Malaria Journal

Studying fitness cost of Plasmodium falciparum infection in malaria vectors: validation of an appropriate negative control

Ibrahim Sangare, Yannis Michalakis, Bienvenue Yameogo, Roch Dabire, Isabelle Morlais, Anna Cohuet

Ascaris co-infection does not alter malaria-induced anaemia in a cohort of Nigerian preschool children

Francisca A Abanyie, Courtney McCracken, Patrick Kirwan, Síle F Molloy, Samuel O Asaolu, Celia V Holland, Julie Gutman, Tracey J Lamb

Modelling the cost-effectiveness of mass screening and treatment for reducing Plasmodium falciparum malaria burden

Valerie Crowell, Olivier JT Briët, Diggory Hardy, Nakul Chitnis, Nicolas Maire, Aurelio Di Pasquale, Thomas A Smith

Limitations of microscopy to differentiate Plasmodium species in a region co-endemic for Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi

Bridget E Barber, Timothy William, Matthew J Grigg, Tsin W Yeo, Nicholas M Anstey

Shifts in malaria vector species composition and transmission dynamics along the Kenyan coast over the past 20 years

Joseph M Mwangangi, Charles M Mbogo, Benedict O Orindi, Ephantus J Muturi, Janet T Midega, Joseph Nzovu, Hellen Gatakaa, John Githure, Christian Borgemeister, Joseph Keating, John C Beier

Plasma cytokines, chemokines and cellular immune responses in pre-school Nigerian children infected with Plasmodium falciparum

Cariosa Noone, Michael Parkinson, David J Dowling, Allison Aldridge, Patrick Kirwan, Síle F Molloy, Samuel O Asaolu, Celia Holland, Sandra M O’Neill

Evaluation of the association between long-lasting insecticidal nets mass distribution campaigns and child malaria in Nigeria

Hmwe Hmwe Kyu, Katholiki Georgiades, Harry S Shannon, Michael H Boyle

Genetic evidence of regulatory gene variants of the STAT6, IL10R and FOXP3 locus as a susceptibility factor in uncomplicated malaria and parasitaemia in Congolese children

Felix Koukouikila-Koussounda, Francine Ntoumi, Mathieu Ndounga, Hoang V Tong, Ange-Antoine Abena, Thirumalaisamy P Velavan

Association between early childhood exposure to malaria and children’s pre-school development: evidence from the Zambia early childhood development project

Günther Fink, Analia Olgiati, Moonga Hawela, John M Miller, Beatrice Matafwali

Increase in malaria prevalence and age of at risk population in different areas of Gabon

Denise P Mawili-Mboumba, Marielle K Bouyou Akotet, Eric Kendjo, Joseph Nzamba, Mathieu Owono Medang, Jean-Romain Mourou Mbina, Maryvonne Kombila

Multivariable analysis of host amino acids in plasma and liver during infection of malaria parasite Plasmodium yoelii

Erisha Saiki, Kenji Nagao, Hiroka Aonuma, Shinya Fukumoto, Xuenan Xuan, Makoto Bannai, Hirotaka Kanuka

Hyperparasitaemia during bouts of malaria in French Guiana

Bernard Carme, Magalie Demar

Freely distributed bed-net use among Chano Mille residents, south Ethiopia: a longitudinal study

Eskindir Loha, Kebede Tefera, Bernt Lindtjørn

A novel, single-amplification PCR targeting mitochondrial genome highly sensitive and specific in diagnosing malaria among returned travellers in Bergen, Norway

Christel G Haanshuus, Stein C Mohn, Kristine Mørch, Nina Langeland, Bjørn Blomberg, Kurt Hanevik

Randomized, controlled trial of the long term safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of RTS,S/AS02D malaria vaccine in infants living in a malaria-endemic region

Salim Abdulla, Nahya Salim, Francisca Machera, Richard Kamata, Omar Juma, Mwanajaa Shomari, Sulende Kubhoja, Ali Mohammed, Grace Mwangoka, Thomas Aebi, Hassan Mshinda, David Schellenberg, Terrell Carter, Tonya Villafana, Marie-Claude Dubois, Amanda Leach, Marc Lievens, Johan Vekemans, Joe Cohen, W Ripley Ballou, Marcel Tanner

Geographic coincidence of increased malaria transmission hazard and vulnerability occurring at the periphery of two Tanzanian villages

Tanya L Russell, Dickson W Lwetoijera, Bart GJ Knols, Willem Takken, Gerry F Killeen, Louise A Kelly-Hope

Trends in multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infections among asymptomatic residents in the middle belt of Ghana

Akua Agyeman-Budu, Charles Brown, George Adjei, Mohammed Adams, David Dosoo, Dominic Dery, Michael Wilson, Kwaku P Asante, Brian Greenwood, Seth Owusu-Agyei

High effective coverage of vector control interventions in children after achieving low malaria transmission in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Netta Beer, Abdullah S Ali, Delér Shakely, Kristina Elfving, Abdul-Wahiyd H Al-Mafazy, Mwinyi Msellem, Max Petzold, Anders Björkman, Karin Källander

Cytoplasmic free Ca2+ is essential for multiple steps in malaria parasite egress from infected erythrocytes

Svetlana Glushakova, Vladimir Lizunov, Paul S Blank, Kamran Melikov, Glen Humphrey, Joshua Zimmerberg

Progress towards malaria elimination in Sabang Municipality, Aceh, Indonesia

Herdiana Herdiana, Anis Fuad, Puji BS Asih, Siti Zubaedah, Risalia Reni Arisanti, Din Syafruddin, Hari Kusnanto, Maria Endang Sumiwi, Titik Yuniarti, Ali Imran, Rahmadyani Rahmadyani, Muhammad Yani, Rita Kusriastuti, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, Ferdinand J Laihad, William A Hawley

Prevalence of congenital malaria in high-risk Ghanaian newborns: a cross-sectional study

Christabel C Enweronu-Laryea, George O Adjei, Benjamin Mensah, Nancy Duah, Neils B Quashie

Towards the elimination of malaria in South Africa: a review of surveillance data in Mutale Municipality, Limpopo Province, 2005 to 2010

Ester Khosa, Lazarus R Kuonza, Phillip Kruger, Eric Maimela

In vitro interaction of artemisinin derivatives or the fully synthetic peroxidic anti-malarial OZ277 with thapsigargin in Plasmodium falciparum strains

Oyindamola O Abiodun, Reto Brun, Sergio Wittlin

Artesunate-amodiaquine efficacy in Congolese children with acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Brazzaville

Mathieu Ndounga, Pembe Issamou Mayengue, Prisca Nadine Casimiro, Dieudonné Loumouamou, Leonardo K Basco, Francine Ntoumi, Philippe Brasseur

The effect of larval nutritional deprivation on the life history and DDT resistance phenotype in laboratory strains of the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis

Shüné V Oliver, Basil D Brooke

A clinicopathological correlation of the expression of the angiopoietin-Tie-2 receptor pathway in the brain of adults with Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Panote Prapansilp, Isabelle Medana, Nguyen Thi Hoan Mai, Nicholas PJ Day, Nguyen Hoan Phu, Tsin W Yeo, Tran Tinh Hien, Nicholas J White, Nicholas M Anstey, Gareth DH Turner

Addressing malaria vector control challenges in South Sudan: proposed recommendations

Emmanuel Chanda, Constantino Doggale, Harriet Pasquale, Robert Azairwe, Samson Baba, Abraham Mnzava

Diagnostic performance of CareStart™ malaria HRP2/pLDH (Pf/pan) combo test versus standard microscopy on falciparum and vivax malaria between China-Myanmar endemic borders

Sun Xiaodong, Ernest Tambo, Wei Chun, Cheng Zhibin, Deng Yan, Wang Jian, Wang Jiazhi, Zhou Xiaonong

Fitness components and natural selection: why are there different patterns on the emergence of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax?

Kristan A Schneider, Ananias A Escalante

Travel history and malaria infection risk in a low-transmission setting in Ethiopia: a case control study

Joshua O Yukich, Cameron Taylor, Thomas P Eisele, Richard Reithinger, Honelgn Nauhassenay, Yemane Berhane, Joseph Keating

Pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Dakar, Senegal: impact on rapid malaria diagnostic tests

Nathalie Wurtz, Bécaye Fall, Kim Bui, Aurélie Pascual, Mansour Fall, Cheikhou Camara, Bakary Diatta, Khadidiatou Ba Fall, Pape Saliou Mbaye, Yaya Diémé, Raymond Bercion, Boubacar Wade, Sébastien Briolant, Bruno Pradines

Community perceptions on malaria and care-seeking practices in endemic Indian settings: policy implications for the malaria control programme

Ashis Das, RK Das Gupta, Jed Friedman, Madan M Pradhan, Charu C Mohapatra, Debakanta Sandhibigraha

The impact of low erythrocyte density in human blood on the fitness and energetic reserves of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

S Noushin Emami, Lisa C Ranford-Cartwright, Heather M Ferguson

Successful malaria elimination strategies require interventions that target changing vector behaviours

Tanya L Russell, Nigel W Beebe, Robert D Cooper, Neil F Lobo, Thomas R Burkot

Physical condition and maintenance of mosquito bed nets in Kwale County, coastal Kenya

Francis M Mutuku, Maureen Khambira, Donal Bisanzio, Peter Mungai, Isaac Mwanzo, Eric M Muchiri, Charles H King, Uriel Kitron

The effect of blood storage age on treatment of lactic acidosis by transfusion in children with severe malarial anaemia: a pilot, randomized, controlled trial

Aggrey Dhabangi, Edison Mworozi, Irene R Lubega, Christine M Cserti-Gazdewich, Albert Maganda, Walter H Dzik

Evaluation of bioluminescence-based assays of anti-malarial drug activity

Sandra Hasenkamp, Adam Sidaway, Oliver Devine, Richard Roye, Paul Horrocks

Barrier screens: a method to sample blood-fed and host-seeking exophilic mosquitoes

Thomas R Burkot, Tanya L Russell, Lisa J Reimer, Hugo Bugoro, Nigel W Beebe, Robert D Cooper, Supraman Sukawati, Frank H Collins, Neil F Lobo

Mitochondrial genome sequences reveal deep divergences among Anopheles punctulatus sibling species in Papua New Guinea

Kyle Logue, Ernest R Chan, Tenisha Phipps, Scott T Small, Lisa Reimer, Cara Henry-Halldin, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Peter M Siba, Peter A Zimmerman, David Serre

Results from tandem Phase 1 studies evaluating the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of the vaccine candidate antigen Plasmodium falciparum FVO merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP142) administered intramuscularly with adjuvant system AS01

Nekoye Otsyula, Evelina Angov, Elke Bergmann-Leitner, Margaret Koech, Farhat Khan, Jason Bennett, Lucas Otieno, James Cummings, Ben Andagalu, Donna Tosh, John Waitumbi, Nancy Richie, Meng Shi, Lori Miller, Walter Otieno, Godfrey Allan Otieno, Lisa Ware, Brent House, Olivier Godeaux, Marie-Claude Dubois, Bernhards Ogutu, W Ripley Ballou, Lorraine Soisson, Carter Diggs, Joe Cohen, Mark Polhemus, D Gray Heppner Jr, Christian F Ockenhouse, Michele D Spring

Gametocyte carriage in Plasmodium falciparum-infected travellers

Catherine H Roberts, Margaret Armstrong, Ewa Zatyka, Samuel Boadi, Simon Warren, Peter L Chiodini, Colin J Sutherland, Tom Doherty

Longitudinal study assessing the return of chloroquine susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum in isolates from travellers returning from West and Central Africa, 2000–2011

Myriam Gharbi, Jennifer A Flegg, Véronique Hubert, Eric Kendjo, Jessica E Metcalf, Lionel Bertaux, Philippe J Guérin, Jacques Le Bras

Identification of active Plasmodium falciparum calpain to establish screening system for Pf-calpain-based drug development

Byoung Yul Soh, Hyun-Ok Song, Yoonji Lee, Junghyun Lee, Kusuma Kaewintajuk, Binna Lee, Yun-Young Choi, Jeong Hoon Cho, Sun Choi, Hyun Park

Plasmodium species occurrence, temporal distribution and interaction in a child-aged population in rural Burkina Faso

Awa Gnémé, Wamdaogo M Guelbéogo, Michelle M Riehle, Alfred B Tiono, Amidou Diarra, Gustave B Kabré, N’falé Sagnon, Kenneth D Vernick

Perception of malaria risk in a setting of reduced malaria transmission: a qualitative study in Zanzibar

Julie A Bauch, Jessica J Gu, Mwinyi Msellem, Andreas Mårtensson, Abdullah S Ali, Roly Gosling, Kimberly A Baltzell

Operational scale entomological intervention for malaria control: strategies, achievements and challenges in Zambia

Emmanuel Chanda, Victor M Mukonka, Mulakwa Kamuliwo, Michael B Macdonald, Ubydul Haque

Mobile phones improve case detection and management of malaria in rural Bangladesh

Chai S Prue, Kerry L Shannon, Jacob Khyang, Laura J Edwards, Sabeena Ahmed, Malathi Ram, Timothy Shields, Mohammad S Hossain, Gregory E Glass, Myaing M Nyunt, David A Sack, David J Sullivan Jr, Wasif A Khan

Networking the host immune response in Plasmodium vivax malaria

Vitor RR Mendonça, Artur TL Queiroz, Fabrício M Lopes, Bruno B Andrade, Manoel Barral-Netto

Safety monitoring of artemisinin combination therapy through a national pharmacovigilance system in an endemic malaria setting

Sylla Thiam, Jean-Louis Ndiaye, Ibrahima Diallo, Patrick Gatonga, Fatou Ba Fall, Ndella E Diallo, Babacar Faye, Mamadou L Diouf, Medoune Ndiop, Mame B Diouf, Oumar Gaye, Moussa Thior

Safety and efficacy of pyronaridine-artesunate in uncomplicated acute malaria: an integrated analysis of individual patient data from six randomized clinical trials

Stephan Duparc, Isabelle Borghini-Fuhrer, Carl J Craft, Sarah Arbe-Barnes, Robert M Miller, Chang-Sik Shin, Lawrence Fleckenstein

Persistent foci of falciparum malaria among tribes over two decades in Koraput district of Odisha State, India

Sudhansu Sekhar Sahu, Kasinathan Gunasekaran, Perumal Vanamail, Purusothaman Jambulingam

Effects of pyrethroid resistance on the cost effectiveness of a mass distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets: a modelling study

Olivier JT Briët, Melissa A Penny, Diggory Hardy, Taiwo S Awolola, Wim Van Bortel, Vincent Corbel, Roch K Dabiré, Josiane Etang, Benjamin G Koudou, Patrick K Tungu, Nakul Chitnis

Progress towards malaria control targets in relation to national malaria programme funding

Eline L Korenromp, Mehran Hosseini, Robert D Newman, Richard E Cibulskis

Potent in vivo anti-malarial activity and representative snapshot pharmacokinetic evaluation of artemisinin-quinoline hybrids

Marli C Lombard, David D N’Da, Christophe Tran Van Ba, Sharon Wein, Jennifer Norman, Lubbe Wiesner, Henri Vial

Performance of two rapid diagnostic tests for malaria diagnosis at the China-Myanmar border area

Juan Yan, Nana Li, Xu Wei, Peipei Li, Zhenjun Zhao, Lili Wang, Siying Li, Xiaomei Li, Ying Wang, Shuying Li, Zhaoqing Yang, Bin Zheng, Guofa Zhou, Guiyun Yan, Liwang Cui, Yaming Cao, Qi Fan

