima Ferreira-da-Cruz

Lack of allele-specific efficacy of a bivalent AMA1 malaria vaccine

Amed Ouattara, Jianbing Mu, Shannon Takala-Harrison, Renion Saye, Issaka Sagara, Alassane Dicko, Amadou Niangaly, Junhui Duan, Ruth D Ellis, Louis H Miller, Xin-zhuan Su, Christopher V Plowe, Ogobara K Doumbo

Sleeping arrangement and house structure affect bed net use in villages along Lake Victoria

Hanako Iwashita, Gabriel Dida, Kyoko Futami, George Sonye, Satoshi Kaneko, Masahiro Horio, Hitoshi Kawada, Yoshihide Maekawa, Yoshiki Aoki, Noboru Minakawa

Effect of trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole on the risk of malaria in HIV-infected Ugandan children living in an area of widespread antifolate resistance

Anne F Gasasira, Moses R Kamya, Edwin O Ochong, Neil Vora, Jane Achan, Edwin Charlebois, Theodore Ruel, Fredrick Kateera, Denise N Meya, Diane Havlir, Philip J Rosenthal, Grant Dorsey

Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite genotypes: a limited variation or new subspecies with major biological consequences?

Wanessa C Souza-Neiras, Luciane M Storti-Melo, Gustavo C Cassiano, Vanja SCA Couto, Álvaro ARA Couto, Irene S Soares, Luzia H Carvalho, Maristela G Cunha, Marinete M Póvoa, Socrates Herrera, Myriam A Herrera, Andrea RB Rossit, Claudia MA Carareto, Ricardo LD Machado

Reduced susceptibility to selected synthetic pyrethroids in urban malaria vector Anopheles stephensi: a case study in Mangalore city, South India

Satyanarayan Tiwari, Susanta K Ghosh, Vijay P Ojha, Aditya P Dash, Kamaraju Raghavendra

Prescribing practice for malaria following introduction of artemether-lumefantrine in an urban area with declining endemicity in West Africa

Joseph U Okebe, Brigitte Walther, Kawsu Bojang, Silaba Drammeh, David Schellenberg, David J Conway, Michael Walther

Monitoring for Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance to artemisinin and artesunate in Binh Phuoc Province, Vietnam: 1998-2009

Ngo V Thanh, Tran Q Toan, Alan F Cowman, Gerard J Casey, Bui Q Phuc, Nong T Tien, Nguyen M Hung, Beverley-Ann Biggs

WHO policy development processes for a new vaccine: case study of malaria vaccines

Julie Milstien, Vicky Cárdenas, James Cheyne, Alan Brooks

Bed net ownership in Kenya: the impact of 3.4 million free bed nets

Allen Hightower, Rebecca Kiptui, Ayub Manya, Adam Wolkon, Jodi Leigh Vanden Eng, Mary Hamel, Abdisalan Noor, Shahnaz K Sharif, Robert Buluma, John Vulule, Kayla Laserson, Laurence Slutsker, Willis Akhwale

Geographical origin of Plasmodium vivax in the Republic of Korea: haplotype network analysis based on the parasite's mitochondrial genome

Moritoshi Iwagami, Seung-Young Hwang, Megumi Fukumoto, Toshiyuki Hayakawa, Kazuyuki Tanabe, So-Hee Kim, Weon-Gyu Kho, Shigeyuki Kano

Spatiotemporal distribution of malaria and the association between its epidemic and climate factors in Hainan, China

Dan Xiao, Yong Long, Shanqing Wang, Liqun Fang, Dezhong Xu, Guangze Wang, Lang Li, Wuchun Cao, Yongping Yan

Effect of incentives on insecticide-treated bed net use in sub-Saharan Africa: a cluster randomized trial in Madagascar

Paul J Krezanoski, Alison B Comfort, Davidson H Hamer

Impact of promoting longer-lasting insecticide treatment of bed nets upon malaria transmission in a rural Tanzanian setting with pre-existing high coverage of untreated nets

Tanya L Russell, Dickson W Lwetoijera, Deodatus Maliti, Beatrice Chipwaza, Japhet Kihonda, J Derek Charlwood, Thomas A Smith, Christian Lengeler, Mathew A Mwanyangala, Rose Nathan, Bart GJ Knols, Willem Takken, Gerry F Killeen

Treatment choices for fevers in children under-five years in a rural Ghanaian district

Justice Nonvignon, Moses KS Aikins, Margaret A Chinbuah, Mercy Abbey, Margaret Gyapong, Bertha NA Garshong, Saviour Fia, John O Gyapong

Plasmodium falciparum PfA-M1 aminopeptidase is trafficked via the parasitophorous vacuole and marginally delivered to the food vacuole

Omid Azimzadeh, Cissé Sow, Marc Gèze, Julius Nyalwidhe, Isabelle Florent

Drug coverage in treatment of malaria and the consequences for resistance evolution - evidence from the use of sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine

Allen L Malisa, Richard J Pearce, Salim Abdulla, Hassan Mshinda, Patrick S Kachur, Peter Bloland, Cally Roper

Field and laboratory comparative evaluation of rapid malaria diagnostic tests versus traditional and molecular techniques in India

Neeru Singh, Man M Shukla, Mohan K Shukla, Rajiv K Mehra, Shweta Sharma, Praveen K Bharti, Mrigendra P Singh, Ajay Singh, Arunachalam Gunasekar

Accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test on the diagnosis of malaria infection and of malaria - attributable fever during low and high transmission season in Burkina Faso

Zeno Bisoffi, Sodiomon B Sirima, Joris Menten, Cristian Pattaro, Andrea Angheben, Federico Gobbi, Halidou Tinto, Claudia Lodesani, Bouma Neya, Maria Gobbo, Jef Van den Ende

Biochemical basis of permethrin resistance in Anopheles arabiensis from Lower Moshi, north-eastern Tanzania

Johnson Matowo, Manisha A Kulkarni, Franklin W Mosha, Richard M Oxborough, Jovin A Kitau, Filemoni Tenu, Mark Rowland

An improved method for the in vitro differentiation of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes into ookinetes

Anil K Ghosh, Rhoel R Dinglasan, Hiromi Ikadai, Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena

