Surveillance and response strategy in the malaria post-elimination stage: case study of Fujian province (Publications)
Malaria used to be a serious health problem in Fujian province in the past, but no local malaria transmission has been found since 2000. In order to eliminate the potential residual cases and prevent [...] re-introduction of malaria so as to achieve the final goal of malaria elimination in Fujian province, various strategy and intervention approaches were tailored to the local settings. For instance, the [...] respective. All other imported malaria cases were detected during post-elimination...
Hemolysis after oral artemisinin combination therapy for uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria (Publications)
weeks after treatment of severe malaria with intravenous artesunate have been described. We performed a prospective observational study of patients with uncomplicated malaria to investigate whether posttreatment [...] occurs after oral artemisinin-based combination therapy. Eight of 20 patients with uncomplicated malaria who were given oral artemisinin-based combination therapy met the definition of posttreatment hemolysis [...] g/dL; p = 0.002). These findings indicate a need for increased...
Pregnant women and infants as sentinel populations to monitor prevalence of malaria: results of pilot study in Lake Zone of Tanzania (Publications)
screened for malaria infection using a malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) from December 2012 to November 2013, regardless of symptoms. Participants who tested positive were treated for malaria per national [...] BACKGROUND: As malaria control interventions are scaled-up, rational approaches are needed for monitoring impact over time. One proposed approach includes monitoring the prevalence of malaria infection among [...] facility (HF) visits. This pilot explored the feasibility and utility of...
Mapping intra-urban malaria risk using high resolution satellite imagery: a case study of Dar es Salaam (Publications)
of malaria in rapidly growing African urban settlements. The complex and heterogeneous nature of urban malaria requires a better understanding of the spatial and temporal patterns of urban malaria risk [...] localized heterogeneity of malaria transmission and develop a high resolution predictive malaria risk map of Dar es Salaam. RESULTS: Results indicate that the risk of malaria infection varied across the [...] settlements by 2030, the burden of malaria among urban populations in Africa...
Evaluation of malaria diagnoses using a handheld light microscope in a community-based setting in rural Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Portable microscopy may facilitate quality diagnostic care in resource-constrained settings. We compared a handheld light microscope (Newton Nm1) with a mobile phone attachment to conventional light m
Severe malaria in Europe: an 8-year multi-centre observational study (Publications)
lly confirmed severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria according to the 2006 WHO criteria. RESULTS: From 2006 to 2014 a total of 185 patients with severe malaria treated in 12 European countries were included [...] patients with severe malaria in this study were tourists or migrants acquiring the infection in West Africa. Intravenous artesunate is increasingly used for treatment of severe malaria in many European treatment [...] BACKGROUND: Malaria remains one of the most serious infections for...
Mapping hotspots of malaria transmission from pre-existing hydrology, geology and geomorphology data in the pre-elimination context of Zanzibar,... (Publications)
BackgroundLarval source management strategies can play an important role in malaria elimination programmes, especially for tackling outdoor biting species and for eliminating parasite and vector populations [...] larval source management requires tools for identifying geographic foci of vector proliferation and malaria transmission where these efforts may be concentrated. Previous studies have relied on surface topographic [...] examine the relationship between dry and wet season spatial...