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1. The challenge of drug resistance in malaria: studies in an area of intense perennial transmission, Kilombero district, Tanzania (Publications)

   The challenge of drug resistance in malaria: studies in an area of intense perennial transmission, Kilombero district, Tanzania

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2. Epidemiology and control of malaria transmission by residual house spraying with DDT and Lambdacyhalothrin in two populations of the <em>Anopheles... (Publications)

   Epidemiology and control of malaria transmission by residual house spraying with DDT and Lambdacyhalothrin in two populations of the <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> complex in Tanga region, Tanzania

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3. Pregnant women and infants as sentinel populations to monitor prevalence of malaria parasitemia and track impact of intervention scale-up (Publications)

   Pregnant women and infants as sentinel populations to monitor prevalence of malaria parasitemia and track impact of intervention scale-up

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4. Comparison of the Paracheck-Pf test with microscopy, for the confirmation of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria in Tanzania (Publications)

   Comparison of the Paracheck-Pf test with microscopy, for the confirmation of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria in Tanzania

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   Tanzania, four of which experience frequent malaria outbreaks. The aim was to verify whether Paracheck-Pf could be a reliable tool for the confirmation of malaria outbreaks in such areas. The overall measurements [...] detection of malaria outbreaks. The cost of the assay (U.S.$0.62/test at the time of the present study) is sufficiently low that its routine use in the confirmation of P. falciparum malaria might also be [...] positive predictive value of 88.9%, and a negative predictive value of...

5. Accuracy of malaria diagnosis by microscopy, rapid diagnostic test, and PCR methods and evidence of antimalarial overprescription in non-severe... (Publications)

   Accuracy of malaria diagnosis by microscopy, rapid diagnostic test, and PCR methods and evidence of antimalarial overprescription in non-severe febrile patients in two Tanzanian hospitals

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   The study was aimed to evaluate the malaria over/underdiagnosis and over/underprescription of antimalarial drugs. Between February and March 2007 blood samples were collected from 336 non-severe febrile [...] Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani (INMI), Rome, Italy. As a result of PCR, we identified 26 malaria cases out of 336 (7.7%) patients. Microscopy and RDT accuracies were 93.5% and 97.6%, respectively [...] were 29.3% and 30.8%, respectively. On-field training, clinical management of...

6. Indoors man-biting mosquitoes and their implication on malaria transmission in Mpwapwa and Iringa Districts, Tanzania (Publications)

   Indoors man-biting mosquitoes and their implication on malaria transmission in Mpwapwa and Iringa Districts, Tanzania

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   the two districts was infected with malaria sporozoites. Despite low mosquito densities and absence of infective mosquitoes in our study, the two districts are malaria epidemic prone, thus a continuous [...] outbreak. Further longitudinal studies are required to determine the transmission potential of the malaria mosquitoes in the two districts

7. Attracting and instantly killing outdoor-biting malaria vectors using odou-baited mosquito landing boxes (MLB) equipped with low-cost electrocuting... (Publications)

   Attracting and instantly killing outdoor-biting malaria vectors using odou-baited mosquito landing boxes (MLB) equipped with low-cost electrocuting grids

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8. Malaria prevention in travelers (Publications)

   Malaria prevention in travelers

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   approach to malaria prevention is to follow the "A, B, C, D" rule: Awareness of risk, Bite avoidance, Compliance with chemoprophylaxis, and prompt Diagnosis in case of fever. The risk of acquiring malaria depends [...] This review discusses the different strategies and drug options available for the prevention of malaria during and post travel

9. Management of febrile young children in malaria mix-endemic areas (<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>P. vivax</em>) quick attendance, rapid... (Publications)

   Management of febrile young children in malaria mix-endemic areas (<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>P. vivax</em>) quick attendance, rapid testing and effective treatment: a safe attitude in Papua New Guinea

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10. Cost-effectiveness of the introduction of a pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccine into the expanded program on immunization in Sub-Saharan Africa: analysis... (Publications)

    Cost-effectiveness of the introduction of a pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccine into the expanded program on immunization in Sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of uncertainties using a stochastic individual-based simulation model of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>

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    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of introducing the RTS,S malaria vaccine into the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the contributions of different sources