Prevalence of Plasmodium vivax VK210 and VK247 subtype in Myanmar

Tong-Soo Kim, Hyung-Hwan Kim, Sun-Sim Lee, Byoung-Kuk Na, Khin Lin, Shin-Hyeong Cho, Yoon-Joong Kang, Do-Kyung Kim, Youngjoo Sohn, Hyuck Kim, Hyeong-Woo Lee

Relevant microclimate for determining the development rate of malaria mosquitoes and possible implications of climate change

Krijn P Paaijmans, Susan S Imbahale, Matthew B Thomas, Willem Takken

Analysis of innate defences against Plasmodium falciparum in immunodeficient mice

Ludovic Arnold, Rajeev Kumar Tyagi, Pedro Mejia, Nico Van Rooijen, Jean-Louis Pérignon, Pierre Druilhe

Malaria rapid diagnostic tests: Plasmodium falciparum infections with high parasite densities may generate false positive Plasmodium vivax pLDH lines

Jessica Maltha, Philippe Gillet, Lieselotte Cnops, Jef van den Ende, Marjan van Esbroeck, Jan Jacobs

Impact of mass distribution of free long-lasting insecticidal nets on childhood malaria morbidity: The Togo National Integrated Child Health Campaign

Dianne J Terlouw, Kodjo Morgah, Adam Wolkon, Aboudou Dare, Ameyo Dorkenoo, M James Eliades, Jodi Vanden Eng, Yao K Sodahlon, Feiko O ter Kuile, William A Hawley

Use of RDTs to improve malaria diagnosis and fever case management at primary health care facilities in Uganda

Daniel J Kyabayinze, Caroline Asiimwe, Damalie Nakanjako, Jane Nabakooza, Helen Counihan, James K Tibenderana

Principal component analysis of socioeconomic factors and their association with malaria in children from the Ashanti Region, Ghana

Anne Caroline Krefis, Norbert Georg Schwarz, Bernard Nkrumah, Samuel Acquah, Wibke Loag, Nimako Sarpong, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Ulrich Ranft, Jürgen May

CRIMALDDI: a co-ordinated, rational, and integrated effort to set logical priorities in anti-malarial drug discovery initiatives

Ian C Boulton, Solomon Nwaka, Ian Bathurst, Michael Lanzer, Donatella Taramelli, Henri Vial, Christian Doerig, Kelly Chibale, Steve A Ward

Community acceptability of use of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria by community health workers in Uganda

David Mukanga, James K Tibenderana, Juliet Kiguli, George W Pariyo, Peter Waiswa, Francis Bajunirwe, Brian Mutamba, Helen Counihan, Godfrey Ojiambo, Karin Kallander

Bendiocarb, a potential alternative against pyrethroid resistant Anopheles gambiae in Benin, West Africa

Martin C Akogbéto, Gil Germain Padonou, Dina Gbénou, Seth Irish, Anges Yadouleton

Experience of safety monitoring in the context of a prospective observational study of artemether-lumefantrine in rural Tanzania: lessons learned for pharmacovigilance reporting

Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, Nathan Mulure, Christopher Migoha, Aggrey Malila, Christian Lengeler, Raymond Schlienger, Blaise Genton

Evaluation of medication adherence methods in the treatment of malaria in Rwandan infants

Marc Twagirumukiza, Pierre Claver Kayumba, Jan G Kips, Bernard Vrijens, Robert Vander Stichele, Chris Vervaet, Jean Paul Remon, M Luc Van Bortel

Laboratory evaluation on the sensitivity and specificity of a novel and rapid detection method for malaria diagnosis based on magneto-optical technology (MOT)

Petra F Mens, Raphael J Matelon, Bakri YM Nour, Dave M Newman, Henk DFH Schallig

Ellagitannins of the fruit rind of pomegranate (Punica granatum) antagonize in vitro the host inflammatory response mechanisms involved in the onset of malaria

Mario Dell'Agli, Germana V Galli, Michela Bulgari, Nicoletta Basilico, Sergio Romeo, Deepak Bhattacharya, Donatella Taramelli, Enrica Bosisio

Comparative field performance and adherence to test results of four malaria rapid diagnostic tests among febrile patients more than five years of age in Blantyre, Malawi

Jobiba Chinkhumba, Jacek Skarbinski, Ben Chilima, Carl Campbell, Victoria Ewing, Miguel San Joaquin, John Sande, Doreen Ali, Don Mathanga

Successful field trial of attractive toxic sugar bait (ATSB) plant-spraying methods against malaria vectors in the Anopheles gambiae complex in Mali, West Africa

Günter C Müller, John C Beier, Sekou F Traore, Mahamoudou B Toure, Mohamed M Traore, Sekou Bah, Seydou Doumbia, Yosef Schlein

Which family members use the best nets? An analysis of the condition of mosquito nets and their distribution within households in Tanzania

Angela Tsuang, Jo Lines, Kara Hanson

The pharmaceutical death-ride of dihydroartemisinin

Frans Herwig Jansen

How absolute is zero? An evaluation of historical and current definitions of malaria elimination

Justin M Cohen, Bruno Moonen, Robert W Snow, David L Smith

Pill characterization data streams for reducing exposure to inadequately identified anti-malarial medication in developing countries

Peter Pennefather, Aria Ilyad Ahmad, Ian Crandall, West Suhanic

Buffer substitution in malaria rapid diagnostic tests causes false-positive results

Philippe Gillet, Marcella Mori, Jef Van den Ende, Jan Jacobs

A progressive declining in the burden of malaria in north-eastern Tanzania

Bruno P Mmbando, Lasse S Vestergaard, Andrew Y Kitua, Martha M Lemnge, Thor G Theander, John PA Lusingu

Prospective strategies to delay the evolution of anti-malarial drug resistance: weighing the uncertainty

David L Smith, Eili Y Klein, F Ellis McKenzie, Ramanan Laxminarayan

Malaria on isolated Melanesian islands prior to the initiation of malaria elimination activities

First case of detection of Plasmodium knowlesi in Spain by Real Time PCR in a traveller from Southeast Asia

Thuy-Huong Ta Tang, Ana Salas, Marwa Ali-Tammam, María del Carmen Martínez, Marta Lanza, Eduardo Arroyo, Jose Miguel Rubio

Plasmodium falciparum parasites causing cerebral malaria share variant surface antigens, but are they specific?