High frequency of the erythroid silent Duffy antigen genotype and lack of Plasmodium vivax infections in Haiti

Thomas A Weppelmann, Tamar E Carter, Zhongsheng Chen, Michael E von Fricken, Yves S Victor, Alexander Existe, Bernard A Okech

Analysis of antibody induction upon immunization with distinct NTS-DBL1α-domains of PfEMP1 from rosetting Plasmodium falciparum parasites

Davide Angeletti, Letusa Albrecht, Mats Wahlgren, Kirsten Moll

Characterizing microclimate in urban malaria transmission settings: a case study from Chennai, India

Lauren J Cator, Shalu Thomas, Krijn P Paaijmans, Sangamithra Ravishankaran, Johnson A Justin, Manu T Mathai, Andrew F Read, Matthew B Thomas, Alex Eapen

Design, implementation and evaluation of a national campaign to deliver 18 million free long-lasting insecticidal nets to uncovered sleeping spaces in Tanzania

Sabine Renggli, Renata Mandike, Karen Kramer, Faith Patrick, Nick J Brown, Peter D McElroy, Wilhelmina Rimisho, Amina Msengwa, Ally Mnzava, Rose Nathan, Romanus Mtung’e, Rita Mgullo, Jane Lweikiza, Christian Lengeler

Environmental determinant of malaria cases among travellers

Gaëtan Texier, Vanessa Machault, Meili Barragti, Jean-Paul Boutin, Christophe Rogier

Impact of a mass media campaign on bed net use in Cameroon

Hannah L Bowen

A controlled, parallel, cluster-randomized trial of community-wide screening and treatment of asymptomatic carriers of Plasmodium falciparum in Burkina Faso

Alfred B Tiono, Alphonse Ouédraogo, Bernhards Ogutu, Amidou Diarra, Sam Coulibaly, Adama Gansané, Sodiomon B Sirima, Gregory O’Neil, Amitava Mukhopadhyay, Kamal Hamed

Methods for implementing a medicine outlet survey: lessons from the anti-malarial market

Kathryn A O’Connell, Stephen Poyer, Tsione Solomon, Erik Munroe, Edith Patouillard, Julius Njogu, Illah Evance, Kara Hanson, Tanya Shewchuk, Catherine Goodman

Experience and challenges from clinical trials with malaria vaccines in Africa

Grace Mwangoka, Bernhards Ogutu, Beverly Msambichaka, Tutu Mzee, Nahya Salim, Shubis Kafuruki, Maxmillian Mpina, Seif Shekalaghe, Marcel Tanner, Salim Abdulla

Hyperparasitaemic human Plasmodium knowlesi infection with atypical morphology in peninsular Malaysia

Wenn-Chyau Lee, Pek-Woon Chin, Yee-Ling Lau, Lit-Chein Chin, Mun-Yik Fong, Chee-Jiek Yap, Raymond Raj Supramaniam, Rohela Mahmud

Dose–response tests and semi-field evaluation of lethal and sub-lethal effects of slow release pyriproxyfen granules (Sumilarv®0.5G) for the control of the malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae sensu lato

Oscar Mbare, Steven W Lindsay, Ulrike Fillinger

Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax clinical isolates from southern Pakistan using pvcsp and pvmsp1 genetic markers

Afsheen Raza, Najia K Ghanchi, Ali M Thaver, Sana Jafri, Mohammad A Beg

Ultrasonographic renal sizes, cortical thickness and volume in Nigerian children with acute falciparum malaria

Omolola M Atalabi, Adebola E Orimadegun, Ademola J Adekanmi, Olusegun O Akinyinka

Sex-specific induction of CYP6 cytochrome P450 genes in cadmium and lead tolerant Anopheles gambiae

Fauzia K Musasia, Alfred O Isaac, Daniel K Masiga, Irene A Omedo, Ramadhan Mwakubambanya, Richard Ochieng, Paul O Mireji

Deforestation, agriculture and farm jobs: a good recipe for Plasmodium vivax in French Guiana

Célia Basurko, Christophe Demattei, René Han-Sze, Claire Grenier, Michel Joubert, Mathieu Nacher, Bernard Carme

Measurement of Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity using serological cohort data from Indonesian schoolchildren

Michael T Bretscher, Supargiyono Supargiyono, Mahardika A Wijayanti, Dian Nugraheni, Anis N Widyastuti, Neil F Lobo, William A Hawley, Jackie Cook, Chris J Drakeley

Netting barriers to prevent mosquito entry into houses in southern Mozambique: a pilot study

Ayubo Kampango, Mauro Bragança, Bruno de Sousa, J Derek Charlwood

Improved assay to detect Plasmodium falciparum using an uninterrupted, semi-nested PCR and quantitative lateral flow analysis

Serge Y Ongagna-Yhombi, Paul Corstjens, Eran Geva, William R Abrams, Cheryl A Barber, Daniel Malamud, Sungano Mharakurwa

Immunoproteomic analysis of Plasmodium falciparum antigens using sera from patients with clinical history of imported malaria

Rita M Costa, Fátima Nogueira, Karina P de Sousa, Rui Vitorino, Marcelo S Silva

Rapid diagnostic tests for molecular surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum malaria -assessment of DNA extraction methods and field applicability

Ulrika Morris, Berit Aydin-Schmidt, Delér Shakely, Andreas Mårtensson, Louise Jörnhagen, Abdullah S Ali, Mwinyi I Msellem, Max Petzold, José P Gil, Pedro E Ferreira, Anders Björkman

Malaria epidemiology in Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea

Oriol Mitjà, Raymond Paru, Billy Selve, Inoni Betuela, Peter Siba, Elisa De Lazzari, Quique Bassat

Health impact and cost-effectiveness of a private sector bed net distribution: experimental evidence from Zambia

Richard Sedlmayr, Günther Fink, John M Miller, Duncan Earle, Richard W Steketee

Temporal trends of molecular markers associated with artemether-lumefantrine tolerance/resistance in Bagamoyo district, Tanzania

Maja Malmberg, Billy Ngasala, Pedro E Ferreira, Erik Larsson, Irina Jovel, Angelica Hjalmarsson, Max Petzold, Zul Premji, José P Gil, Anders Björkman, Andreas Mårtensson

Systemic release of high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein is associated with severe and fatal Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Sarah J Higgins, Katharine Xing, Hani Kim, Dylan C Kain, Feng Wang, Aggrey Dhabangi, Charles Musoke, Christine M Cserti-Gazdewich, Kevin J Tracey, Kevin C Kain, W Conrad Liles

Plasmodium falciparum susceptibility to anti-malarial drugs in Dakar, Senegal, in 2010: an ex vivo and drug resistance molecular markers study

Bécaye Fall, Aurélie Pascual, Fatoumata D Sarr, Nathalie Wurtz, Vincent Richard, Eric Baret, Yaya Diémé, Sébastien Briolant, Raymond Bercion, Boubacar Wade, Adama Tall, Bruno Pradines

Barriers to community case management of malaria in Saraya, Senegal: training, and supply-chains

Demetri A Blanas, Youssoupha Ndiaye, Kim Nichols, Andrew Jensen, Ammar Siddiqui, Nils Hennig

Prevalence of antifolate resistance mutations in Plasmodium falciparum isolates in Afghanistan

Ghulam R Awab, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Natsuda Jamornthanyawat, Fazel Yamin, Arjen M Dondorp, Nicholas PJ Day, Nicholas J White, Charles J Woodrow, Mallika Imwong

Predictive value of lymphocytopenia and the neutrophil-lymphocyte count ratio for severe imported malaria

Marlies E van Wolfswinkel, Klaske Vliegenthart-Jongbloed, Mariana de Mendonça Melo, Peter C Wever, Matthew B McCall, Rob Koelewijn, Jaap J van Hellemond, Perry J van Genderen

Effect of blood meal digestion and DNA extraction protocol on the success of blood meal source determination in the malaria vector Anopheles atroparvus

Josué Martínez-de la Puente, Santiago Ruiz, Ramón Soriguer, Jordi Figuerola

Anti-malarial IgG subclasses pattern and FcγRIIa (CD32) polymorphism among pregnancy-associated malaria in semi-immune Saudi women

Amre Nasr, Osama Hamid, Abdelhamid Al-Ghamdi, Gamal Allam

Nets, spray or both? The effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying in reducing malaria morbidity and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa

Nancy Fullman, Roy Burstein, Stephen S Lim, Carol Medlin, Emmanuela Gakidou

Diversity of the var gene family of Indonesian Plasmodium falciparum isolates

Erma Sulistyaningsih, Loeki E Fitri, Thomas Löscher, Nicole Berens-Riha

The effect of an anti-malarial subsidy programme on the quality of service provision of artemisinin-based combination therapy in Kenya: a cluster-randomized, controlled trial

Beth P Kangwana, Sarah V Kedenge, Abdisalan M Noor, Victor A Alegana, Andrew J Nyandigisi, Jayesh Pandit, Greg W Fegan, Jim E Todd, Robert W Snow, Catherine A Goodman

Humoral immune response to Plasmodium falciparum vaccine candidate GMZ2 and its components in populations naturally exposed to seasonal malaria in Ethiopia

Hassen Mamo, Meral Esen, Anthony Ajua, Michael Theisen, Benjamin Mordmüller, Beyene Petros

Two series of new semisynthetic triterpene derivatives: differences in anti-malarial activity, cytotoxicity and mechanism of action

Gloria NS da Silva, Nicole RG Maria, Desirée C Schuck, Laura N Cruz, Miriam S de Moraes, Myna Nakabashi, Cedric Graebin, Grace Gosmann, Célia RS Garcia, Simone CB Gnoatto

Review of key knowledge gaps in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency detection with regard to the safe clinical deployment of 8-aminoquinoline treatment regimens: a workshop report

Lorenz von Seidlein, Sarah Auburn, Fe Espino, Dennis Shanks, Qin Cheng, James McCarthy, Kevin Baird, Catherine Moyes, Rosalind Howes, Didier Ménard, Germana Bancone, Ari Winasti-Satyahraha, Lasse S Vestergaard, Justin Green, Gonzalo Domingo, Shunmay Yeung, Ric Price

Manual blood exchange transfusion does not significantly contribute to parasite clearance in artesunate-treated individuals with imported severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Annemarie R Kreeftmeijer-Vegter, Mariana de Mendonça Melo, Peter J de Vries, Rob Koelewijn, Jaap J van Hellemond, Perry JJ van Genderen

Spatio-temporal malaria transmission patterns in Navrongo demographic surveillance site, northern Ghana

Simon Kasasa, Victor Asoala, Laura Gosoniu, Francis Anto, Martin Adjuik, Cletus Tindana, Thomas Smith, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Penelope Vounatsou

Spatio-temporal analysis of malaria within a transmission season in Bandiagara, Mali

Drissa Coulibaly, Stanislas Rebaudet, Mark Travassos, Youssouf Tolo, Matthew Laurens, Abdoulaye K Kone, Karim Traore, Ando Guindo, Issa Diarra, Amadou Niangaly, Modibo Daou, Ahmadou Dembele, Mody Sissoko, Bourema Kouriba, Nadine Dessay, Jean Gaudart, Renaud Piarroux, Mahamadou A Thera, Christopher V Plowe, Ogobara K Doumbo

A high-resolution geospatial surveillance-response system for malaria elimination in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

Gerard C Kelly, Erick Hale, Wesley Donald, Willie Batarii, Hugo Bugoro, Johnny Nausien, John Smale, Kevin Palmer, Albino Bobogare, George Taleo, Andrew Vallely, Marcel Tanner, Lasse S Vestergaard, Archie CA Clements

T1BT* structural study of an anti-plasmodial peptide through NMR and molecular dynamics

Elena Topchiy, Geoffrey S Armstrong, Katherine I Boswell, Ginka S Buchner, Jan Kubelka, Teresa E Lehmann

Hypokalaemic paralysis in an adult case of Plasmodium vivax malaria

Sagar Sinha, Ananya Mukherji, Santwana Chandrakar

Genetic diversity and signatures of selection of drug resistance in Plasmodium populations from both human and mosquito hosts in continental Equatorial Guinea

Cristina Mendes, Patrícia Salgueiro, Vicenta Gonzalez, Pedro Berzosa, Agustin Benito, Virgílio E do Rosário, Bruno de Sousa, Jorge Cano, Ana Paula Arez

Effective treatment with a tetrandrine/chloroquine combination for chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria in Aotus monkeys

Zuguang Ye, Knox Van Dyke, Richard N Rossan

Evaluation of a rapid colorimetric field test to assess the effective life of long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets in the Lao PDR

Michael D Green, Mayfong Mayxay, Ray Beach, Tiengkham Pongvongsa, Samlane Phompida, Bouasy Hongvanthong, Viengxay Vanisaveth, Paul N Newton, Lucrecia Vizcaino, Isabel Swamidoss

Insights into the role of the junctional region of Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase

Natpasit Chaianantakul, Rachada Sirawaraporn, Worachart Sirawaraporn

Imported malaria in Finland 2003-2011: prospective nationwide data with rechecked background information

Heli Siikamäki, Pia Kivelä, Outi Lyytikäinen, Anu Kantele

Febrile illness management in children under five years of age: a qualitative pilot study on primary health care workers’ practices in Zanzibar

Kimberly Baltzell, Kristina Elfving, Deler Shakely, Abdullah S Ali, Mwinyi Msellem, Shilpa Gulati, Andreas Mårtensson

Blood meal sources and entomological inoculation rates of anophelines along a highland altitudinal transect in south-central Ethiopia

Abebe Animut, Meshesha Balkew, Teshome Gebre-Michael, Bernt Lindtjørn

Misclassification of Plasmodium infections by conventional microscopy and the impact of remedial training on the proficiency of laboratory technicians in species identification

Peter Obare, Bernhards Ogutu, Mohammed Adams, James Sande Odera, Ken Lilley, David Dosoo, Christine Adhiambo, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Fred Binka, Elizabeth Wanja, Jacob Johnson

Discourse on malaria elimination: where do forcibly displaced persons fit in these discussions?

