Incidence of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria infection in 6-month to 45-year-olds on selected areas of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea (Publications)
were 58 malaria infection episodes observed during the follow up period, including 47 first and 11 repeat infections. The incidence of malaria was 0.25 [95% CI (0.19, 0.32)] and of first malaria was 0.23 [...] study area, gender, malaria positivity at screening, and household socioeconomic status independently predicted the observed incidence of malaria. CONCLUSION: Despite intensive malaria control efforts on [...] BACKGROUND: Extensive malaria control measures have been implemented on Bioko...
Should deep-sequenced amplicons become the new gold-standard for analysing malaria drug clinical trials? (Publications)
used to distinguish genotyping 'noise' from real low density signals, the local epidemiology of malaria transmission, and the potential impact of genetic signals from gametocytes. Results. AmpSeq greatly
Leucopenia and abnormal liver function in travellers on malaria chemoprophylaxis (Publications)
Of 2887 travellers between the years 1984-1985, 451 on prophylactic antimalarials were studied retrospectively for adverse haematological or hepatic drug reactions and compared to 296 drug non-users.
Die Falciparum-Malaria in der Schweiz: ein Problem der Intensivmedizin? (Publications)
the period 1972-1976, 5 of 17 patients admitted to the Cantonal Hospital, Basel, for falciparum malaria had to be treated in the intensive care unit. Two patients died. None had performed regular chem [...] several days had elapsed between onset of symptoms and diagnosis. The importance of information on malaria to tourists and physicians is stressed.