Nabila Kheliouen, Firmine Viwami, Francis Lalya, Nicaise Tuikue-Ndam, Else C Eboumbou Moukoko, Christophe Rogier, Philippe Deloron, Agnès Aubouy

Malaria resurgence risk in southern Europe: climate assessment in an historically endemic area of rice fields at the Mediterranean shore of Spain

Sandra Sainz-Elipe, Jose Manuel Latorre, Raul Escosa, Montserrat Masià, Marius Vicent Fuentes, Santiago Mas-Coma, Maria Dolores Bargues

Ownership and usage of insecticide-treated bed nets after free distribution via a voucher system in two provinces of Mozambique

Alexandre Macedo de Oliveira, Adam Wolkon, Ramesh Krishnamurthy, Marcy Erskine, Dana P Crenshaw, Jacquelin Roberts, Francisco Saúte

Population screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiencies in Isabel Province, Solomon Islands, using a modified enzyme assay on filter paper dried bloodspots

Melissa Kuwahata, Rushika Wijesinghe, Mei-Fong Ho, Anita Pelecanos, Albino Bobogare, Losi Landry, Hugo Bugora, Andrew Vallely, James McCarthy

What would PCR assessment change in the management of fevers in a malaria endemic area? A school-based study in Benin in children with and without fever

Jean-François Faucher, Agnès Aubouy, Todoégnon Béhéton, Patrick Makoutode, Grace Abiou, Justin Doritchamou, Pascal Houzé, Edgard Ouendo, Philippe Deloron, Michel Cot

Effects of larval growth condition and water availability on desiccation resistance and its physiological basis in adult Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto

Fred Aboagye-Antwi, Frédéric Tripet

Different mutation patterns of Plasmodium falciparum among patients in Jimma University Hospital, Ethiopia

Teferi Eshetu, Nicole Berens-Riha, Sintayehu Fekadu, Zelalem Tadesse, Robert Gürkov, Michael Hölscher, Thomas Löscher, Isabel Barreto Miranda

Artemisone effective against murine cerebral malaria

Judith H Waknine-Grinberg, Nicholas Hunt, Annael Bentura-Marciano, James A McQuillan, Ho-Wai Chan, Wing-Chi Chan, Yechezkel Barenholz, Richard K Haynes, Jacob Golenser

Anopheles larval abundance and diversity in three rice agro-village complexes Mwea irrigation scheme, central Kenya

Joseph M Mwangangi, Josephat Shililu, Ephantus J Muturi, Simon Muriu, Benjamin Jacob, Ephantus W Kabiru, Charles M Mbogo, John Githure, Robert J Novak

Immunoglobulin GM 3 23 5,13,14 phenotype is strongly associated with IgG1 antibody responses to Plasmodium vivax vaccine candidate antigens PvMSP1-19 and PvAMA-1

Janardan P Pandey, Cristiane G Morais, Cor JF Fontes, Erika M Braga

IDOMAL: an ontology for malaria

Pantelis Topalis, Elvira Mitraka, Ioana Bujila, Elena Deligianni, Emmanuel Dialynas, Inga Siden-Kiamos, Marita Troye-Blomberg, Christos Louis

Malaria risk in Corsica, former hot spot of malaria in France

Céline Toty, Hélène Barré, Gilbert Le Goff, Isabelle Larget-Thiéry, Nil Rahola, Daniel Couret, Didier Fontenille

Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children - overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria

Vera A Essuman, Christine T Ntim-Amponsah, Birgitte S Astrup, George O Adjei, Jorgen AL Kurtzhals, Thomas A Ndanu, Bamenla Goka

Combined measurement of soluble and cellular ICAM-1 among children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Uganda

Christine M Cserti-Gazdewich, Walter H Dzik, Laura Erdman, Isaac Ssewanyana, Aggrey Dhabangi, Charles Musoke, Kevin C Kain

Detectability of Plasmodium falciparum clones

Michael T Bretscher, Francesca Valsangiacomo, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Melissa A Penny, Ingrid Felger, Tom Smith

Poverty and fever vulnerability in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis

Oyindamola B Yusuf, Babatunde W Adeoye, Oladimeji O Oladepo, David H Peters, David Bishai

Chaperone expression profiles correlate with distinct physiological states of Plasmodium falciparum in malaria patients

Rani Pallavi, Pragyan Acharya, Syama Chandran, Johanna P Daily, Utpal Tatu

Application of mobile-technology for disease and treatment monitoring of malaria in the "Better Border Healthcare Programme"

Pongthep Meankaew, Jaranit Kaewkungwal, Amnat Khamsiriwatchara, Podjadeach Khunthong, Pratap Singhasivanon, Wichai Satimai

Clinical and parasitological response to oral chloroquine and primaquine in uncomplicated human Plasmodium knowlesi infections

Cyrus Daneshvar, Timothy ME Davis, Janet Cox-Singh, Mohammad Z Rafa'ee, Siti K Zakaria, Paul CS Divis, Balbir Singh

Arm-in-cage testing of natural human-derived mosquito repellents

James G Logan, Nina M Stanczyk, Ahmed Hassanali, Joshua Kemei, Antônio EG Santana, Karlos AL Ribeiro, John A Pickett, A Jennifer Mordue (Luntz)

Reduction in the proportion of fevers associated with Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in Africa: a systematic review

Valérie D'Acremont, Christian Lengeler, Blaise Genton

Identification and localization of minimal MHC-restricted CD8+ T cell epitopes within the Plasmodium falciparum AMA1 protein

Martha Sedegah, Yohan Kim, Bjoern Peters, Shannon McGrath, Harini Ganeshan, Jennylynn Lejano, Esteban Abot, Glenna Banania, Maria Belmonte, Renato Sayo, Fouzia Farooq, Denise L Doolan, David Regis, Cindy Tamminga, Ilin Chuang, Joseph T Bruder, C Richter King, Christian F Ockenhouse, Bart Faber, Edmond Remarque, Michael R Hollingdale, Thomas L Richie, Alessandro Sette

Relationships between anopheline mosquitoes and topography in West Timor and Java, Indonesia