Holly A Williams, Heiko Hering, Paul Spiegel

Reviewer acknowledgement

Marcel Hommel

Gender differences in the use of insecticide-treated nets after a universal free distribution campaign in Kano State, Nigeria: post-campaign survey results

Ashley E Garley, Elizabeth Ivanovich, Erin Eckert, Svetlana Negroustoueva, Yazoume Ye

Measuring malaria by passive case detection: a new perspective based on Zambian experience

Clive J Shiff, Cristina Stoyanov, Cornelius Choobwe, Aniset Kamanga, Victor M Mukonka

Creative solutions to extraordinary challenges in clinical trials: methodology of a phase III trial of azithromycin and chloroquine fixed-dose combination in pregnant women in Africa

Richa S Chandra, John Orazem, David Ubben, Stephan Duparc, Jeffery Robbins, Pol Vandenbroucke

Field evaluation of HRP2 and pan pLDH-based immunochromatographic assay in therapeutic monitoring of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Myanmar

Myat H Nyunt, Myat P Kyaw, Kyu K Win, Khin M Myint, Khin M Nyunt

Artemisinin-based combination therapy availability and use in the private sector of five AMFm phase 1 countries

Ben Davis, Joel Ladner, Kelley Sams, Ebru Tekinturhan, Donald de Korte, Joseph Saba

Declining malaria parasite prevalence and trends of asymptomatic parasitaemia in a seasonal transmission setting in north-western Burkina Faso between 2000 and 2009–2012

Carolin Geiger, Hani Kartini Agustar, Guillaume Compaoré, Boubacar Coulibaly, Ali Sié, Heiko Becher, Michael Lanzer, Thomas Jänisch

Exploration of in vivo efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in under fives in Tabora region, Tanzania

Deokary Joseph, Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, Ruth Hulser, Zulfiqarali Premji, Omary MS Minzi, Kefas Mugittu

Rapid case-based mapping of seasonal malaria transmission risk for strategic elimination planning in Swaziland

Justin M Cohen, Sabelo Dlamini, Joseph M Novotny, Deepika Kandula, Simon Kunene, Andrew J Tatem

Expression profile of the Plasmodium falciparum intra-erythrocytic stage protein, PF3D7_1363700

Renee N Roberts, Maggie S Schlarman, Michael M Kariuki, Alexis N LaCrue, Ruguang Ou, Brenda T Beerntsen

The story of artesunate–mefloquine (ASMQ), innovative partnerships in drug development: case study

Susan Wells, Graciela Diap, Jean-René Kiechel

Discovery-2: an interactive resource for the rational selection and comparison of putative drug target proteins in malaria

Phelelani T Mpangase, Michal J Szolkiewicz, Misha le Grange, Jeanré H Smit, Pieter B Burger, Fourie Joubert

Entomological surveillance of behavioural resilience and resistance in residual malaria vector populations

Nicodem J Govella, Prosper P Chaki, Gerry F Killeen

Impact of methylene blue and atorvastatin combination therapy on the apparition of cerebral malaria in a murine model

Jérome Dormoi, Sébastien Briolant, Camille Desgrouas, Bruno Pradines

First case of Plasmodium knowlesi infection in a Japanese traveller returning from Malaysia

Ryutaro Tanizaki, Mugen Ujiie, Yasuyuki Kato, Moritoshi Iwagami, Aki Hashimoto, Satoshi Kutsuna, Nozomi Takeshita, Kayoko Hayakawa, Shuzo Kanagawa, Shigeyuki Kano, Norio Ohmagari

A member of the CPW-WPC protein family is expressed in and localized to the surface of developing ookinetes

Niwat Kangwanrangsan, Mayumi Tachibana, Rachaneeporn Jenwithisuk, Takafumi Tsuboi, Suda Riengrojpitak, Motomi Torii, Tomoko Ishino

Verification of clinically diagnosed cases during malaria elimination programme in Guizhou Province of China

Jianhai Yin, Zhigui Xia, He Yan, Yuting Huang, Lidan Lu, Yan Geng, Ning Xiao, Jianjun Xu, Ping He, Shuisen Zhou

Treatment of fevers prior to introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in registered drug shops in Uganda

Anthony K Mbonye, Sham Lal, Bonnie Cundill, Kristian Schultz Hansen, Siân Clarke, Pascal Magnussen

Community-directed educational intervention for malaria elimination in Bhutan: quasi-experimental study in malaria endemic areas of Sarpang district

Tashi Tobgay, Deki Pem, Ugyen Dophu, Shyam P Dumre, Kesara Na-Bangchang, Cristina E Torres

Urbanization and the global malaria recession

Andrew J Tatem, Peter W Gething, David L Smith, Simon I Hay

It is time to rethink tactics in the fight against malaria

Laurence Slutsker, S Patrick Kachur

Slow and continuous delivery of a low dose of nimodipine improves survival and electrocardiogram parameters in rescue therapy of mice with experimental cerebral malaria

Yuri C Martins, Leah Clemmer, Pamela Orjuela-Sánchez, Graziela M Zanini, Peng Kai Ong, John A Frangos, Leonardo JM Carvalho

Impact of malaria during pregnancy on pregnancy outcomes in a Ugandan prospectivecohort with intensive malaria screening and prompt treatment

Pierre De Beaudrap, Eleanor Turyakira, Lisa J White, Carolyn Nabasumba, Benon Tumwebaze, Atis Muehlenbachs, Philippe J Guérin, Yap Boum, Rose McGready, Patrice Piola

Avian haemosporidian persistence and co-infection in great tits at the individual level

Juan van Rooyen, Fabrice Lalubin, Olivier Glaizot, Philippe Christe

Clinical performance of an automated reader in interpreting malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Tanzania

Seif Shekalaghe, Marcela Cancino, Caroline Mavere, Omar Juma, Ali Mohammed, Salim Abdulla, Santiago Ferro

Early parasitological response following artemisinin-containing regimens: a critical review of the literature

Debashish Das, Ric N Price, Delia Bethell, Philippe J Guerin, Kasia Stepniewska

Development of a population suppression strain of the human malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles stephensi

Osvaldo Marinotti, Nijole Jasinskiene, Aniko Fazekas, Sarah Scaife, Guoliang Fu, Stefanie T Mattingly, Karissa Chow, David M Brown, Luke Alphey, Anthony A James

Standardizing operational vector sampling techniques for measuring malaria transmission intensity: evaluation of six mosquito collection methods in western Kenya

Jacklyn Wong, Nabie Bayoh, George Olang, Gerry F Killeen, Mary J Hamel, John M Vulule, John E Gimnig

Made in Europe: will artemisinin resistance emerge in French Guiana?

Mathieu Nacher, Philippe J Guérin, Magalie Demar-Pierre, Félix Djossou, François Nosten, Bernard Carme

A rapid stability-indicating, fused-core HPLC method for simultaneous determination of β-artemether and lumefantrine in anti-malarial fixed dose combination products

Sultan Suleman, Kirsten Vandercruyssen, Evelien Wynendaele, Matthias D’Hondt, Nathalie Bracke, Luc Duchateau, Christian Burvenich, Kathelijne Peremans, Bart De Spiegeleer

Prevalence of the molecular marker of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine and sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine in Benin seven years after the change of malaria treatment policy

Aurore Ogouyèmi-Hounto, Nicaise Tuikue Ndam, Dorothée Kinde Gazard, Sitou d’Almeida, Lucette Koussihoude, Elvire Ollo, Carmine Azagnandji, Mourchidath Bello, Jean-Phillipe Chippaux, Achille Massougbodji

Access to artemisinin-based anti-malarial treatment and its related factors in rural Tanzania

Rashid A Khatib, Majige Selemani, Gumi A Mrisho, Irene M Masanja, Mbaraka Amuri, Mustafa H Njozi, Dan Kajungu, Irene Kuepfer, Salim M Abdulla, Don de Savigny

Prevalence of molecular markers of drug resistance in an area of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in children in Senegal

Aminata C Lo, Babacar Faye, El-Hadj Ba, Badara Cisse, Roger Tine, Annie Abiola, Magatte Ndiaye, Jean LA Ndiaye, Daouda Ndiaye, Cheikh Sokhna, Jules F Gomis, Yemou Dieng, Omar Faye, Omar Ndir, Paul Milligan, Matthew Cairns, Rachel Hallett, Colin Sutherland, Oumar Gaye

Community perceptions on the secondary health benefits established by malaria vaccine trials (RTS,S phase 2 and phase 3) at the Korogwe site in North Eastern Tanzania

Edwin A Liheluka, John P Lusingu, Rachel N Manongi

A dynamic model of some malaria-transmitting anopheline mosquitoes of the Afrotropical region. II. Validation of species distribution and seasonal variations

Torleif M Lunde, Meshesha Balkew, Diriba Korecha, Teshome Gebre-Michael, Fekadu Massebo, Asgeir Sorteberg, Bernt Lindtjørn

Limited sequence polymorphisms of four transmission-blocking vaccine candidate antigens in Plasmodium vivax Korean isolates

Jung-Mi Kang, Hye-Lim Ju, Sung-Ung Moon, Pyo-Yun Cho, Young-Yil Bahk, Woon-Mok Sohn, Yun-Kyu Park, Seok Ho Cha, Tong-Soo Kim, Byoung-Kuk Na

Malaria is an uncommon cause of adult sepsis in south-western Uganda

Mary A Auma, Mark J Siedner, Dan Nyehangane, Aisha Nalusaji, Martha Nakaye, Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire, Rose Muhindo, L Anthony Wilson, Yap Boum II, Christopher C Moore

Severe Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria among adults at Kassala Hospital, eastern Sudan

Tajeldin M Abdallah, Mohamed T Abdeen, Ikhlas S Ahmed, Hamdan Z Hamdan, Mamoun Magzoub, Ishag Adam

Five years of malaria control in the continental region, Equatorial Guinea

Andrea M Rehman, Andrea G Mann, Christopher Schwabe, Michael R Reddy, Irina Roncon Gomes, Michel A Slotman, Lee Yellott, Abrahan Matias, Adalgisa Caccone, Gloria Nseng Nchama, Immo Kleinschmidt

A regional-scale, high resolution dynamical malaria model that accounts for population density, climate and surface hydrology

Adrian M Tompkins, Volker Ermert

Artemisinin resistance in rodent malaria - mutation in the AP2 adaptor μ-chain suggests involvement of endocytosis and membrane protein trafficking

Gisela Henriques, Axel Martinelli, Louise Rodrigues, Katarzyna Modrzynska, Richard Fawcett, Douglas R Houston, Sofia T Borges, Umberto d’Alessandro, Halidou Tinto, Corine Karema, Paul Hunt, Pedro Cravo

High level of resistance in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae to pyrethroid insecticides and reduced susceptibility to bendiocarb in north-western Tanzania

Natacha Protopopoff, Johnson Matowo, Robert Malima, Reginald Kavishe, Robert Kaaya, Alexandra Wright, Philippa A West, Immo Kleinschmidt, William Kisinza, Franklin W Mosha, Mark Rowland

Community perceptions of a malaria vaccine in the Kintampo districts of Ghana

Lawrence G Febir, Kwaku P Asante, Dan-Bright S Dzorgbo, Kojo A Senah, Timothy S Letsa, Seth Owusu-Agyei

A mathematical model of the impact of present and future malaria vaccines

Edward A Wenger, Philip A Eckhoff

Temporal evaluation of commitment to sexual development in Plasmodium falciparum

Christopher L Peatey, Matthew WA Dixon, Donald L Gardiner, Katharine R Trenholme

Insecticide resistance status of Anopheles gambiae s.s population from M’Bé: a WHOPES-labelled experimental hut station, 10 years after the political crisis in Côte d’Ivoire

Alphonsine A Koffi, Ludovic P Ahoua Alou, Maurice A Adja, Fabrice Chandre, Cédric Pennetier

Ivermectin to reduce malaria transmission: a research agenda for a promising new tool for elimination

Carlos J Chaccour, Kevin C Kobylinski, Quique Bassat, Teun Bousema, Chris Drakeley, Pedro Alonso, Brian D Foy

A member of the Plasmodium falciparum PHIST family binds to the erythrocyte cytoskeleton component band 4.1

Lindsay A Parish, Deborah W Mai, Matthew L Jones, Erika L Kitson, Julian C Rayner

Evaluation of the 2011 long-lasting, insecticide-treated net distribution for universal coverage in Togo

Elizabeth R Stevens, Abigail Aldridge, Yawo Degbey, Akou Pignandi, Monique A Dorkenoo, Justin Hugelen-Padin

Cryo-electron tomography reveals four-membrane architecture of the Plasmodium apicoplast

Leandro Lemgruber, Mikhail Kudryashev, Chaitali Dekiwadia, David T Riglar, Jake Baum, Henning Stahlberg, Stuart A Ralph, Friedrich Frischknecht

Providing open access data online to advance malaria research and control

Catherine L Moyes, William H Temperley, Andrew J Henry, Clara R Burgert, Simon I Hay

Fulani show decreased susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum infection versus Mossi: data from a community-wide screening and treatment of asymptomatic carriers in Burkina Faso

Alfred B Tiono, Sodiomon B Sirima, Kamal Hamed

Characterizing Pv ARP, a novel Plasmodium vivax antigen

Darwin A Moreno-Pérez, Ambar Saldarriaga, Manuel A Patarroyo

Routine parallel diagnosis of malaria using microscopy and the malaria rapid diagnostic test SD 05FK60: the experience of Médecins Sans Frontières in Myanmar

Cara S Kosack, Wint Thu Naing, Erwan Piriou, Leslie Shanks

A dynamic model of some malaria-transmitting anopheline mosquitoes of the Afrotropical region. I. Model description and sensitivity analysis

Torleif Markussen Lunde, Diriba Korecha, Eskindir Loha, Asgeir Sorteberg, Bernt Lindtjørn

Polymorphism of the parasite lactate dehydrogenase gene from Plasmodium vivax Korean isolates

Hyun-Il Shin, Jung-Yeon Kim, Won-Ja Lee, Youngjoo Sohn, Sang-Wook Lee, Yoon-Joong Kang, Hyeong-Woo Lee

Malaria in South America: a drug discovery perspective

Luiza R Cruz, Thomas Spangenberg, Marcus VG Lacerda, Timothy NC Wells

A potential threat to malaria elimination: extensive deltamethrin and DDT resistance to Anopheles sinensis from the malaria-endemic areas in China

Duo-quan Wang, Zhi-gui Xia, Shui-sen Zhou, Xiao-nong Zhou, Ru-bo Wang, Qing-feng Zhang

Comparison of bioavailability between the most available generic tablet formulation containing artemether and lumefantrine on the Tanzanian market and the innovator’s product

Omary MS Minzi, Ignace A Marealle, Seif Shekalaghe, Omar Juma, Eliford Ngaimisi, Mwajuma Chemba, Mastidia Rutaihwa, Salim Abdulla, Philip Sasi

G6PD deficiency in Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria-infected Cambodian patients

Nimol Khim, Christophe Benedet, Saorin Kim, Sim Kheng, Sovannaroth Siv, Rithea Leang, Soley Lek, Sinuon Muth, Nguon Chea, Char Meng Chuor, Socheat Duong, Alexandra Kerleguer, Pety Tor, Pheaktra Chim, Lydie Canier, Benoit Witkowski, Walter RJ Taylor, Didier Ménard

Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum malaria and low birth weight in an area of unstable malaria transmission in Central Sudan

Amal H Mohammed, Magdi M Salih, Elhassan M Elhassan, Ahmed A Mohmmed, Salah E Elzaki, Badria B El-Sayed, Ishag Adam

Triangular test design to evaluate tinidazole in the prevention of Plasmodium vivax relapse

Louis Macareo, Khin Maung Lwin, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Prayoon Yuentrakul, R Scott Miller, Francois Nosten

Activation of minority-variant Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites following artesunate + amodiaquine treatment in a 23-year old man with relapsing malaria in Antananarivo, Madagascar

Voahangy Andrianaranjaka, Jessica T Lin, Christopher Golden, Jonathan J Juliano, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia

Hyperendemic malaria transmission in areas of occupation-related travel in the Peruvian Amazon

Benjamin S Parker, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Karin Escobedo, David Florin, Silvia Rengifo Pinedo, Roldan Cardenas Greffa, Luis Capcha Vega, Hugo Rodriguez Ferrucci, William K Pan, Cesar Banda Chavez, Joseph M Vinetz, Margaret Kosek

Both infected and uninfected mosquitoes are attracted toward malaria infected birds

Stéphane Cornet, Antoine Nicot, Ana Rivero, Sylvain Gandon

Epidemiology of Plasmodium infections in Flores Island, Indonesia using real-time PCR

Maria MM Kaisar, Taniawati Supali, Aprilianto E Wiria, Firdaus Hamid, Linda J Wammes, Erliyani Sartono, Adrian JF Luty, Eric AT Brienen, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Lisette van Lieshout, Jaco J Verweij

Community knowledge and perceptions about indoor residual spraying for malaria prevention in Soroti district, Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Michael Ediau, Juliet N Babirye, Nazarius M Tumwesigye, Joseph KB Matovu, Simba Machingaidze, Olico Okui, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Peter Waiswa

