Immunoglobulin kappa light-chain V, J, and C gene sequences of the owl monkey <em>Aotus nancymaae</em> (Publications)
supports the proposal to use the Aotus Plasmodium falciparum infection model for the evaluation of malaria vaccine candidates
QSAR guided synthesis of simplified antiplasmodial analogs of naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids (Publications)
pharmacologic properties make them suitable lead structures for new agents, in particular against malaria. Since these natural products are not easy to isolate in sufficient quantities or to synthesize
Declining burden of <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> in a population in northwestern Thailand from 1995 to 2016 before comprehensive primaquine prescription... (Publications)
and artemisinin-based therapy, species-specific diagnostics, and bed net usage all of which reduce malaria transmission but not P. vivax relapse. In the absence of widespread primaquine use for radical cure
Ensuring transmission through dynamic host environments: host-pathogen interactions in <em>Plasmodium </em>sexual development (Publications)
A renewed global commitment to malaria elimination lends urgency to understanding the biology of Plasmodium transmission stages. Recent progress toward uncovering the mechanisms underlying Plasmodium
Expansion of artemisinin partial resistance mutations and lack of histidine rich protein-2 and -3 deletions in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Emerging artemisinin partial resistance and diagnostic resistance are a threat to malaria control in Africa. Plasmodium falciparum kelch13 (k13) propeller-domain mutations that confer artemisinin [...] provide early detection of partner drug resistance, which would likely compromise control and increase malaria morbidity and mortality in East Africa.
Sub-lethal exposure to chlorfenapyr reduces the probability of developing <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasites in surviving Anopheles mosquitoes (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Pyrethroid resistance in the key malaria vectors threatens the success of pyrethroid-treated nets. To overcome pyrethroid resistance, Interceptor(®) G2 (IG2), a 'first-in-class' dual insecticidal [...] the intensity of the P. falciparum infection. This will likely also contribute to the reduction of malaria in communities beyond the direct killing of mosquitoes.
Acceptability - a neglected dimension of access to health care: findings from a study on childhood convulsions in rural Tanzania (Publications)
especially in trans-cultural communication, for example if childhood convulsions are not linked with malaria and local treatment practices are mostly preferred. The study was linked to health interventions [...] ns which explicitly aimed at increasing the match between local and biomedical understanding of malaria. Caregivers, mostly mothers, did not seek advice on where to take an ill child. This indicates that
Design, implementation and evaluation of a national campaign to distribute nine million free LLINs to children under five years of age in Tanzania (Publications)
(LLIN) to every child under five years in Tanzania. METHODS: The ITN Cell, a unit within the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), coordinated the campaign on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Social [...] mainland Tanzania, the first region being covered separately during an integrated measles immunization/malaria LLIN distribution in August 2008, and was implemented one zone at a time from March 2009 until May
Incidence and consequences of damage to insecticide-treated mosquito nets in Kenya (Publications)
estimated to account for 7-11% of loss in effect on vectorial capacity for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys of LLINs in Kenya. This does not account for the [...] nets could substantially increase their lifetime and impact but the impact of LLIN programmes on malaria transmission is ultimately limited by levels of use. Longitudinal analyses of net integrity data
A new WHO bottle bioassay method to assess the susceptibility of mosquito vectors to public health insecticides: results from a WHO-coordinated... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The continued spread of insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors of malaria and arboviral diseases may lead to operational failure of insecticide-based interventions if resistance is not [...] be widely used to monitor baseline insecticide susceptibility of wild populations of vectors of malaria and Aedes-borne diseases worldwide.