Ermi Ndoen, Clyde Wild, Pat Dale, Neil Sipe, Mike Dale

Hydric stress-dependent effects of Plasmodium falciparum infection on the survival of wild-caught Anopheles gambiae female mosquitoes

Fred Aboagye-Antwi, Amadou Guindo, Amadou S Traoré, Hilary Hurd, Mamadou Coulibaly, Sékou Traoré, Frédéric Tripet

Multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infection following intermittent preventive treatment in infants

Ulrike Buchholz, Robin Kobbe, Ina Danquah, Philipp Zanger, Klaus Reither, Harry H Abruquah, Martin P Grobusch, Peter Ziniel, Jürgen May, Frank P Mockenhaupt

Investigating portable fluorescent microscopy (CyScope®) as an alternative rapid diagnostic test for malaria in children and women of child-bearing age

José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, David Oguttu, Moses Adriko, Fred Besigye, Andrina Nankasi, Moses Arinaitwe, Annet Namukuta, Martha Betson, Narcis B Kabatereine, J Russell Stothard

Tools for delivering entomopathogenic fungi to malaria mosquitoes: effects of delivery surfaces on fungal efficacy and persistence

Ladslaus L Mnyone, Matthew J Kirby, Dickson W Lwetoijera, Monica W Mpingwa, Emmanuel T Simfukwe, Bart GJ Knols, Willem Takken, Tanya L Russell

Anti-folate drug resistance in Africa: meta-analysis of reported dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) and dihydropteroate synthase (dhps) mutant genotype frequencies in African Plasmodium falciparum parasite populations

Sankar Sridaran, Shannon K McClintock, Luke M Syphard, Karen M Herman, John W Barnwell, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar

Wash durability and optimal drying regimen of four brands of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets after repeated washing under tropical conditions

Francis K Atieli, Stephen O Munga, Ayub V Ofulla, John M Vulule

Safety of artemether-lumefantrine in pregnant women with malaria: results of a prospective cohort study in Zambia

Christine Manyando, Rhoda Mkandawire, Lwipa Puma, Moses Sinkala, Evans Mpabalwani, Eric Njunju, Melba Gomes, Isabela Ribeiro, Verena Walter, Mailis Virtanen, Raymond Schlienger, Marc Cousin, Miriam Chipimo, Frank M Sullivan

Mosquito nets in a rural area of Western Kenya: ownership, use and quality

Sophia Githinji, Susanne Herbst, Thomas Kistemann, Abdisalan M Noor

Development of temporal modelling for forecasting and prediction of malaria infections using time-series and ARIMAX analyses: A case study in endemic districts of Bhutan

Kinley Wangdi, Pratap Singhasivanon, Tassanee Silawan, Saranath Lawpoolsri, Nicholas J White, Jaranit Kaewkungwal

Spatial heterogeneity and temporal evolution of malaria transmission risk in Dakar, Senegal, according to remotely sensed environmental data

Vanessa Machault, Cécile Vignolles, Frédéric Pagès, Libasse Gadiaga, Abdoulaye Gaye, Cheikh Sokhna, Jean-François Trape, Jean-Pierre Lacaux, Christophe Rogier

Early clinical development of artemether-lumefantrine dispersible tablet: palatability of three flavours and bioavailability in healthy subjects

Salim Abdulla, Baraka Amuri, Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, David Ubben, Christine Reynolds, Steve Pascoe, Serge Fitoussi, Ching-Ming Yeh, Marja Nuortti, Romain Séchaud, Günther Kaiser, Gilbert Lefèvre

A large proportion of asymptomatic Plasmodium infections with low and sub-microscopic parasite densities in the low transmission setting of Temotu Province, Solomon Islands: challenges for malaria diagnostics in an elimination setting

Ivor Harris, Wesley W Sharrock, Lisa M Bain, Karen-Ann Gray, Albino Bobogare, Leonard Boaz, Ken Lilley, Darren Krause, Andrew Vallely, Marie-Louise Johnson, Michelle L Gatton, G Dennis Shanks, Qin Cheng

Neopterin and procalcitonin are suitable biomarkers for exclusion of severe Plasmodium falciparum disease at the initial clinical assessment of travellers with imported malaria

René te Witt, Marlies E van Wolfswinkel, Pieter L Petit, Jaap J van Hellemond, Rob Koelewijn, Alex van Belkum, Perry JJ van Genderen

The potential role of the educational system in addressing the effect of inadequate knowledge of mosquitoes on use of insecticide-treated nets in Ghana

Andreas A Kudom, Ben A Mensah

Non-variant specific antibody responses to the C-terminal region of merozoite surface protein-1 of Plasmodium falciparum (PfMSP-119) in Iranians exposed to unstable malaria transmission

Sedigheh Zakeri, Akram A Mehrizi, Samaneh Zoghi, Navid D Djadid

CPP-ZFN: A potential DNA-targeting anti-malarial drug

Vikrant Nain, Shakti Sahi, Anju Verma

Vectors and malaria transmission in deforested, rural communities in north-central Vietnam

Cuong Do Manh, Nigel W Beebe, Van Nguyen Thi Van, Tao Le Quang, Chau Tran Lein, Dung Van Nguyen, Thanh Nguyen Xuan, Anh Le Ngoc, Robert D Cooper

Study on association between genetic polymorphisms of haem oxygenase-1, tumour necrosis factor, cadmium exposure and malaria pathogenicity and severity

Jiraporn Kuesap, Kenji Hirayama, Mihoko Kikuchi, Ronnatrai Ruangweerayut, Kesara Na-Bangchang

Health worker performance in the management of paediatric fevers following in-service training and exposure to job aids in Kenya

Beatrice Wasunna, Dejan Zurovac, Jane Bruce, Caroline Jones, Jayne Webster, Robert W Snow

Field experiments of Anopheles gambiae attraction to local fruits/seedpods and flowering plants in Mali to optimize strategies for malaria vector control in Africa using attractive toxic sugar bait methods

Günter C Müller, John C Beier, Sekou F Traore, Mahamoudou B Toure, Mohamed M Traore, Sekou Bah, Seydou Doumbia, Yosef Schlein

Persistent transmission of malaria in Garo hills of Meghalaya bordering Bangladesh, north-east India

Vas Dev, Barlind M Sangma, Aditya P Dash

Potential threat of malaria epidemics in a low transmission area, as exemplified by São Tomé and Príncipe

Pei-Wen Lee, Chia-Tai Liu, Virgilio E do Rosario, Bruno de Sousa, Herodes Sacramento Rampao, Men-Fang Shaio

A method of active case detection to target reservoirs of asymptomatic malaria and gametocyte carriers in a rural area in Southern Province, Zambia

Gillian H Stresman, Aniset Kamanga, Petros Moono, Harry Hamapumbu, Sungano Mharakurwa, Tamaki Kobayashi, William J Moss, Clive Shiff

The incidence of malaria in travellers to South-East Asia: is local malaria transmission a useful risk indicator?