Cloning and characterization of bifunctional enzyme farnesyl diphosphate/geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase from Plasmodium falciparum

Fabiana M Jordão, Heloisa B Gabriel, João MP Alves, Claudia B Angeli, Thaís D Bifano, Ardala Breda, Mauro F de Azevedo, Luiz A Basso, Gerhard Wunderlich, Emilia A Kimura, Alejandro M Katzin

Gestational age assessment in malaria pregnancy cohorts: a prospective ultrasound demonstration project in Malawi

Blair J Wylie, Linda Kalilani-Phiri, Mwayi Madanitsa, Gladys Membe, Osward Nyirenda, Patricia Mawindo, Redson Kuyenda, Albert Malenga, Abbey Masonbrink, Bonus Makanani, Phillip Thesing, Miriam K Laufer

In vitro susceptibility to quinine and microsatellite variations of the Plasmodium falciparum Na+/H+ exchanger transporter (Pfnhe-1) gene in 393 isolates from Dakar, Senegal

Aurélie Pascual, Bécaye Fall, Nathalie Wurtz, Mansour Fall, Cheikhou Camara, Aminata Nakoulima, Eric Baret, Bakary Diatta, Khadidiatou Ba Fall, Pape Saliou Mbaye, Yaya Diémé, Raymond Bercion, Hervé Bogreau, Sébastien Briolant, Christophe Rogier, Boubacar Wade, Bruno Pradines

Health care seeking patterns and determinants of out-of-pocket expenditure for Malaria for the children under-five in Uganda

Juliet Nabyonga Orem, Frederick Mugisha, Albert Peter Okui, Laurent Musango, Joses Muthuri Kirigia

Natural Plasmodium infection in monkeys in the state of Rondônia (Brazilian Western Amazon)

Maisa S Araújo, Mariluce R Messias, Marivaldo R Figueiró, Luiz Herman S Gil, Christian M Probst, Newton M Vidal, Tony H Katsuragawa, Marco A Krieger, Luiz H Pereira da Silva, Luiz S Ozaki

A novel live-dead staining methodology to study malaria parasite viability

Erica M Pasini, Denise van den Ierssel, Henri J Vial, Clemens HM Kocken

Identification of minimal human MHC-restricted CD8+ T-cell epitopes within the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP)

Martha Sedegah, Yohan Kim, Harini Ganeshan, Jun Huang, Maria Belmonte, Esteban Abot, Jo Glenna Banania, Fouzia Farooq, Shannon McGrath, Bjoern Peters, Alessandro Sette, Lorraine Soisson, Carter Diggs, Denise L Doolan, Cindy Tamminga, Eileen Villasante, Michael R Hollingdale, Thomas L Richie

The association between price, competition, and demand factors on private sector anti-malarial stocking and sales in western Kenya: considerations for the AMFm subsidy

Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara, Andrew Obala, Harsha Thirumurthy, Barasa Khwa-Otsyula

Evaluation of the malaria rapid diagnostic test VIKIA malaria Ag Pf/Pan™ in endemic and non-endemic settings

Daniel Eibach, Boubacar Traore, Mourad Bouchrik, Boubacar Coulibaly, Nianégué Coulibaly, Fanta Siby, Guillaume Bonnot, Anne-Lise Bienvenu, Stéphane Picot

Land cover, land use and malaria in the Amazon: a systematic literature review of studies using remotely sensed data

Aurélia Stefani, Isabelle Dusfour, Ana Paula SA Corrêa, Manoel CB Cruz, Nadine Dessay, Allan KR Galardo, Clícia D Galardo, Romain Girod, Margarete SM Gomes, Helen Gurgel, Ana Cristina F Lima, Eduardo S Moreno, Lise Musset, Mathieu Nacher, Alana CS Soares, Bernard Carme, Emmanuel Roux

pLDH level of clinically isolated Plasmodium vivax and detection limit of pLDH based malaria rapid diagnostic test

Jin Woo Jang, Chi Hyun Cho, Eun Taek Han, Seong Soo A An, Chae Seung Lim

Designing the next generation of medicines for malaria control and eradication

Jeremy N Burrows, Rob Hooft van Huijsduijnen, Jörg J Möhrle, Claude Oeuvray, Timothy NC Wells

Anti-malarial property of steroidal alkaloid conessine isolated from the bark of Holarrhena antidysenterica

Virendra K Dua, Gaurav Verma, Bikram Singh, Aswathy Rajan, Upma Bagai, Dau Dayal Agarwal, NC Gupta, Sandeep Kumar, Ayushi Rastogi

Population genetics analysis during the elimination process of Plasmodium falciparum in Djibouti

Bouh Abdi Khaireh, Ashenafi Assefa, Hawa Hassan Guessod, Leonardo K Basco, Mohamed Abdi Khaireh, Aurélie Pascual, Sébastien Briolant, Samatar Mohamed Bouh, Ismaïl Hassan Farah, Habib Moussa Ali, Abdoul-Ilah Abdoul-Ahmed Abdi, Mouna Osman Aden, Zamzam Abdillahi, Souleiman Nour Ayeh, Houssein Youssouf Darar, Jean-Louis Koeck, Christophe Rogier, Bruno Pradines, Hervé Bogreau

Cloning, expression, and immunocharacterization of surface protein containing an altered thrombospondin repeat domain (SPATR) from Plasmodium knowlesi

Vanitha Palaeya, Yee Ling Lau, Rohela Mahmud, Yeng Chen, Mun Yik Fong

High rates of parasite recrudescence following intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine during pregnancy in Benin

Azizath Moussiliou, Yolande Sissinto-Savi De Tove, Justin Doritchamou, Adrian JF Luty, Achille Massougbodji, Michael Alifrangis, Philippe Deloron, Nicaise Tuikue Ndam

Plasmodium vivax aldolase-specific monoclonal antibodies and its application in clinical diagnosis of malaria infections in China

Emmanuel E Dzakah, Keren Kang, Chao Ni, Hong Wang, Peidian Wu, Shixing Tang, Jihua Wang, Jufang Wang, Xiaoning Wang

Determination of artemether and lumefantrine in anti-malarial fixed-dose combination tablets by microemulsion electrokinetic chromatography with short-end injection procedure

N’Cho Christophe Amin, Huguette Fabre, Marie-Dominique Blanchin, Jérôme Montels, Michèle Aké

Equivalent susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae M and S molecular forms and Anopheles arabiensis to Plasmodium falciparum infection in Burkina Faso

Awa Gnémé, Wamdaogo M Guelbéogo, Michelle M Riehle, Antoine Sanou, Alphonse Traoré, Soumanaba Zongo, Karin Eiglmeier, Gustave B Kabré, N’Falé Sagnon, Kenneth D Vernick

Over-diagnosis of malaria by microscopy in the Kilombero Valley, Southern Tanzania: an evaluation of the utility and cost-effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests

Kelly Harchut, Claire Standley, Andrew Dobson, Belia Klaassen, Clotilde Rambaud-Althaus, Fabrice Althaus, Katarzyna Nowak

Imported malaria in Albania and the risk factors that could allow its reappearance

Klodiana Shkurti, Gentian Vyshka, Enkelejda Velo, Arben Boçari, Majlinda Kokici, Dhimitër Kraja

Tools for mass screening of G6PD deficiency: validation of the WST8/1-methoxy-PMS enzymatic assay in Uganda

Mariana De Niz, Alice C Eziefula, Lucas Othieno, Edith Mbabazi, Damalie Nabukeera, Emmanuel Ssemmondo, Samuel Gonahasa, Patrick Tumwebaze, Deborah DiLiberto, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Sarah G Staedke, Chris Drakeley

The metabolism of primaquine to its active metabolite is dependent on CYP 2D6

Brandon S Pybus, Sean R Marcsisin, Xiannu Jin, Gregory Deye, Jason C Sousa, Qigui Li, Diana Caridha, Qiang Zeng, Gregory A Reichard, Christian Ockenhouse, Jason Bennett, Larry A Walker, Colin Ohrt, Victor Melendez

Vivax malaria and bacteraemia: a prospective study in Kolkata, India

Sujit Kumar Bhattacharya, Dipika Sur, Shanta Dutta, Suman Kanungo, R Leon Ochiai, Deok Ryun Kim, Nicholas M Anstey, Lorenz von Seidlein, Jacqueline Deen

A good night’s sleep and the habit of net use: perceptions of risk and reasons for bed net use in Bukoba and Zanzibar

Hannah M Koenker, Dana Loll, Datius Rweyemamu, Abdullah S Ali

Living on the edge: a longitudinal study of Anopheles funestus in an isolated area of Mozambique

J Derek Charlwood, Nelson Cuamba, Elsa VE Tomás, Olivier JT Briët

Haemoglobin dynamics in Papuan and non-Papuan adults in northeast Papua, Indonesia, with acute, uncomplicated vivax or falciparum malaria

Walter RJ Taylor, Hendra Widjaja, Hasan Basri, Emiliana Tjitra, Colin Ohrt, Taufik Taufik, Samuel Baso, Stephen L Hoffman, Thomas L Richie

Malaria and protective behaviours: is there a malaria trap?

Jean-Claude Berthélemy, Josselin Thuilliez, Ogobara Doumbo, Jean Gaudart

Blackwater fever in Congolese children: a report of clinical, laboratory features and risk factors

Joseph M Bodi, Célestin N Nsibu, Roland L Longenge, Michel N Aloni, Pierre Z Akilimali, Pierre M Tshibassu, Patrick K Kayembe, Ahmeddin H Omar, Kenji Hirayama, Jan Verhaegen

Host immune constraints on malaria transmission: insights from population biology of within-host parasites

Philip G McQueen, Kim C Williamson, F Ellis McKenzie

MMV in partnership: the Eurartesim® experience

David Ubben, Elizabeth M Poll

CYP450 phenotyping and metabolite identification of quinine by accurate mass UPLC-MS analysis: a possible metabolic link to blackwater fever

Sean R Marcsisin, Xiannu Jin, Theresa Bettger, Nicholas McCulley, Jason C Sousa, G Dennis Shanks, Babu L Tekwani, Rajnish Sahu, Gregory A Reichard, Richard J Sciotti, Victor Melendez, Brandon S Pybus

Analysing and recommending options for maintaining universal coverage with long-lasting insecticidal nets: the case of Tanzania in 2011

Hannah M Koenker, Joshua O Yukich, Alex Mkindi, Renata Mandike, Nick Brown, Albert Kilian, Christian Lengeler

Epidemiology of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infection: implications for detection of hotspots with imperfect diagnostics

Jacklin F Mosha, Hugh JW Sturrock, Bryan Greenhouse, Brian Greenwood, Colin J Sutherland, Nahla Gadalla, Sharan Atwal, Chris Drakeley, Gibson Kibiki, Teun Bousema, Daniel Chandramohan, Roly Gosling

Seroepidemiological and parasitological evaluation of the heterogeneity of malaria infection in the Gambia

Abraham R Oduro, David J Conway, David Schellenberg, Judith Satoguina, Brian M Greenwood, Kalifa A Bojang

Changes in the burden of malaria following scale up of malaria control interventions in Mutasa District, Zimbabwe

Sungano Mharakurwa, Susan L Mutambu, Joseph Mberikunashe, Philip E Thuma, William J Moss, Peter R Mason

Challenges in diagnosing paediatric malaria in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Gro EA Strøm, Christel G Haanshuus, Maulidi Fataki, Nina Langeland, Bjørn Blomberg

A histological method for quantifying Plasmodium falciparum in the brain in fatal paediatric cerebral malaria

Danny A Milner Jr, Clarissa Valim, Richard A Carr, Pankaj B Chandak, Nedson G Fosiko, Richard Whitten, Krupa B Playforth, Karl B Seydel, Steve Kamiza, Malcolm E Molyneux, Terrie E Taylor

Malaria and haematologic parameters of pupils at different altitudes along the slope of Mount Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

Helen K Kimbi, Irene UN Sumbele, Malaika Nweboh, Judith K Anchang-Kimbi, Emmaculate Lum, Yannick Nana, Lucy M Ndip, Henry Njom, Leopold G Lehman

Environmentally friendly tool to control mosquito populations without risk of insecticide resistance: the Lehmann’s funnel entry trap

Abdoulaye Diabaté, Etienne Bilgo, Roch K Dabiré, Fréderic Tripet

Spatial distribution of malaria problem in three regions of Ethiopia

Dawit G Ayele, Temesgen T Zewotir, Henry G Mwambi

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

Severe malaria in Battambang Referral Hospital, an area of multidrug resistance in Western-Cambodia: a retrospective analysis of cases from 2006–2009

Chanthap Lon, Ans Timmermans, Nillawan Buathong, Samon Nou, Youry Se, Ngo Sitthy, Soklyda Chann, Somporn Kraesub, Tippa Wongstitwilairoong, Douglas S Walsh, Stuart Tyner, Mark Fukuda, David Callender, Jeffrey Sherwood, Lenin Koy, Mengchour Char, Delia Bethell, David Saunders

Evaluation of CareStart™ malaria Pf/Pv combo test for Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria diagnosis in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia

Adugna Woyessa, Wakgari Deressa, Ahmed Ali, Bernt Lindtjørn

A preliminary investigation of the relationship between water quality and Anopheles gambiae larval habitats in western Cameroon

Michelle R Sanford, Steven Ramsay, Anthony J Cornel, Clare D Marsden, Laura C Norris, Salomon Patchoke, Etienne Fondjo, Gregory C Lanzaro, Yoosook Lee

In vitro chloroquine resistance for Plasmodium vivax isolates from the Western Brazilian Amazon

Yonne F Chehuan, Monica RF Costa, Jacqueline S Costa, Maria GC Alecrim, Fátima Nogueira, Henrique Silveira, Larissa W Brasil, Gisely C Melo, Wuelton M Monteiro, Marcus VG Lacerda

High prevalence of mutation in the Plasmodium falciparum dhfr and dhps genes in field isolates from Sabah, Northern Borneo

Noor Rain Abdullah, Nor Azrina Norahmad, Jenarun Jelip, Lokman Hakim Sulaiman, Hasidah Mohd Sidek, Zakiah Ismail, Harald Noedl

Effects of changing mosquito host searching behaviour on the cost effectiveness of a mass distribution of long-lasting, insecticidal nets: a modelling study

Olivier JT Briët, Nakul Chitnis

Epidemiological and clinical correlates of malaria-helminth co-infections in southern Ethiopia

Andargachew Mulu, Mengistu Legesse, Berhanu Erko, Yeshambel Belyhun, Demise Nugussie, Techalew Shimelis, Afework Kassu, Daniel Elias, Beyene Moges

Evaluation of a real-time quantitative PCR to measure the wild Plasmodium falciparum infectivity rate in salivary glands of Anopheles gambiae

Alexandra Marie, Anne Boissière, Majoline Tchioffo Tsapi, Anne Poinsignon, Parfait H Awono-Ambéné, Isabelle Morlais, Franck Remoue, Sylvie Cornelie

Targeting imported malaria through social networks: a potential strategy for malaria elimination in Swaziland

Kadiatou Koita, Joseph Novotny, Simon Kunene, Zulizile Zulu, Nyasatu Ntshalintshali, Monica Gandhi, Roland Gosling

Prevalence and molecular basis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Afghan populations: implications for treatment policy in the region

Toby Leslie, Bushra Moiz, Nader Mohammad, Omar Amanzai, Haroon ur Rasheed, Sakhi Jan, Abdul M Siddiqi, Amna Nasir, Mohammad A Beg, Martijn Vink

Adverse drug events resulting from use of drugs with sulphonamide-containing anti-malarials and artemisinin-based ingredients: findings on incidence and household costs from three districts with routine demographic surveillance systems in rural Tanzania

