Tod am Kilombero : Tanners Kampf gegen Malaria [TV Broadcast] (Publications)
Afrika ein Kind an Malaria, weltweit sind es Jahr für Jahr bis zu drei Millionen Menschen. Der Kampf gegen den grössten Killer der dritten Welt scheint aussichtslos. Und doch hat die Malaria einen hartnäckigen [...] einer seiner Malaria-Missionen an den Kilombero begeleitet. Der Fluss im Südwesten Tansanias verwandelt nach jeder Regenzeit ein Gebiet, so gross wie die Westschweiz, in eine wahre Malaria-Hölle. Wer hier [...] hier (über-) lebt, muss jährlich weit über 1'000 Malaria-infizierte...
Efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria in African infants: a pooled analysis of six... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) is a promising strategy for malaria control in infants. We undertook a pooled analysis of the safety and efficacy of IPT in infants (IPTi) with sulf [...] delivered by WHO's Expanded Program on Immunization. Data from the trials for incidence of clinical malaria, risk of anaemia (packed-cell volume
Spatial effects of the social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on malaria morbidity (Publications)
Randomized controlled trials have shown that insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have an impact on both malaria morbidity and mortality. Uniformly high coverage of ITNs characterized these trials and this resulted
Low recovery rates stabilize malaria endemicity in areas of low transmission in coastal Kenya (Publications)
were commonplace and one of the major contributors for the stability of malaria in these sites. Using mechanistic models of malaria transmission, we found that the association of high prevalence and low [...] The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in African communities can be high and stable even in areas of relatively low transmission where people expose to only a few infectious bites per year. We [...] low transmission could be due to low recovery rates. Therefore, significant...
Nonoperative treatment of splenic rupture in malaria tropica: review of literature and case report (Publications)
In many parts of the world malaria still is a major medical problem. Heavy international and transcontinental traveling carries malaria to non-endemic areas. Practicing physicians must be aware of the [...] the common, but also the rare and severe complications of malaria. During malaria changes in splenic structure can result in asymptomatic enlargement or complications such as hematoma formation, rupture, [...] threatening complication of Plasmodium vivax infection, but is rarely seen in...