Ron H Behrens, Bernadette Carroll, Urban Hellgren, Leo G Visser, Heli Siikamäki, Lasse S Vestergaard, Guido Calleri, Thomas Jänisch, Bjørn Myrvang, Joaquim Gascon, Christoph Hatz

The humoral response to Plasmodium falciparum VarO rosetting variant and its association with protection against malaria in Beninese children

Inès Vigan-Womas, Adjimon Lokossou, Micheline Guillotte, Alexandre Juillerat, Graham Bentley, André Garcia, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, Florence Migot-Nabias

Seeking treatment for symptomatic malaria in Papua New Guinea

Carol P Davy, Elisa Sicuri, Maria Ome, Ellie Lawrence-Wood, Peter Siba, Gordon Warvi, Ivo Mueller, Lesong Conteh

Comparison of real-time PCR and microscopy for malaria parasite detection in Malawian pregnant women

Anne-Maria Rantala, Steve M Taylor, Paul A Trottman, Mari Luntamo, Bernard Mbewe, Kenneth Maleta, Teija Kulmala, Per Ashorn, Steven R Meshnick

Monitoring of malaria parasite resistance to chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the Solomon Islands by DNA microarray technology

Marie Ballif, Jeffrey Hii, Jutta Marfurt, Andreas Crameri, Adam Fafale, Ingrid Felger, Hans-Peter Beck, Blaise Genton

Lineage divergence detected in the malaria vector Anopheles marajoara (Diptera: Culicidae) in Amazonian Brazil

Sascha N McKeon, Margaret A Lehr, Richard C Wilkerson, John F Ruiz, Maria A Sallum, Jose BP Lima, Marinete M Povoa, Jan E Conn

Plasmodium ovale infection in Malaysia: first imported case

Yvonne AL Lim, Rohela Mahmud, Ching Hoong Chew, Thiruventhiran T, Kek Heng Chua

Declining in efficacy of a three-day combination regimen of mefloquine-artesunate in a multi-drug resistance area along the Thai-Myanmar border

Kesara Na-Bangchang, Ronnatrai Ruengweerayut, Poonuch Mahamad, Kulaya Ruengweerayut, Wanna Chaijaroenkul

The quest for universal access to effective malaria treatment: how can the AMFm contribute?

Lloyd Matowe, Olusoji Adeyi

Pharmacokinetics of artemether and dihydroartemisinin in healthy Pakistani male volunteers treated with artemether-lumefantrine

Shabana Ali, Muzammil H Najmi, Joel Tarning, Niklas Lindegardh

Specific antibody responses against membrane proteins of erythrocytes infected by Plasmodium falciparum of individuals briefly exposed to malaria

Albin Fontaine, Matthieu Pophillat, Stéphanie Bourdon, Claude Villard, Maya Belghazi, Patrick Fourquet, Claude Durand, Didier Lefranc, Christophe Rogier, Thierry Fusai, Lionel Almeras

Cost effectiveness of OptiMal® rapid diagnostic test for malaria in remote areas of the Amazon Region, Brazil

Maria Regina Fernandes de Oliveira, Almério de Castro Gomes, Cristiana M Toscano

A comparison of DNA sequencing and the hydrolysis probe analysis (TaqMan assay) for knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations in Anopheles gambiae from the Republic of the Congo

Kwang Shik Choi, Belinda L Spillings, Maureen Coetzee, Richard H Hunt, Lizette L Koekemoer

The importance of education to increase the use of bed nets in villages outside of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Julie K Ndjinga, Noboru Minakawa

The ABO blood group and Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Awash, Metehara and Ziway areas, Ethiopia

Zinaye Tekeste, Beyene Petros

The plasticity of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytaemia in relation to age in Burkina Faso

André Lin Ouédraogo, Teun Bousema, Sake J de Vlas, Nadine Cuzin-Ouattara, Jan-Peter Verhave, Chris Drakeley, Adrian JF Luty, Robert Sauerwein

The age patterns of severe malaria syndromes in sub-Saharan Africa across a range of transmission intensities and seasonality settings

Arantxa Roca-Feltrer, Ilona Carneiro, Lucy Smith, Joanna RM Armstrong Schellenberg, Brian Greenwood, David Schellenberg

Identification and characterization of the Plasmodium vivax thrombospondin-related apical merozoite protein

Alvaro Mongui, Diana I Angel, Darwin A Moreno-Perez, Silvana Villarreal-Gonzalez, Hannia Almonacid, Magnolia Vanegas, Manuel A Patarroyo

10 years of Malaria Journal: how did Open Access change publication patterns?

Marcel Hommel

Changing malaria intervention coverage, transmission and hospitalization in Kenya

Emelda A Okiro, Victor A Alegana, Abdisalan M Noor, Robert W Snow

A protein-centric approach for the identification of folate enzymes from the malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, using OFFGEL™ solution-based isoelectric focussing and mass spectrometry

Ronan DM O'Cualain, John E Hyde, Paul FG Sims

Fine specificity of anti-MSP119 antibodies and multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 1 types in individuals in Nigeria with sub-microscopic infection

Josiane Ngoundou-Landji, Roseangela I Nwuba, Chiaka I Anumudu, Alexander B Odaibo, Wenceslas D Matondo Maya, Henrietta O Awobode, Christian M Okafor, Olajumoke A Morenikeji, Adanze Asinobi, Mark Nwagwu, Anthony A Holder, Francine Ntoumi

Splenic infarction during Plasmodium ovale acute malaria: first case reported

Gaël Cinquetti, Frédéric Banal, Candyce Rondel, David Plancade, Charlotte de Saint Roman, Dina Adriamanantena, Céline Ragot, Serge Védy, Bruno Graffin