Joseph D Njau, Abdulnoor M Kabanywanyi, Catherine A Goodman, John R MacArthur, Bryan K Kapella, John E Gimnig, Elizeus Kahigwa, Peter B Bloland, Salim M Abdulla, S Patrick Kachur

Prognostic indicators in adults hospitalized with falciparum malaria in Western Thailand

Paul N Newton, Kasia Stepniewska, Arjen Dondorp, Kamolrat Silamut, Wirongrong Chierakul, Sanjeev Krishna, Timothy ME Davis, Yupin Suputtamongkol, Brian Angus, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Ronnatrai Ruangveerayuth, Josh Hanson, Nicholas PJ Day, Nicholas J White

Community case management in malaria: review and perspectives after four years of operational experience in Saraya district, south-east Senegal

Youssoupha Ndiaye, Jean LA Ndiaye, Badara Cisse, Demetri Blanas, Jonas Bassene, Isaac A Manga, Mansour Ndiath, Sylvain L Faye, Mamoudou Bocoum, Mouhamed Ndiaye, Pape M Thior, Doudou Sene, Paul Milligan, Omar Gaye, David Schellenberg

Direct comparison of the histidine-rich protein-2 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (HRP-2 ELISA) and malaria SYBR green I fluorescence (MSF) drug sensitivity tests in Plasmodium falciparum reference clones and fresh ex vivo field isolates from Cambodia

Suwanna Chaorattanakawee, Stuart D Tyner, Chanthap Lon, Kritsanai Yingyuen, Wiriya Ruttvisutinunt, Siratchana Sundrakes, Piyaporn Sai-gnam, Jacob D Johnson, Douglas S Walsh, David L Saunders, Charlotte A Lanteri

Inland valley rice production systems and malaria infection and disease in the forest region of western Côte d’Ivoire

Serge-Brice Assi, Marie-Claire Henry, Christophe Rogier, Joël Dossou-Yovo, Martine Audibert, Jacky Mathonnat, Thomas Teuscher, Pierre Carnevale

Plasmodium vivax and Mansonella ozzardi co-infection in north-western Argentina

María J Dantur Juri, Cecilia A Veggiani Aybar, Eugenia S Ortega, Guillermina B Galante, Mario O Zaidenberg

Artesunate versus quinine in the treatment of severe imported malaria: comparative analysis of adverse events focussing on delayed haemolysis

Thierry Rolling, Dominic Wichmann, Stefan Schmiedel, Gerd D Burchard, Stefan Kluge, Jakob P Cramer

Exploring the impact of targeted distribution of free bed nets on households bed net ownership, socio-economic disparities and childhood malaria infection rates: analysis of national malaria survey data from three sub-Saharan Africa countries

Joseph D Njau, Rob Stephenson, Manoj Menon, S Patrick Kachur, Deborah A McFarland

Population pharmacokinetics of mefloquine, piperaquine and artemether-lumefantrine in Cambodian and Tanzanian malaria patients

Eva Maria Staehli Hodel, Monia Guidi, Boris Zanolari, Thomas Mercier, Socheat Duong, Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, Frédéric Ariey, Thierry Buclin, Hans-Peter Beck, Laurent A Decosterd, Piero Olliaro, Blaise Genton, Chantal Csajka

Selection of pfdhfr/pfdhps alleles and declining artesunate/sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine efficacy against Plasmodium falciparum eight years after deployment in eastern Sudan

Nahla B Gadalla, Tajeldin M Abdallah, Sharanjeet Atwal, Colin J Sutherland, Ishag Adam

A pilot study on quality of artesunate and amodiaquine tablets used in the fishing community of Tema, Ghana

Andrews O Affum, Samuel Lowor, Shiloh D Osae, Adomako Dickson, Benjamin A Gyan, Delali Tulasi

Bad air, amulets and mosquitoes: 2,000 years of changing perspectives on malaria

Ernst Hempelmann, Kristine Krafts

Anti-malarial prescription practices among outpatients with laboratory-confirmed malaria in the setting of a health facility-based sentinel site surveillance system in Uganda

David Sears, Ruth Kigozi, Arthur Mpimbaza, Stella Kakeeto, Asadu Sserwanga, Sarah G Staedke, Michelle Chang, Bryan K Kapella, Denis Rubahika, Moses R Kamya, Grant Dorsey

Sample size calculation for multicentre efficacy trials of blood-stage malaria antigens

Samuel Bosomprah

Students’ awareness of malaria at the beginning of national malaria elimination programme in China

Jian-hai Yin, Ru-bo Wang, Zhi-gui Xia, Shui-sen Zhou, Xiao-nong Zhou, Qing-feng Zhang, Xin-yu Feng

Does public subsidy of the cost of malaria chemoprophylaxis reduce imported malaria? A comparative policy analysis

Penny E Neave, Steve Taylor, Ron H Behrens

A randomized trial of artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children in western Kenya

Aarti Agarwal, Meredith McMorrow, Peter Onyango, Kephas Otieno, Christopher Odero, John Williamson, Simon Kariuki, Stephen Patrick Kachur, Laurence Slutsker, Meghna Desai

Clinical relevance of different biomarkers in imported plasmodium falciparum malaria in adults: a case control study

Sabine Stauga, Andreas Hahn, Norbert W Brattig, Johanna Fischer-Herr, Stephan Baldus, Gerd D Burchard, Jakob P Cramer

“Even if the test result is negative, they should be able to tell us what is wrong with us”: a qualitative study of patient expectations of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria

Evelyn K Ansah, Joanna Reynolds, Samson Akanpigbiam, Christopher JM Whitty, Clare IR Chandler

Local illness concepts and their relevance for the prevention and control of malaria during pregnancy in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi: findings from a comparative qualitative study

Arantza Menaca, Christopher Pell, Lucinda Manda-Taylor, Samuel Chatio, Nana A Afrah, Florence Were, Abraham Hodgson, Peter Ouma, Linda Kalilani, Harry Tagbor, Robert Pool

Biological evaluation of hydroxynaphthoquinones as anti-malarials

Desiree C Schuck, Sabrina B Ferreira, Laura N Cruz, David R da Rocha, Miriam S Moraes, Myna Nakabashi, Philip J Rosenthal, Vitor F Ferreira, Celia RS Garcia

A clinical and molecular study of artesunate + sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in three districts of central and eastern India

Prakriti Srivastava, Jagnyeswar Ratha, Naman K Shah, Neelima Mishra, Anupkumar R Anvikar, Surya K Sharma, Manoj K Das, Bina Srivastava, Neena Valecha

Estimating population access to insecticide-treated nets from administrative data: correction factor is needed

Albert Kilian, Hannah Koenker, Lucy Paintain

Spatiotemporal mathematical modelling of mutations of the dhps gene in African Plasmodium falciparum

Jennifer A Flegg, Anand P Patil, Meera Venkatesan, Cally Roper, Inbarani Naidoo, Simon I Hay, Carol Hopkins Sibley, Philippe J Guerin

Nuclear factor kappa B modulates apoptosis in the brain endothelial cells and intravascular leukocytes of fatal cerebral malaria

Chuchard Punsawad, Yaowapa Maneerat, Urai Chaisri, Kwannan Nantavisai, Parnpen Viriyavejakul

Molecular epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax in Latin America: polymorphism and evolutionary relationships of the circumsporozoite gene

Lilia González-Cerón, Jesus Martinez-Barnetche, Ciro Montero-Solís, Frida Santillán, Aida M Soto, Mario H Rodríguez, Benjamin J Espinosa, Octavio A Chávez

Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum and distribution of drug resistance haplotypes in Yemen

Salama Al-Hamidhi, Mohammed AK Mahdy, Zainab Al-Hashami, Hissa Al-Farsi, Abdulsalam M Al-mekhlafi, Mohamed A Idris, Albano Beja-Pereira, Hamza A Babiker

Nightly biting cycles of malaria vectors in a heterogeneous transmission area of eastern Amazonian Brazil

Robert H Zimmerman, L Philip Lounibos, Naoya Nishimura, Allan KR Galardo, Clicia D Galardo, Mercia E Arruda

Prevalence of drug resistance associated mutations in Plasmodium vivax against sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in southern Pakistan

Afsheen Raza, Najia K Ghanchi, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Mohammad Asim Beg

Clustering of host-seeking activity of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes at the top surface of a human-baited bed net

Amy Lynd, Philip J McCall

Physical durability of PermaNet 2.0 long-lasting insecticidal nets over three to 32 months of use in Ethiopia

Aprielle B Wills, Stephen C Smith, Gedeon Y Anshebo, Patricia M Graves, Tekola Endeshaw, Estifanos B Shargie, Mesele Damte, Teshome Gebre, Aryc W Mosher, Amy E Patterson, Yohannes B Tesema, Frank O Richards Jr, Paul M Emerson

Increased detection of Plasmodium knowlesi in Sandakan division, Sabah as revealed by PlasmoNex™

Xiang Ting Goh, Yvonne AL Lim, Indra Vythilingam, Ching Hoong Chew, Ping Chin Lee, Romano Ngui, Tian Chye Tan, Nan Jiun Yap, Veeranoot Nissapatorn, Kek Heng Chua

Physical condition of Olyset® nets after five years of utilization in rural western Kenya

Paola Mejía, Hailay D Teklehaimanot, Yihenew Tesfaye, Awash Teklehaimanot

A compendium of molecules involved in vector-pathogen interactions pertaining to malaria

Sreelakshmi K Sreenivasamurthy, Gourav Dey, Manjula Ramu, Manish Kumar, Manoj K Gupta, Ajeet K Mohanty, HC Harsha, Pushkar Sharma, Nirbhay Kumar, Akhilesh Pandey, Ashwani Kumar, TS Keshava Prasad

A method for reducing the sloughing of thick blood films for malaria diagnosis

Andrew P Norgan, Heather E Arguello, Lynne M Sloan, Emily C Fernholz, Bobbi S Pritt

Severity of imported malaria: protective effect of taking malaria chemoprophylaxis

Klaske Vliegenthart-Jongbloed, Mariana de Mendonça Melo, Marlies E van Wolfswinkel, Rob Koelewijn, Jaap J van Hellemond, Perry JJ van Genderen

Ownership and use of insecticide-treated nets during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a review

Megha Singh, Graham Brown, Stephen J Rogerson

The use of non-prescribed anti-malarial drugs for the treatment of malaria in the Bolgatanga municipality, northern Ghana

Samuel Aborah, Patricia Akweongo, Martin Adjuik, Roger A Atinga, Paul Welaga, Philip B Adongo

Modest additive effects of integrated vector control measures on malaria prevalence and transmission in western Kenya

Guofa Zhou, Yaw A Afrane, Amruta Dixit, Harrysone E Atieli, Ming-Chieh Lee, Christine L Wanjala, Leila B Beilhe, Andrew K Githeko, Guiyun Yan

Identification of resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to artesunate-mefloquine combination in an area along the Thai-Myanmar border: integration of clinico-parasitological response, systemic drug exposure, and in vitro parasite sensitivity

Kesara Na-Bangchang, Phunuch Muhamad, Ronnatrai Ruaengweerayut, Wanna Chaijaroenkul, Juntra Karbwang

Combined DNA extraction and antibody elution from filter papers for the assessment of malaria transmission intensity in epidemiological studies

Amrish Baidjoe, Will Stone, Ivo Ploemen, Shehu Shagari, Lynn Grignard, Victor Osoti, Euniah Makori, Jennifer Stevenson, Simon Kariuki, Colin Sutherland, Robert Sauerwein, Jonathan Cox, Chris Drakeley, Teun Bousema

Comparative evaluation of published real-time PCR assays for the detection of malaria following MIQE guidelines

Saba Alemayehu, Karla C Feghali, Jessica Cowden, Jack Komisar, Christian F Ockenhouse, Edwin Kamau

High attack rate for malaria through irregular migration routes to a country on verge of elimination

Kolitha Wickramage, Risintha G Premaratne, Sharika L Peiris, Davide Mosca

Malaria risk factors in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis

Adugna Woyessa, Wakgari Deressa, Ahmed Ali, Bernt Lindtjørn

Microsatellite genotyping of Plasmodium vivax infections and their relapses in pregnant and non-pregnant patients on the Thai-Myanmar border

Supinya Thanapongpichat, Rose McGready, Christine Luxemburger, Nicholas PJ Day, Nicholas J White, Francois Nosten, Georges Snounou, Mallika Imwong

Is a Plasmodium lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA)-based assay a valid tool for detecting risky malaria blood donations in Africa?

Pascal S Atchade, Cécile Doderer-Lang, Nicodème Chabi, Sylvie Perrotey, Tamer Abdelrahman, Casimir D Akpovi, Ludovic Anani, André Bigot, Ambaliou Sanni, Ermanno Candolfi

Performance of microscopy and RDTs in the context of a malaria prevalence survey in Angola: a comparison using PCR as the gold standard

Cláudia Fançony, Yuri V Sebastião, João E Pires, Dina Gamboa, Susana V Nery

Translating health research evidence into policy and practice in Uganda

Anthony K Mbonye, Pascal Magnussen

Malaria relevance and diagnosis in febrile Burkina Faso travellers: a prospective study

Stéphanie Schrot-Sanyan, Sylvie Gaidot-Pagnier, Ahmed Abou-Bacar, Sodiomon Bienvenu Sirima, Ermanno Candolfi

Comparison of transmission parameters between Anopheles argyritarsis and Anopheles pseudopunctipennis in two ecologically different localities of Bolivia

Frédéric Lardeux, Claudia Aliaga, Rosenka Tejerina, Libia Torrez

Hyposplenism revealed by Plasmodium malariae infection

Benjamin Hommel, Alexandre Galloula, Anne Simon, Pierre Buffet

The design and statistical power of treatment re-infection studies of the association between pre-erythrocytic immunity and infection with Plasmodium falciparum

Michael T White, Jamie T Griffin, Azra C Ghani

Synergism from combinations of infection-blocking malaria vaccines

Michael T White, David L Smith

Identification of piggyBac-mediated insertions in Plasmodium berghei by next generation sequencing

Yi Cao, Bing Rui, Dianne L Wellems, Mingxing Li, Biaobang Chen, Dongmei Zhang, Weiqing Pan

Plasmodium knowlesi and HIV co-infection in a German traveller to Thailand

Jonas Ehrhardt, Andreas Trein, Peter Gottfried Kremsner, Matthias Frank

Tolerability and safety of artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine fixed dose combinations for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: two open-label, randomized trials in Nimba County, Liberia

Birgit Schramm, Parastou Valeh, Elisabeth Baudin, Charles S Mazinda, Richard Smith, Loretxu Pinoges, Timothy Sundaygar, Yah M Zolia, Joel J Jones, Eric Comte, Arnaud Bruneel, Michel Branger, Vincent Jullien, Gwenaelle Carn, Jean-René Kiechel, Elizabeth A Ashley, Philippe J Guérin

Integrating child health services into malaria control services of village malaria workers in remote Cambodia: service utilization and knowledge of malaria management of caregivers

Aya Hasegawa, Junko Yasuoka, Po Ly, Chea Nguon, Masamine Jimba

Evaluation of the phenotypic test and genetic analysis in the detection of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

Duangdao Nantakomol, Rick Paul, Attakorn Palasuwan, Nicholas PJ Day, Nicholas J White, Mallika Imwong

Anopheles culicifacies breeding in polluted water bodies in Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka

Nayana Gunathilaka, Thilan Fernando, Menaka Hapugoda, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Panduka Wijeyerathne, Wimaladharma Abeyewickreme