Modern geographical reconnaissance of target populations in malaria elimination zones

Gerard C Kelly, Jeffrey Hii, William Batarii, Wesley Donald, Erick Hale, Johnny Nausien, Scott Pontifex, Andrew Vallely, Marcel Tanner, Archie Clements

Imported malaria in an area in southern Madrid, 2005-2008

Sonia Rey, Inés Zuza, Belén Martínez-Mondéjar, José M Rubio, Francisco J Merino

Artesunate-mefloquine combination therapy in acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria in young children: a field study regarding neurological and neuropsychiatric safety

Sarabel G Frey, David Chelo, Mina N Kinkela, Florence Djoukoue, Felix Tietche, Christoph Hatz, Peter Weber

Sugar-fermenting yeast as an organic source of carbon dioxide to attract the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae

Renate C Smallegange, Wolfgang H Schmied, Karel J van Roey, Niels O Verhulst, Jeroen Spitzen, Wolfgang R Mukabana, Willem Takken

Breakpoint structure of the Anopheles gambiae 2Rb chromosomal inversion

Neil F Lobo, Djibril M Sangaré, Allison A Regier, Kyanne R Reidenbach, David A Bretz, Maria V Sharakhova, Scott J Emrich, Sekou F Traore, Carlo Costantini, Nora J Besansky, Frank H Collins

Performance of HRP-2 based rapid diagnostic test for malaria and its variation with age in an area of intense malaria transmission in southern tanzania

Anne Laurent, Joanna Schellenberg, Kizito Shirima, Sosthenes C Ketende, Pedro L Alonso, Hassan Mshinda, Marcel Tanner, David Schellenberg

Factors determining anti-malarial drug use in a peri-urban population from malaria holoendemic region of western kenya

Carren A Watsierah, Walter GZO Jura, Henry Oyugi, Benard Abong'o, Collins Ouma

Distinct patterns of blood-stage parasite antigens detected by plasma IgG subclasses from individuals with different level of exposure to Plasmodium falciparum infections

Cathrine Holm Olesen, Karima Brahimi, Brian Vandahl, Susana Lousada-Dietrich, Prajakta S Jogdand, Lasse S Vestergaard, Daniel Dodoo, Peter Højrup, Michael Christiansen, Severin Olesen Larsen, Subhash Singh, Michael Theisen

Performance of three multi-species rapid diagnostic tests for diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Ruth A Ashton, Takele Kefyalew, Gezahegn Tesfaye, Helen Counihan, Damtew Yadeta, Bonnie Cundill, Richard Reithinger, Jan H Kolaczinski

SMS for Life: a pilot project to improve anti-malarial drug supply management in rural Tanzania using standard technology

Jim Barrington, Olympia Wereko-Brobby, Peter Ward, Winfred Mwafongo, Seif Kungulwe

Impact of national malaria control scale-up programmes in Africa: magnitude and attribution of effects

Richard W Steketee, Carlos C Campbell

Declining incidence of imported malaria in the Netherlands, 2000-2007

Gini GC van Rijckevorsel, Gerard JB Sonder, Ronald B Geskus, Jose CFM Wetsteyn, Robert J Ligthelm, Leo G Visser, Monique Keuter, Perry JJ van Genderen, Anneke van den Hoek

Evaluation of selected South African ethnomedicinal plants as mosquito repellents against the Anopheles arabiensis mosquito in a rodent model

Rajendra Maharaj, Vinesh Maharaj, Marion Newmarch, Neil R Crouch, Niresh Bhagwandin, Peter I Folb, Pamisha Pillay, Reshma Gayaram

A study of the TNF/LTA/LTB locus and susceptibility to severe malaria in highland papuan children and adults

Louise M Randall, Enny Kenangalem, Daniel A Lampah, Emiliana Tjitra, Esther D Mwaikambo, Tjandra Handojo, Kim A Piera, Zhen Z Zhao, Fabian de Labastida Rivera, Yonghong Zhou, Karli M McSweeney, Lien Le, Fiona H Amante, Ashraful Haque, Amanda C Stanley, Tonia Woodberry, Ervi Salwati, Donald L Granger, Maurine R Hobbs, Ric N Price, J Brice Weinberg, Grant W Montgomery, Nicholas M Anstey, Christian R Engwerda

Anti-bacterial activity of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: comparative in vitro study of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, mefloquine, and azithromycin

Mesküre Capan, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Athanasios Makristathis, Michael Ramharter

The effect of repeated washing of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) on the feeding success and survival rates of Anopheles gambiae

Francis K Atieli, Stephen O Munga, Ayub V Ofulla, John M Vulule

Entomologic and molecular investigation into Plasmodium vivax transmission in Singapore, 2009

Lee-Ching Ng, Kim-Sung Lee, Cheong-Huat Tan, Peng-Lim Ooi, Sai-Gek Lam-Phua, Raymond Lin, Sook-Cheng Pang, Yee-Ling Lai, Suhana Solhan, Pei-Pei Chan, Kit-Yin Wong, Swee-Tuan Ho, Indra Vythilingam

Implementing school malaria surveys in Kenya: towards a national surveillance system

Caroline W Gitonga, Peris N Karanja, Jimmy Kihara, Mariam Mwanje, Elizabeth Juma, Robert W Snow, Abdisalan M Noor, Simon Brooker

Changing trends in blood transfusion in children and neonates admitted in Kilifi District Hospital, Kenya

Rosalon Pedro, Samuel Akech, Kathryn Maitland

Directly-observed therapy (DOT) for the radical 14-day primaquine treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria on the Thai-Myanmar border

Rie Takeuchi, Saranath Lawpoolsri, Mallika Imwong, Jun Kobayashi, Jaranit Kaewkungwal, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Supalap Puangsa-art, Nipon Thanyavanich, Wanchai Maneeboonyang, Nicholas PJ Day, Pratap Singhasivanon

Fairness and legitimacy of decisions during delivery of malaria services and ITN interventions in zambia

Mary Tuba, Ingvild F Sandoy, Paul Bloch, Jens Byskov

Survey of artemisinin production by diverse Artemisia species in northern Pakistan

Abdul Mannan, Ibrar Ahmed, Waheed Arshad, Muhammad F Asim, Rizwana A Qureshi, Izhar Hussain, Bushra Mirza

Population biology of malaria within the mosquito: density-dependent processes and potential implications for transmission-blocking interventions

Thomas S Churcher, Emma J Dawes, Robert E Sinden, George K Christophides, Jacob C Koella, María-Gloria Basáñez

Measuring the efficacy of anti-malarial drugs in vivo: quantitative PCR measurement of parasite clearance

Khalid B Beshir, Rachel L Hallett, Alice C Eziefula, Robin Bailey, Julie Watson, Stephen G Wright, Peter L Chiodini, Spencer D Polley, Colin J Sutherland

Congenital and neonatal malaria in a rural Kenyan district hospital: An eight-year analysis

Michael K Mwaniki, Alison W Talbert, Florence N Mturi, James A Berkley, Piet Kager, Kevin Marsh, Charles R Newton

Patterns and seasonality of malaria transmission in the forest-savannah transitional zones of Ghana

Dominic B Dery, Charles Brown, Kwaku Poku Asante, Mohammed Adams, David Dosoo, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Mike Wilson, Daniel Chandramohan, Brian Greenwood, Seth Owusu-Agyei

Detection of 1014F kdr mutation in four major Anopheline malaria vectors in Indonesia

Din Syafruddin, Anggi PN Hidayati, Puji BS Asih, William A Hawley, Supratman Sukowati, Neil F Lobo

Simultaneous identification of the Anopheles funestus group and Anopheles longipalpis type C by PCR-RFLP

Kwang Shik Choi, Maureen Coetzee, Lizette L Koekemoer

A multiplex assay for the simultaneous detection of antibodies against 15 Plasmodium falciparum and Anopheles gambiae saliva antigens

Elena Ambrosino, Chloé Dumoulin, Eve Orlandi-Pradines, Franck Remoue, Aissatou Toure-Baldé, Adama Tall, Jean Biram Sarr, Anne Poinsignon, Cheikh Sokhna, Karine Puget, Jean-François Trape, Aurélie Pascual, Pierre Druilhe, Thierry Fusai, Christophe Rogier

Effects of anti-malarial drugs on the electrocardiographic QT interval modelled in the isolated perfused guinea pig heart system

Atsushi Kinoshita, Harumi Yamada, Hajime Kotaki, Mikio Kimura

Trends in malaria morbidity among health care-seeking children under age five in Mopti and Sévaré, Mali between 1998 and 2006

Alyson Rose-Wood, Seydou Doumbia, Bouyagui Traoré, Marcia C Castro

Determinants of delay in malaria treatment-seeking behaviour for under-five children in south-west Ethiopia: a case control study

Alemayehu Getahun, Kebede Deribe, Amare Deribew

Malaria transmission and insecticide resistance of Anopheles gambiae in Libreville and Port-Gentil, Gabon

Jean-Romain Mourou, Thierry Coffinet, Fanny Jarjaval, Bruno Pradines, Rémi Amalvict, Christophe Rogier, Maryvonne Kombila, Frédéric Pagès

A framework for assessing the feasibility of malaria elimination

Bruno Moonen, Justin M Cohen, Andy J Tatem, Jessica Cohen, Simon I Hay, Oliver Sabot, David L Smith

Early warnings of the potential for malaria transmission in rural Africa using the hydrology, entomology and malaria transmission simulator (HYDREMATS)

Teresa K Yamana, Elfatih AB Eltahir

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine during pregnancy in Burkina Faso: effect of adding a third dose to the standard two-dose regimen on low birth weight, anaemia and pregnancy outcomes

Innocent Valea, Halidou Tinto, Maxime K Drabo, Lieven Huybregts, Marie-Claire Henry, Dominique Roberfroid, Robert T Guiguemde, Patrick Kolsteren, Umberto D'Alessandro

Insect cells are superior to Escherichia coli in producing malaria proteins inducing IgG targeting PfEMP1 on infected erythrocytes

Michala E Victor, Anja Bengtsson, Gorm Andersen, Dominique Bengtsson, John P Lusingu, Lasse S Vestergaard, David E Arnot, Thor G Theander, Louise Joergensen, Anja TR Jensen

Modulating effects of plasma containing anti-malarial antibodies on in vitro anti-malarial drug susceptibility in Plasmodium falciparum

Preeyaporn Monatrakul, Mathirut Mungthin, Arjen M Dondorp, Srivicha Krudsood, Rachanee Udomsangpetch, Polrat Wilairatana, Nicholas J White, Kesinee Chotivanich

Augmented plasma microparticles during acute Plasmodium vivax infection

Fernanda MF Campos, Bernardo S Franklin, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Agnaldo LS Filho, Sálua CO de Paula, Cor J Fontes, Cristiana F Brito, Luzia H Carvalho

Local topographic wetness indices predict household malaria risk better than land-use and land-cover in the western Kenya highlands

Justin M Cohen, Kacey C Ernst, Kim A Lindblade, John M Vulule, Chandy C John, Mark L Wilson

Modelling knowlesi malaria transmission in humans: vector preference and host competence

Laith Yakob, Michael B Bonsall, Guiyun Yan

How many mosquito nets are needed to achieve universal coverage? Recommendations for the quantification and allocation of long-lasting insecticidal nets for mass campaigns

Albert Kilian, Marc Boulay, Hannah Koenker, Matthew Lynch

Analysis of the dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase gene sequences in Plasmodium vivax field isolates that failed chloroquine treatment

Won-Ja Lee, Hyung-Hwan Kim, Yien-Kyoung Choi, Kyung-Mi Choi, Mi-A Kim, Jung-Yeon Kim, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Youngjoo Sohn, Hyuck Kim, Jong-Koo Lee, Han-Sook Park, Hyeong-Woo Lee

Plasmodium falciparum clearance with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Mali

Abdoulaye K Kone, Issaka Sagara, Mahamadou A Thera, Alassane Dicko, Aldiouma Guindo, Seidina Diakite, Joseph Kurantsin-Mills, Abdoulaye Djimde, Asikiya Walcourt, Ogabara Doumbo

From fever to anti-malarial: the treatment-seeking process in rural Senegal

Lucy A Smith, Jane Bruce, Lamine Gueye, Anthony Helou, Rodio Diallo, Babacar Gueye, Caroline Jones, Jayne Webster