Quantifying the mosquito’s sweet tooth: modelling the effectiveness of attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSB) for malaria vector control

John M Marshall, Michael T White, Azra C Ghani, Yosef Schlein, Gunter C Muller, John C Beier

Merozoite surface protein-3 alpha as a genetic marker for epidemiologic studies in Plasmodium vivax: a cautionary note

Benjamin L Rice, Mónica M Acosta, Maria Andreína Pacheco, Ananias A Escalante

Cryopreservation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity inside red blood cells: developing a specimen repository in support of development and evaluation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency tests

Maria Kahn, Nicole LaRue, Pooja Bansil, Michael Kalnoky, Sarah McGray, Gonzalo J Domingo

First report of a phylogenetic analysis of an autochthonous Plasmodium vivax strain isolated from a malaria case in East Attica, Greece

Anastasios Ioannidis, Chryssoula Nicolaou, Athina Stoupi, Athanasios Kossyvakis, Petros Matsoukas, Melina-Vassiliki Liakata, Emmanouil Magiorkinis, Efthimia Petinaki, Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou

Use of a colorimetric (DELI) test for the evaluation of chemoresistance of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax to commonly used anti-plasmodial drugs in the Brazilian Amazon

Lilian R Pratt-Riccio, Yonne F Chehuan, Maria José Siqueira, Maria das Graças Alecrim, Cesare Bianco-Junior, Pierre Druilhe, Philippe Brasseur, Maria de Fátima Ferreira-da-Cruz, Leonardo JM Carvalho, Cláudio T Daniel-Ribeiro

Effect of malaria transmission reduction by insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) on the genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein (MSP-1) and circumsporozoite (CSP) in western Kenya

Simon K Kariuki, James Njunge, Ann Muia, Geofrey Muluvi, Wangeci Gatei, Feiko ter Kuile, Dianne J Terlouw, William A Hawley, Penelope A Phillips-Howard, Bernard L Nahlen, Kim A Lindblade, Mary J Hamel, Laurence Slutsker, Ya Ping Shi

Anti-erythropoietin antibody levels and its association with anaemia in different strains of semi-immune mice infected with Plasmodium berghei ANKA

Gideon Kofi Helegbe, Nguyen Tien Huy, Tetsuo Yanagi, Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu, Mihoko Kikuchi, Mahamoud Sama Cherif, Kenji Hirayama

Prevalence and distribution of human Plasmodium infection in Pakistan

Aamer A Khattak, Meera Venkatesan, Muhammad F Nadeem, Humayoon S Satti, Adnan Yaqoob, Kathy Strauss, Lubna Khatoon, Salman A Malik, Christopher V Plowe

A comprehensive survey of polymorphisms conferring anti-malarial resistance in Plasmodium falciparum across Pakistan

Aamer A Khattak, Meera Venkatesan, Christopher G Jacob, Elena M Artimovich, Muhammad F Nadeem, Farida Nighat, Francis Hombhanje, Toshihiro Mita, Salman A Malik, Christopher V Plowe

Improvement of the efficacy of dihydroartemisinin with atorvastatin in an experimental cerebral malaria murine model

Jérôme Dormoi, Sébastien Briolant, Aurélie Pascual, Camille Desgrouas, Christelle Travaillé, Bruno Pradines

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome in severe malaria

Carlos Alves, Jen-Ting Chen, Nina Patel, Darryl Abrams, Paulo Figueiredo, Lurdes Santos, António Sarmento, José Artur Paiva, Matthew Bacchetta, May-Lin Wilgus, Roberto Roncon-Albuquerque Jr, Daniel Brodie

The history of 20th century malaria control in Peru

Sean M Griffing, Dionicia Gamboa, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar

Global malaria connectivity through air travel

Zhuojie Huang, Andrew J Tatem

Molecular characterization and identification of members of the Anopheles subpictus complex in Sri Lanka

Sinnathamby N Surendran, Devojit K Sarma, Pavilupillai J Jude, Petri Kemppainen, Nadarajah Kanthakumaran, Kanapathy Gajapathy, Lalanthika BS Peiris, Ranjan Ramasamy, Catherine Walton

Prevalence and patterns of antifolate and chloroquine drug resistance markers in Plasmodium vivax across Pakistan

Aamer A Khattak, Meera Venkatesan, Lubna Khatoon, Amed Ouattara, Leo J Kenefic, Muhammad F Nadeem, Farida Nighat, Salman A Malik, Christopher V Plowe

High levels of IgG3 anti ICB2-5 in Plasmodium vivax-infected individuals who did not develop symptoms

Fernanda G Versiani, Maria EM Almeida, Gisely C Melo, Francivaldo OL Versiani, Patrícia P Orlandi, Luís André M Mariúba, Leidiane A Soares, Luciana P Souza, Antonio A da Silva Balieiro, Wuelton M Monteiro, Fabio TM Costa, Hernando A del Portillo, Marcus VG Lacerda, Paulo A Nogueira

Malaysian child infected with Plasmodium vivax via blood transfusion: a case report

Claudia N Anthony, Yee-Ling Lau, Jia-Siang Sum, Mun-Yik Fong, Hany Ariffin, Wai-Linn Zaw, Indra Jeyajothi, Rohela Mahmud

Decreasing incidence of Plasmodium vivax in the Republic of Korea during 2010–2012

Tong-Soo Kim, Jin Su Kim, Byoung-Kuk Na, Won-Ja Lee, Heung-Chul Kim, Seung-Ki Youn, Jin Gwack, Hee Sung Kim, PyoYun Cho, Seong Kyu Ahn, Seok Ho Cha, Yun-Kyu Park, Sung Keun Lee, Yoon-Joong Kang, Youngjoo Sohn, Yeongseon Hong, Hyeong-Woo Lee

Universal coverage with insecticide-treated nets – applying the revised indicators for ownership and use to the Nigeria 2010 malaria indicator survey data

Albert Kilian, Hannah Koenker, Ebenezer Baba, Emmanuel O Onyefunafoa, Richmond A Selby, Kojo Lokko, Matthew Lynch

Evaluation of two novel tablet formulations of artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem®) for bioequivalence in a randomized, open-label, two-period study

Gilbert Lefèvre, Prafulla Bhad, Jay Prakash Jain, Sampath Kalluri, Yi Cheng, Hardik Dave, Daniel S Stein

Accurate identification of the six human Plasmodium spp. causing imported malaria, including Plasmodium ovale wallikeri and Plasmodium knowlesi

Adriana Calderaro, Giovanna Piccolo, Chiara Gorrini, Sabina Rossi, Sara Montecchini, Maria Loretana Dell’Anna, Flora De Conto, Maria Cristina Medici, Carlo Chezzi, Maria Cristina Arcangeletti

Pre-existing Schistosoma japonicum infection alters the immune response to Plasmodium berghei infection in C57BL/6 mice

Mei-lian Wang, Ya-ming Cao, En-jie Luo, Ying Zhang, Ya-jun Guo

Serological responses to a soluble recombinant chimeric Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein in VK210 and VK247 population

Yang Cheng, Daisuke Ito, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Chae Seung Lim, Deok-Hoon Kong, Kwon-Soo Ha, Bo Wang, Takafumi Tsuboi, Eun-Taek Han

A study on relapse/re-infection rate of Plasmodium vivax malaria and identification of the predominant genotypes of P. vivax in two endemic districts of Nepal

Sulochana Manandhar, Chop L Bhusal, Umesh Ghimire, Shankar P Singh, Dibesh B Karmacharya, Sameer M Dixit

Evaluating harm associated with anti-malarial drugs: a survey of methods used by clinical researchers to elicit, assess and record participant-reported adverse events and related data

Elizabeth N Allen, Clare IR Chandler, Nyaradzo Mandimika, Cheryl Pace, Ushma Mehta, Karen I Barnes

Integrated approach to malaria prevention at household level in rural communities in Uganda: experiences from a pilot project

David Musoke, George Karani, John C Ssempebwa, Miph B Musoke

Malarial parasite diversity in chimpanzees: the value of comparative approaches to ascertain the evolution of Plasmodium falciparum antigens

M Andreína Pacheco, Michael Cranfield, Kenneth Cameron, Ananias A Escalante

Outdoor malaria transmission in forested villages of Cambodia

Lies Durnez, Sokny Mao, Leen Denis, Patricia Roelants, Tho Sochantha, Marc Coosemans

Characterization of a malaria outbreak in Colombia in 2010

Pablo Chaparro, Julio Padilla, Andrés F Vallejo, Sócrates Herrera

Case investigation and reactive case detection for malaria elimination in northern Senegal

Megan Littrell, Gnagna Dieng Sow, Algaye Ngom, Mady Ba, Balla Mbacke Mboup, Yakou Dieye, Boniface Mutombo, Duncan Earle, Richard W Steketee

Organization of Plasmodium falciparum spliceosomal core complex and role of arginine methylation in its assembly

Manzar Hossain, Shweta Sharma, Reshma Korde, Shivani Kanodia, Monika Chugh, Khushboo Rawat, Pawan Malhotra

Integrated community case management of malaria and pneumonia increases prompt and appropriate treatment for pneumonia symptoms in children under five years in Eastern Uganda

Joan N Kalyango, Tobias Alfven, Stefan Peterson, Kevin Mugenyi, Charles Karamagi, Elizeus Rutebemberwa

Examining the impact of larval source management and insecticide-treated nets using a spatial agent-based model of Anopheles gambiae and a landscape generator tool

SM Niaz Arifin, Gregory R Madey, Frank H Collins

Comparative analysis of two methods for measuring sales volumes during malaria medicine outlet surveys

Edith Patouillard, Immo Kleinschmidt, Kara Hanson, Sochea Pok, Benjamin Palafox, Sarah Tougher, Kate O’Connell, Catherine Goodman

Lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes activity in Plasmodium vivax malaria patients evolving with cholestatic jaundice

Camila Fabbri, Rita de Cássia Mascarenhas-Netto, Pritesh Lalwani, Gisely C Melo, Belisa ML Magalhães, Márcia AA Alexandre, Marcus VG Lacerda, Emerson S Lima

Biochemical and immunological mechanisms by which sickle cell trait protects against malaria

Lauren Gong, Sunil Parikh, Philip J Rosenthal, Bryan Greenhouse

Effects of drying eggs and egg storage on hatchability and development of Anopheles arabiensis

Inamullah Khan, David Damiens, Sharon M Soliban, Jeremie RL Gilles

The effect of screening doors and windows on indoor density of Anopheles arabiensis in south-west Ethiopia: a randomized trial

Fekadu Massebo, Bernt Lindtjørn

User-determined end of net life in Senegal: a qualitative assessment of decision-making related to the retirement of expired nets

Dana K Loll, Sara Berthe, Sylvain Landry Faye, Issa Wone, Hannah Koenker, Bethany Arnold, Rachel Weber

Inter-observer agreement according to malaria parasite density

Mounkaila Abdou Billo, Mahamadou Diakité, Amagana Dolo, Mouctar Diallo, Belco Poudiougou, Sory Ibrahima Diawara, Eric S Johnson, Janet C Rice, Donald J Krogstad, Ogobara K Doumbo

Disseminated intravascular coagulation following malaria due to Plasmodium vivax: a thromboelastography-based study

Sarita Mohapatra, Jyotish C Samantaray, Subramaniyan Arulselvi, Arnab Ghosh

Importation of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum by Guatemalan peacekeepers returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Patricia C Juliao, Silvia Sosa, Luis D Gonzalez, Norma Padilla, Lucia Ortiz, Ira Goldman, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Kim A Lindblade

Perceptions of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) and barriers to adherence in Nasarawa and Cross River States in Nigeria

Chamberlain C Diala, Thaddeus Pennas, Celeste Marin, Kassahun A Belay

Mechanisms of protective immune responses induced by the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein-based, self-assembling protein nanoparticle vaccine

Margaret E McCoy, Hannah E Golden, Tais APF Doll, Yongkun Yang, Stephen A Kaba, Peter Burkhard, David E Lanar

Malaria diagnosis and treatment practices following introduction of rapid diagnostic tests in Kibaha District, Coast Region, Tanzania

Marycelina Mubi, Deodatus Kakoko, Billy Ngasala, Zul Premji, Stefan Peterson, Anders Björkman, Andreas Mårtensson

Spectrophotometric detection of susceptibility to anti-malarial drugs

Yulia M Serebrennikova, Janus Patel, Wilbur K Milhous, Luis H Garcia-Rubio, Debra E Huffman, Jennifer M Smith

Identification of the Plasmodium berghei resistance locus 9 linked to survival on chromosome 9

Selina ER Bopp, Evelyn Rodrigo, Gonzalo E González-Páez, Mary Frazer, S Whitney Barnes, Clarissa Valim, James Watson, John R Walker, Christian Schmedt, Elizabeth A Winzeler

Health worker factors associated with prescribing of artemisinin combination therapy for uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania

Majige Selemani, Irene M Masanja, Dan Kajungu, Mbaraka Amuri, Mustafa Njozi, Rashid A Khatib, Salim Abdulla, Don de Savigny

Assessing malaria transmission in a low endemicity area of north-western Peru

Angel Rosas-Aguirre, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Niko Speybroeck, Jackie Cook, Juan Contreras-Mancilla, Veronica Soto, Dionicia Gamboa, Edwar Pozo, Oscar J Ponce, Mayne O Pereira, Irene S Soares, Michael Theisen, Umberto D’Alessandro, Annette Erhart

Usefulness of Plasmodium falciparum-specific rapid diagnostic tests for assessment of parasite clearance and detection of recurrent infections after artemisinin-based combination therapy

Berit Aydin-Schmidt, Marycelina Mubi, Ulrika Morris, Max Petzold, Billy E Ngasala, Zul Premji, Anders Björkman, Andreas Mårtensson

Prevalence of gestational, placental and congenital malaria in north-west Colombia

Olga Agudelo, Eliana Arango, Amanda Maestre, Jaime Carmona-Fonseca

Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri in North-West Ethiopia

Abebe Alemu, Hans-Peter Fuehrer, Gebeyaw Getnet, Belay Tessema, Harald Noedl

Azadirachta indica ethanolic extract protects neurons from apoptosis and mitigates brain swelling in experimental cerebral malaria

Selma Bedri, Eltahir A Khalil, Sami A Khalid, Mohammad A Alzohairy, Abdlmarouf Mohieldein, Yousef H Aldebasi, Paul Faustin Seke Etet, Mohammed Farahna

Plasmodium falciparum infection during dry season: IgG responses to Anopheles gambiae salivary gSG6-P1 peptide as sensitive biomarker for malaria risk in Northern Senegal

André B Sagna, Lobna Gaayeb, Jean B Sarr, Simon Senghor, Anne Poinsignon, Samy Boutouaba-Combe, Anne-Marie Schacht, Emmanuel Hermann, Ngor Faye, Franck Remoue, Gilles Riveau

Cellular and humoral immune responses against the Plasmodium vivax MSP-119 malaria vaccine candidate in individuals living in an endemic area in north-eastern Amazon region of Brazil

Evelyn KP Riccio, Paulo RR Totino, Lilian R Pratt-Riccio, Vitor Ennes-Vidal, Irene S Soares, Maurício Martins Rodrigues, José Maria de Souza, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro, Maria de Fátima Ferreira-da-Cruz

Variations in ncRNA gene LOC284889 and MIF-794CATT repeats are associated with malaria susceptibility in Indian populations

Aditya N Jha, Pandarisamy Sundaravadivel, Sudhanshu S Pati, Pradeep K Patra, Kumarasamy Thangaraj

Why are IPTp coverage targets so elusive in sub-Saharan Africa? A systematic review of health system barriers

Sylla Thiam, Victoria Kimotho, Patrick Gatonga

Adherence to human lung microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC-L) of Plasmodium vivax isolates from Colombia

Briegel De las salas, Cesar Segura, Adriana Pabón, Stefanie CP Lopes, Fabio TM Costa, Silvia Blair

Culture-adapted Plasmodium falciparum isolates from UK travellers: in vitro drug sensitivity, clonality and drug resistance markers

Donelly A van Schalkwyk, Rebekah Burrow, Gisela Henriques, Nahla B Gadalla, Khalid B Beshir, Christian Hasford, Stephen G Wright, Xavier C Ding, Peter L Chiodini, Colin J Sutherland

Detection of a substantial number of sub-microscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections by polymerase chain reaction: a potential threat to malaria control and diagnosis in Ethiopia

Lemu Golassa, Nizar Enweji, Berhanu Erko, Abraham Aseffa, Göte Swedberg

Analysis of partial and complete protection in malaria cohort studies

Matthew E Cairns, Kwaku Poku Asante, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Daniel Chandramohan, Brian M Greenwood, Paul J Milligan

Agro-ecosystems impact malaria prevalence: large-scale irrigation drives vector population in western Ethiopia

Kassahun T Jaleta, Sharon R Hill, Emiru Seyoum, Meshesha Balkew, Teshome Gebre-Michael, Rickard Ignell, Habte Tekie

Declining burden of malaria over two decades in a rural community of Muheza district, north-eastern Tanzania

Deus S Ishengoma, Bruno P Mmbando, Method D Segeja, Michael Alifrangis, Martha M Lemnge, Ib C Bygbjerg

Annotation and characterization of the Plasmodium vivax rhoptry neck protein 4 (Pv RON4)

Gabriela Arévalo-Pinzón, Hernando Curtidor, Jesica Abril, Manuel A Patarroyo

Malaria indicator surveys demonstrate a markedly lower prevalence of malaria in large cities of sub-Saharan Africa

Bob S Pond

The reliability of the physical examination to guide fluid therapy in adults with severe falciparum malaria: an observational study

Josh Hanson, Sophia WK Lam, Shamsul Alam, Rajyabardhan Pattnaik, Kishore C Mahanta, Mahatab Uddin Hasan, Sanjib Mohanty, Saroj Mishra, Sophie Cohen, Nicholas Day, Nicholas White, Arjen Dondorp

Public health system readiness to treat malaria in Odisha State of India

Mohammad A Hussain, Lalit Dandona, David Schellenberg

Therapeutic efficacy of fixed dose artesunate-mefloquine for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kampong Speu, Cambodia

Rithea Leang, Sakun Ros, Socheat Duong, Visweswaran Navaratnam, Pharath Lim, Frédéric Ariey, Jean-René Kiechel, Didier Ménard, Walter RJ Taylor

Water vapour is a pre-oviposition attractant for the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto

Michael N Okal, Benjamin Francis, Manuela Herrera-Varela, Ulrike Fillinger, Steven W Lindsay

Erratum to: Mechanisms of protective immune responses induced by the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein-based, self-assembling protein nanoparticle vaccine

Margaret E McCoy, Hannah E Golden, Tais APF Doll, Yongkun Yang, Stephen A Kaba, Xiaoyan Zou, Vincent R Gerbasi, Peter Burkhard, David E Lanar

Active case detection for malaria elimination: a survey among Asia Pacific countries

Cara Smith Gueye, Kelly C Sanders, Gawrie NL Galappaththy, Christina Rundi, Tashi Tobgay, Siv Sovannaroth, Qi Gao, Asik Surya, Garib D Thakur, Mario Baquilod, Won-ja Lee, Alby Bobogare, Sarath L Deniyage, Wichai Satimai, George Taleo, Nguyen M Hung, Chris Cotter, Michelle S Hsiang, Lasse S Vestergaard, Roly D Gosling

Drug repositioning as a route to anti-malarial drug discovery: preliminary investigation of the in vitro anti-malarial efficacy of emetine dihydrochloride hydrate

Holly Matthews, Maryam Usman-Idris, Farid Khan, Martin Read, Niroshini Nirmalan

Towards improved uptake of malaria chemoprophylaxis among West African travellers: identification of behavioural determinants

Rosanne W Wieten, Janneke Harting, Pieter M Biemond, Martin P Grobusch, Michèle van Vugt

Risk factors associated with slide positivity among febrile patients in a conflict zone of north-eastern Myanmar along the China-Myanmar border

Nana Li, Daniel M Parker, Zhaoqing Yang, Qi Fan, Guofa Zhou, Guoping Ai, Jianhua Duan, Ming-chieh Lee, Guiyun Yan, Stephen A Matthews, Liwang Cui, Ying Wang

The effect of insecticide-treated bed nets on the incidence and prevalence of malaria in children in an area of unstable seasonal transmission in western Myanmar

Frank M Smithuis, Moe Kyaw Kyaw, U Ohn Phe, Ingrid van der Broek, Nina Katterman, Colin Rogers, Patrick Almeida, Piet A Kager, Kasia Stepniewska, Yoel Lubell, Julie A Simpson, Nicholas J White

Proposed use of spatial mortality assessments as part of the pesticide evaluation scheme for vector control

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

The efficacy of long-lasting nets with declining physical integrity may be compromised in areas with high levels of pyrethroid resistance

Eric O Ochomo, Nabie M Bayoh, Edward D Walker, Bernard O Abongo, Maurice O Ombok, Collins Ouma, Andrew K Githeko, John Vulule, Guiyun Yan, John E Gimnig

Integrated vector management: a critical strategy for combating vector-borne diseases in South Sudan

Emmanuel Chanda, John M Govere, Michael B Macdonald, Richard L Lako, Ubydul Haque, Samson P Baba, Abraham Mnzava

Malaria control in South Sudan, 2006–2013: strategies, progress and challenges

Harriet Pasquale, Martina Jarvese, Ahmed Julla, Constantino Doggale, Bakhit Sebit, Mark Y Lual, Samson P Baba, Emmanuel Chanda

Epidemiology of malaria in an area of seasonal transmission in Niger and implications for the design of a seasonal malaria chemoprevention strategy

Julia Guillebaud, Aboubacar Mahamadou, Halima Zamanka, Mariama Katzelma, Ibrahim Arzika, Maman L Ibrahim, Elfatih Ab Eltahir, Rabiou Labbo, Pierre Druilhe, Jean-Bernard Duchemin, Thierry Fandeur

Disrupting rhythms in Plasmodium chabaudi: costs accrue quickly and independently of how infections are initiated

Aidan J O’Donnell, Nicole Mideo, Sarah E Reece

Ex vivo tetramer staining and cell surface phenotyping for early activation markers CD38 and HLA-DR to enumerate and characterize malaria antigen-specific CD8+ T-cells induced in human volunteers immunized with a Plasmodium falciparum adenovirus-vectored malaria vaccine expressing AMA1

Robert Schwenk, Glenna Banania, Judy Epstein, Yohan Kim, Bjoern Peters, Maria Belmonte, Harini Ganeshan, Jun Huang, Sharina Reyes, Anette Stryhn, Christian F Ockenhouse, Soren Buus, Thomas L Richie, Martha Sedegah

Increased pfmdr1 gene copy number and the decline in pfcrt and pfmdr1 resistance alleles in Ghanaian Plasmodium falciparum isolates after the change of anti-malarial drug treatment policy

Nancy O Duah, Sena A Matrevi, Dziedzom K de Souza, Daniel D Binnah, Mary M Tamakloe, Vera S Opoku, Christiana O Onwona, Charles A Narh, Neils B Quashie, Benjamin Abuaku, Christopher Duplessis, Karl C Kronmann, Kwadwo A Koram

Identification and characterization of the merozoite surface protein 1 (msp1) gene in a host-generalist avian malaria parasite, Plasmodium relictum (lineages SGS1 and GRW4) with the use of blood transcriptome

Olof Hellgren, Megan Kutzer, Staffan Bensch, Gediminas Valkiūnas, Vaidas Palinauskas

Comparative safety of artemether-lumefantrine and other artemisinin-based combinations in children: a systematic review

Oluwaseun Egunsola, Kazeem A Oshikoya

An alternative protocol for Plasmodium falciparum culture synchronization and a new method for synchrony confirmation

Ronnie A Childs, Jun Miao, Channe Gowda, Liwang Cui

Cytostatic versus cytocidal profiling of quinoline drug combinations via modified fixed-ratio isobologram analysis

Alexander P Gorka, Lauren M Jacobs, Paul D Roepe

Documenting malaria case management coverage in Zambia: a systems effectiveness approach

Megan Littrell, John M Miller, Micky Ndhlovu, Busiku Hamainza, Moonga Hawela, Mulakwa Kamuliwo, Davidson H Hamer, Richard W Steketee

Sub-microscopic gametocyte carriage in febrile children living in different areas of Gabon

Denise Patricia Mawili-Mboumba, Rosalie Nikiéma, Marielle Karine Bouyou-Akotet, Noemi Bahamontes-Rosa, Alfred Traoré, Maryvonne Kombila

Avian malaria prevalence and mosquito abundance in the Western Cape, South Africa

Sharon Okanga, Graeme S Cumming, Phillip AR Hockey

The impact of rapid malaria diagnostic tests upon anti-malarial sales in community pharmacies in Gwagwalada, Nigeria

John O Ikwuobe, Brian E Faragher, Gafar Alawode, David G Lalloo

Performance of a HRP-2/pLDH based rapid diagnostic test at the Bangladesh-India-Myanmar border areas for diagnosis of clinical malaria

Rubayet Elahi, Abu Naser Mohon, Wasif A Khan, Rashidul Haque, Mohammad Shafiul Alam

Determining the active role of microscopists in community awareness-raising activities for malaria prevention: a cross-sectional study in Palawan, the Philippines

Emilie LA Matsumoto-Takahashi, Pilarita Tongol-Rivera, Elena A Villacorte, Ray U Angluben, Junko Yasuoka, Shigeyuki Kano, Masamine Jimba

Human genetic polymorphisms in the Knops blood group are not associated with a protective advantage against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Southern Ghana

Helle H Hansson, Jørgen A Kurtzhals, Bamenla Q Goka, Onike P Rodriques, Francis N Nkrumah, Thor G Theander, Ib Christian Bygbjerg, Michael Alifrangis

Efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine fixed-dose combinations for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria among children aged six to 59 months in Nimba County, Liberia: an open-label randomized non-inferiority trial

Birgit Schramm, Parastou Valeh, Elisabeth Baudin, Charles S Mazinda, Richard Smith, Loretxu Pinoges, Mehul Dhorda, Yap Boum II, Timothy Sundaygar, Yah M Zolia, Joel J Jones, Eric Comte, Pascal Houzé, Vincent Jullien, Gwenaelle Carn, Jean-René Kiechel, Elizabeth A Ashley, Philippe J Guérin

Cytokine response to pregnancy-associated recrudescence of Plasmodium berghei infection in mice with pre-existing immunity to malaria

Rosette Megnekou, Trine Staalsoe, Lars Hviid

Further evidence for an anti-inflammatory role of artesunate in experimental cerebral malaria

Aline S Miranda, Fátima Brant, Natália P Rocha, Daniel Cisalpino, David H Rodrigues, Danielle G Souza, Fabiana S Machado, Milene A Rachid, Antônio L Teixeira Jr, Alline C Campos

Acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute renal failure from Plasmodium ovale infection with fatal outcome

Yee-Ling Lau, Wenn-Chyau Lee, Lian-Huat Tan, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar, Mun-Yik Fong, Fei-Wen Cheong, Rohela Mahmud

Using search queries for malaria surveillance, Thailand

Alex J Ocampo, Rumi Chunara, John S Brownstein

Impact of housing condition on indoor-biting and indoor-resting Anopheles arabiensis density in a highland area, central Ethiopia

Abebe Animut, Meshesha Balkew, Bernt Lindtjørn

CRIMALDDI: platform technologies and novel anti-malarial drug targets

Henri Vial, Donatella Taramelli, Ian C Boulton, Steve A Ward, Christian Doerig, Kelly Chibale

Predictors of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net ownership and utilization: evidence from community-based cross-sectional comparative study, Southwest Ethiopia

Lelisa D Sena, Wakgari A Deressa, Ahmed A Ali

G6PD testing in support of treatment and elimination of malaria: recommendations for evaluation of G6PD tests

Gonzalo J Domingo, Ari Winasti Satyagraha, Anup Anvikar, Kevin Baird, Germana Bancone, Pooja Bansil, Nick Carter, Qin Cheng, Janice Culpepper, Chi Eziefula, Mark Fukuda, Justin Green, Jimee Hwang, Marcus Lacerda, Sarah McGray, Didier Menard, Francois Nosten, Issarang Nuchprayoon, Nwe Nwe Oo, Pongwit Bualombai, Wadchara Pumpradit, Kun Qian, Judith Recht, Arantxa Roca, Wichai Satimai, Siv Sovannaroth, Lasse S Vestergaard, Lorenz Von Seidlein

The demographics of human and malaria movement and migration patterns in East Africa

Deepa K Pindolia, Andres J Garcia, Zhuojie Huang, David L Smith, Victor A Alegana, Abdisalan M Noor, Robert W Snow, Andrew J Tatem

An innovative tool for moving malaria PCR detection of parasite reservoir into the field

Lydie Canier, Nimol Khim, Saorin Kim, Vincent Sluydts, Somony Heng, Dany Dourng, Rotha Eam, Sophy Chy, Chanra Khean, Kaknika Loch, Malen Ken, Hokkean Lim, Sovannaroath Siv, Sochantha Tho, Pascal Masse-Navette, Charlotte Gryseels, Sambunny Uk, Karel Van Roey, Koen Peeters Grietens, Mao Sokny, Boukheng Thavrin, Char Meng Chuor, Vincent Deubel, Lies Durnez, Marc Coosemans, Didier Ménard

Evaluation of parasite subpopulations and genetic diversity of the msp1, msp2 and glurp genes during and following artesunate monotherapy treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Western Cambodia

Panita Gosi, Charlotte A Lanteri, Stuart D Tyner, Youry Se, Chanthap Lon, Michele Spring, Mengchuor Char, Darapiseth Sea, Sabaithip Sriwichai, Sittidech Surasri, Saowaluk Wongarunkochakorn, Kingkan Pidtana, Douglas S Walsh, Mark M Fukuda, Jessica Manning, David L Saunders, Delia Bethell

A robust design for identification of the Parasite Clearance Estimator

Kris M Jamsen, Stephen B Duffull, Joel Tarning, Ric N Price, Julie A Simpson

Malaria in pregnancy in rural Gabon: a cross-sectional survey on the impact of seasonality in high-risk groups

Mario J Jäckle, Christian G Blumentrath, Rella M Zoleko, Daisy Akerey-Diop, Jean-Rodolphe Mackanga, Ayôla A Adegnika, Bertrand Lell, Pierre-Blaise Matsiegui, Peter G Kremsner, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Michael Ramharter

PftetQ and pfmdt copy numbers as predictive molecular markers of decreased ex vivo doxycycline susceptibility in imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Tiphaine Gaillard, Sébastien Briolant, Sandrine Houzé, Meïli Baragatti, Nathalie Wurtz, Véronique Hubert, Morgane Lavina, Aurélie Pascual, Christelle Travaillé, Jacques Le Bras, Bruno Pradines

Trends in chloroquine resistance marker, Pfcrt-K76T mutation ten years after chloroquine withdrawal in Tanzania