Genetic variability and natural selection at the ligand domain of the Duffy binding protein in brazilian Plasmodium vivax populations

Taís N Sousa, Eduardo M Tarazona-Santos, Daniel J Wilson, Ana P Madureira, Paula RK Falcão, Cor JF Fontes, Luiz HS Gil, Marcelo U Ferreira, Luzia H Carvalho, Cristiana FA Brito

Early variations in plasmodium falciparum dynamics in Nigerian children after treatment with two artemisinin-based combinations: implications on delayed parasite clearance

Obaro S Michael, Grace O Gbotosho, Onikepe A Folarin, Titilope Okuboyejo, Akintunde Sowunmi, Ayoade MJ Oduola, Christian T Happi

Multilocus haplotypes reveal variable levels of diversity and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum in Papua New Guinea, a region of intense perennial transmission

Lee Schultz, Johanna Wapling, Ivo Mueller, Pilate O Ntsuke, Nicolas Senn, Joe Nale, Benson Kiniboro, Caroline O Buckee, Livingstone Tavul, Peter M Siba, John C Reeder, Alyssa E Barry

Geographical, meteorological and vectorial factors related to malaria re-emergence in Huang-Huai River of central China

Shui S Zhou, Fang Huang, Jian J Wang, Shao S Zhang, Yun P Su, Lin H Tang

Increased prevalence of the pfdhfr/phdhps quintuple mutant and rapid emergence of pfdhps resistance mutations at codons 581 and 613 in Kisumu, Kenya

Maroya D Spalding, Fredrick L Eyase, Hoseah M Akala, Sheryl A Bedno, Sean T Prigge, Rodney L Coldren, William J Moss, Norman C Waters

Absence of association between pyronaridine in vitro responses and polymorphisms in genes involved in quinoline resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

Bruno Pradines, Sébastien Briolant, Maud Henry, Claude Oeuvray, Eric Baret, Rémy Amalvict, Eric Didillon, Christophe Rogier

Efficacy of an insecticide paint against insecticide-susceptible and resistant mosquitoes - Part 1: Laboratory evaluation

Beatriz Mosqueira, Stéphane Duchon, Fabrice Chandre, Jean-Marc Hougard, Pierre Carnevale, Santiago Mas-Coma

Efficacy of an insecticide paint against malaria vectors and nuisance in West Africa - Part 2: Field evaluation

Beatriz Mosqueira, Joseph Chabi, Fabrice Chandre, Martin Akogbeto, Jean-Marc Hougard, Pierre Carnevale, Santiago Mas-Coma

Knowledge and acceptability of the rectal treatment route in Laos and its application for pre-referral emergency malaria treatment

Southisouk Inthavilay, Thierry Franchard, Yang Meimei, Elizabeth A Ashley, Hubert Barennes

Genetic evidence for malaria vectors of the Anopheles sundaicus complex in Sri Lanka with morphological characteristics attributed to Anopheles subpictus species B

Sinnathamby N Surendran, Om P Singh, Pavillupillai J Jude, Ranjan Ramasamy

A TaqMan real-time PCR assay for the detection and quantitation of Plasmodium knowlesi

Paul CS Divis, Sandra E Shokoples, Balbir Singh, Stephanie K Yanow

"Before we used to get sick all the time": perceptions of malaria and use of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs) in a rural Kenyan community

Timothy DV Dye, Rose Apondi, Eric S Lugada, James G Kahn, Jacqueline Smith, Caroline Othoro

Automated haematology analysis to diagnose malaria

Germán Campuzano-Zuluaga, Thomas Hänscheid, Martin P Grobusch

An assessment of early diagnosis and treatment of malaria by village health volunteers in the Lao PDR

Viengvaly Phommanivong, Khanti Thongkham, Gopinath Deyer, Jean P Rene, Hubert Barennes

Automated estimation of parasitaemia of Plasmodium yoelii-infected mice by digital image analysis of Giemsa-stained thin blood smears

Charles Ma, Paul Harrison, Lina Wang, Ross L Coppel

Are rapid diagnostic tests more accurate in diagnosis of plasmodium falciparum malaria compared to microscopy at rural health centres?

Vincent Batwala, Pascal Magnussen, Fred Nuwaha

Apoptosis of non-parasitized red blood cells in malaria: a putative mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of anaemia

Paulo RR Totino, Aline D Magalhães, Luciene A Silva, Dalma M Banic, Cláudio T Daniel-Ribeiro, Maria de Fátima Ferreira-da-Cruz

Dynamic subcellular localization of isoforms of the folate pathway enzyme serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) through the erythrocytic cycle of Plasmodium falciparum

Martin Read, Ingrid B Müller, Sarah L Mitchell, Paul FG Sims, John E Hyde

Different delivery mechanisms for insecticide-treated nets in rural Burkina Faso: a provider's perspective

Claudia Beiersmann, Manuela De Allegri, Justin Tiendrebéogo, Maurice Yé, Albrecht Jahn, Olaf Mueller

Effects of transmission reduction by insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) on parasite genetics population structure: I. The genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum parasites by microsatellite markers in western Kenya

Wangeci Gatei, Simon Kariuki, William Hawley, Feiko ter Kuile, Dianne Terlouw, Penelope Phillips-Howard, Bernard Nahlen, John Gimnig, Kim Lindblade, Edward Walker, Mary Hamel, Sara Crawford, John Williamson, Laurence Slutsker, Ya Ping Shi

Child malaria treatment decisions by mothers of children less than five years of age attending an outpatient clinic in south-west Nigeria: an application of the PEN-3 cultural model

Juliet Iwelunmor, Oladipo Idris, Adeniyi Adelakun, Collins O Airhihenbuwa

Brazilian Plasmodium falciparum isolates: investigation of candidate polymorphisms for artemisinin resistance before introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy

Bianca E Gama, Natália K Almeida de Oliveira, José M de Souza, Fátima Santos, Leonardo JM de Carvalho, Yonne FC Melo, Philip J Rosenthal, Cláudio T Daniel-Ribeiro, Maria de Fátima Ferreira-da-Cruz

Establishment of a self-propagating population of the African malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis under semi-field conditions

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