Asia Mohammed, Arnold Ndaro, Akili Kalinga, Alphaxard Manjurano, Jackline F Mosha, Dominick F Mosha, Marco van Zwetselaar, Jan B Koenderink, Frank W Mosha, Michael Alifrangis, Hugh Reyburn, Cally Roper, Reginald A Kavishe

No asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia found among 108 young children at one health facility in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Gro EA Strøm, Marit G Tellevik, Maulidi Fataki, Nina Langeland, Bjørn Blomberg

Atovaquone-proguanil in the treatment of imported uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a prospective observational study of 553 cases

Hugues Cordel, Johann Cailhol, Sophie Matheron, Martine Bloch, Nadine Godineau, Paul-Henri Consigny, Hélène Gros, Pauline Campa, Patrice Bourée, Olivier Fain, Pascal Ralaimazava, Olivier Bouchaud

Malaria, a difficult diagnosis in a febrile patient with sub-microscopic parasitaemia and polyclonal lymphocyte activation outside the endemic region, in Brazil

Patrícia Brasil, Anielle P Costa, Cecilia L Longo, Sidnei da Silva, Maria F Ferreira-da-Cruz, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro

Elevated dry-season malaria prevalence associated with fine-scale spatial patterns of environmental risk: a case–control study of children in rural Malawi

Lindsay R Townes, Dyson Mwandama, Don P Mathanga, Mark L Wilson

Artemisinin-naphthoquine combination versus chloroquine-primaquine to treat vivax malaria: an open-label randomized and non-inferiority trial in Yunnan Province, China

Hui Liu, Heng-lin Yang, Jian-Wei Xu, Jia-zhi Wang, Ren-hua Nie, Chun-fu Li

Low prevalence of the molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine and sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine in asymptomatic children in Northern Benin

Aurore Ogouyèmi-Hounto, Nicaise Tuikue Ndam, Gildas Fadégnon, Carmine Azagnandji, Mourchidath Bello, Azizath Moussiliou, Jean-Phillipe Chippaux, Dorothée Kinde Gazard, Achille Massougbodji

Spatial distribution of G6PD deficiency variants across malaria-endemic regions

Rosalind E Howes, Mewahyu Dewi, Frédéric B Piel, Wuelton M Monteiro, Katherine E Battle, Jane P Messina, Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Ari W Satyagraha, Thomas N Williams, J Kevin Baird, Simon I Hay

Induction of pro-inflammatory response of the placental trophoblast by Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes and TNF

Ana María Vásquez, Cesar Segura, Silvia Blair

Do malaria vector control measures impact disease-related behaviour and knowledge? Evidence from a large-scale larviciding intervention in Tanzania

Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Marcia C Castro

Identification of inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte development

Sandra Duffy, Vicky M Avery

Fast in vitro methods to determine the speed of action and the stage-specificity of anti-malarials in Plasmodium falciparum

Claire Le Manach, Christian Scheurer, Sibylle Sax, Sarah Schleiferböck, Diego Gonzalez Cabrera, Yassir Younis, Tanya Paquet, Leslie Street, Peter Smith, Xavier C Ding, David Waterson, Michael J Witty, Didier Leroy, Kelly Chibale, Sergio Wittlin

Acetylcholinesterase (Ace-1) target site mutation 119S is strongly diagnostic of carbamate and organophosphate resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles coluzzii across southern Ghana

John Essandoh, Alexander E Yawson, David Weetman

Predictors of hyperlactataemia among children presenting with malaria in a low transmission area in The Gambia

Krishnan Bhaskaran, Augustine O Ebonyi, Brigitte Walther, Michael Walther

Optimal sampling designs for estimation of Plasmodium falciparum clearance rates in patients treated with artemisinin derivatives

Jennifer A Flegg, Philippe J Guérin, Francois Nosten, Elizabeth A Ashley, Aung Pyae Phyo, Arjen M Dondorp, Rick M Fairhurst, Duong Socheat, Steffen Borrmann, Anders Björkman, Andreas Mårtensson, Mayfong Mayxay, Paul N Newton, Delia Bethell, Youry Se, Harald Noedl, Mahamadou Diakite, Abdoulaye A Djimde, Tran T Hien, Nicholas J White, Kasia Stepniewska

Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum among school-aged children from the Man region, western Côte d’Ivoire

Sarah E Mara, Kigbafori D Silué, Giovanna Raso, Simon P N’Guetta, Eliézer K N’Goran, Marcel Tanner, Jürg Utzinger, Xavier C Ding

Geographic information systems and logistic regression for high-resolution malaria risk mapping in a rural settlement of the southern Brazilian Amazon

Elaine Cristina de Oliveira, Emerson Soares dos Santos, Peter Zeilhofer, Reinaldo Souza-Santos, Marina Atanaka-Santos

Susceptibility of human Plasmodium knowlesi infections to anti-malarials

Farrah A Fatih, Henry M Staines, Angela Siner, Mohammed Atique Ahmed, Lu Chan Woon, Erica M Pasini, Clemens HM Kocken, Balbir Singh, Janet Cox-Singh, Sanjeev Krishna

Prevention and management of malaria during pregnancy: findings from a comparative qualitative study in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi

Christopher Pell, Arantza Meñaca, Nana A Afrah, Lucinda Manda-Taylor, Samuel Chatio, Florence Were, Abraham Hodgson, Mary J Hamel, Linda Kalilani, Harry Tagbor, Robert Pool

Molecular detection and quantification of Plasmodium falciparum-infected human hepatocytes in chimeric immune-deficient mice

Lander Foquet, Cornelus C Hermsen, Geert-Jan van Gemert, Louis Libbrecht, Robert Sauerwein, Philip Meuleman, Geert Leroux-Roels

In vitro piperaquine susceptibility is not associated with the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter gene

Aurélie Pascual, Marilyn Madamet, Lionel Bertaux, Rémy Amalvict, Nicolas Benoit, Dominique Travers, Julien Cren, Nicolas Taudon, Christophe Rogier, Daniel Parzy, Bruno Pradines

Haptoglobin phenotype prevalence and cytokine profiles during Plasmodium falciparum infection in Dogon and Fulani ethnic groups living in Mali

Olaf Perdijk, Charles Arama, Pablo Giusti, Bakary Maiga, Marita Troye-Blomberg, Amagana Dolo, Ogobara Doumbo, Jan-Olov Persson, Stéphanie Boström

Population genetics of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax and asymptomatic malaria in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands

Karen-Ann Gray, Simone Dowd, Lisa Bain, Albino Bobogare, Lyndes Wini, G Dennis Shanks, Qin Cheng

Estimating the parasitaemia of Plasmodium falciparum: experience from a national EQA scheme

Monika Manser, Catherine Olufsen, Nick Andrews, Peter L Chiodini

Reticulocyte-prone malaria parasites predominantly invade CD71hi immature cells: implications for the development of an in vitro culture for Plasmodium vivax

Lorena Martín-Jaular, Aleix Elizalde-Torrent, Richard Thomson-Luque, Mireia Ferrer, Jose C Segovia, Esperanza Herreros-Aviles, Carmen Fernández-Becerra, Hernando A del Portillo

Qualitative study of presumptive treatment of childhood malaria in third tier tertiary hospitals in southeast Nigeria: a focus group and in-depth study

Maduka D Ughasoro, Chinedu C Okoli, Benjamin SC Uzochukwu

Malaria case management in Papua New Guinea following the introduction of a revised treatment protocol

Justin Pulford, Serah F Kurumop, Yangta Ura, Peter M Siba, Ivo Mueller, Manuel W Hetzel

Mosquito transmission, growth phenotypes and the virulence of malaria parasites

Laura C Pollitt, Margaret J Mackinnon, Nicole Mideo, Andrew F Read

Changes in drug sensitivity and anti-malarial drug resistance mutations over time among Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Senegal

Daria Van Tyne, Baba Dieye, Clarissa Valim, Rachel F Daniels, Papa Diogoye Sène, Amanda K Lukens, Mouhamadou Ndiaye, Amy K Bei, Yaye Die Ndiaye, Elizabeth J Hamilton, Omar Ndir, Souleymane Mboup, Sarah K Volkman, Dyann F Wirth, Daouda Ndiaye

Evaluation of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte detection in different patient material

Katharina Kast, Nicole Berens-Riha, Ahmed Zeynudin, Nuredin Abduselam, Teferi Eshetu, Thomas Löscher, Andreas Wieser, Jonathan Shock, Michael Pritsch

Mutational analysis of Plasmodium falciparum dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase genes in the interior division of Sabah, Malaysia

Tiek Ying Lau, Mersumpin Sylvi, Timothy William

Serum lipids and lipoproteins in malaria - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Benjamin J Visser, Rosanne W Wieten, Ingeborg M Nagel, Martin P Grobusch

Correct dosing of artemether-lumefantrine for management of uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania: do facility and patient characteristics matter?

Irene M Masanja, Majige Selemani, Rashid A Khatib, Baraka Amuri, Irene Kuepfer, Dan Kajungu, Don de Savigny, S Patrick Kachur, Jacek Skarbinski

A case report of transfusion-transmitted Plasmodium malariae from an asymptomatic non-immune traveller

Emmaline E Brouwer, Jaap J van Hellemond, Perry JJ van Genderen, Ed Slot, Lisette van Lieshout, Leo G Visser, Pieter J Wismans

Haemoglobin levels for population from Gambo, a rural area of Ethiopia, and their association with anaemia and malaria

Maria A Santana-Morales, Maria A Quispe-Ricalde, Raquel N Afonso-Lehmann, Pedro Berzosa, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Gabriel Tiziano, Francisco Reyes, Agustin Benito, Basilio Valladares, Enrique Martinez-Carretero

Seasonal changes in the antibody responses against Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface antigens in areas of differing malaria endemicity in Indonesia

Supargiyono Supargiyono, Michael T Bretscher, Mahardika A Wijayanti, Inge Sutanto, Dian Nugraheni, Royhan Rozqie, Ayleen A Kosasih, Sulistyawati Sulistyawati, William A Hawley, Neil F Lobo, Jackie Cook, Chris J Drakeley

Evaluation of circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium vivax to estimate its prevalence in the Republic of Korea: an observational study of incidence

Pyo-Yun Cho, Sang-Wook Lee, Seong Kyu Ahn, Jin Su Kim, Seok Ho Cha, Byoung-Kuk Na, Yun-Kyu Park, Sung Keun Lee, Won-Ja Lee, Ho-Woo Nam, Sung-Jong Hong, Jhang Ho Pak, Yoon-Joong Kang, Youngjoo Sohn, Young-Yil Bahk, Han-Ik Cho, Tong-Soo Kim, Hyeong-Woo Lee

A SYBR Green 1-based in vitro test of susceptibility of Ghanaian Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates to a panel of anti-malarial drugs

Neils B Quashie, Nancy O Duah, Benjamin Abuaku, Lydia Quaye, Ruth Ayanful-Torgby, George A Akwoviah, Margaret Kweku, Jacob D Johnson, Naomi W Lucchi, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Christopher Duplessis, Karl C Kronmann, Kwadwo A Koram

Plasmodium vivax malaria incidence over time and its association with temperature and rainfall in four counties of Yunnan Province, China

Nicola A Wardrop, Adrian G Barnett, Jo-An Atkinson, Archie CA Clements

A call to arms: on refining Plasmodium vivax microsatellite marker panels for comparing global diversity

Patrick L Sutton

The potential of anti-malarial compounds derived from African medicinal plants. Part I: A pharmacological evaluation of alkaloids and terpenoids

Pascal Amoa Onguéné, Fidele Ntie-Kang, Lydia Likowo Lifongo, Jean Claude Ndom, Wolfgang Sippl, Luc Meva’a Mbaze

Assessment of pfcrt 72-76 haplotypes eight years after chloroquine withdrawal in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Dieudonné Makaba Mvumbi, Raphael Boreux, Rosalie Sacheli, Mvumbi Lelo, Bobanga Lengu, Situakibanza Nani-Tuma, Pierrette Melin, Kayembe Ntumba, Kalala Lunganza, Patrick DeMol, Marie-Pierre Hayette

Failure of malaria chemoprophylaxis with mefloquine in an oversize traveller to Mozambique

Federico Gobbi, Andrea Rossanese, Dora Buonfrate, Andrea Angheben, Gianluigi Lunardi, Zeno Bisoffi

Immunogenicity of bacterial-expressed recombinant Plasmodium knowlesi merozoite surface protein-142 (MSP-142)

Fei Wen Cheong, Mun Yik Fong, Yee Ling Lau, Rohela Mahmud

Analysis of lymphocytes in patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria and its relation to the annexin-A1 and IL-10

Quessi I Borges, Cor JF Fontes, Amílcar S Damazo

Experimental Plasmodium vivax infection of key Anopheles species from the Brazilian Amazon

Claudia M Rios-Velásquez, Keillen M Martins-Campos, Rejane C Simões, Thiago Izzo, Edineuza V dos Santos, Felipe AC Pessoa, José BP Lima, Wuelton M Monteiro, Nágila FC Secundino, Marcus VG Lacerda, Wanderli P Tadei, Paulo FP Pimenta

Malaria knowledge and utilization of chemoprophylaxis in the UK population and in UK passengers departing to malaria-endemic areas

Ron H Behrens, Neal Alexander

Selection for chloroquine-sensitive Plasmodium falciparum by wild Anopheles arabiensis in Southern Zambia

Sungano Mharakurwa, Mavis Sialumano, Kun Liu, Alan Scott, Philip Thuma

Genotyping Plasmodium vivax isolates from the 2011 outbreak in Greece

Gregory Spanakos, Michael Alifrangis, Mette L Schousboe, Eleni Patsoula, Nicholas Tegos, Helle H Hansson, Ib C Bygbjerg, Nicholas C Vakalis, Maria Tseroni, Jenny Kremastinou, Christos Hadjichristodoulou

What is the best strategy for the prevention of transfusion-transmitted malaria in sub-Saharan African countries where malaria is endemic?

Jobert Richie N Nansseu, Jean Jacques N Noubiap, Shalom Tchokfe Ndoula, Albert Frank M Zeh, Chavely Gwladys Monamele

Clinical signs and symptoms cannot reliably predict Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in pregnant women living in an area of high seasonal transmission

Marc C Tahita, Halidou Tinto, Joris Menten, Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo, Robert T Guiguemde, Jean Pierre van Geertruyden, Annette Erhart, Umberto D’Alessandro

Regional and temporal trends in malaria commodity costs: an analysis of Global Fund data for 79 countries

Francis Wafula, Ambrose Agweyu, Kate Macintyre

The changing burden of malaria and association with vector control interventions in Zambia using district-level surveillance data, 2006–2011

Mulakwa Kamuliwo, Emmanuel Chanda, Ubydul Haque, Mercy Mwanza-Ingwe, Chadwick Sikaala, Cecilia Katebe-Sakala, Victor M Mukonka, Douglas E Norris, David L Smith, Gregory E Glass, William J Moss

Altered platelet indices as potential markers of severe and complicated malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax: a cross-sectional descriptive study

Fábio A Leal-Santos, Soraya BR Silva, Natasha P Crepaldi, Andréia F Nery, Thamires OG Martin, Eduardo R Alves-Junior, Cor JF Fontes

Acceptability by community health workers in Senegal of combining community case management of malaria and seasonal malaria chemoprevention

Roger CK Tine, Pascal Ndiaye, Cheikh T Ndour, Babacar Faye, Jean L Ndiaye, Khadime Sylla, Magatte Ndiaye, Badara Cisse, Doudou Sow, Pascal Magnussen, Ib C Bygbjerg, Oumar Gaye

Malaria control in Botswana, 2008–2012: the path towards elimination

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