<em>In vitro</em> antiplasmodial screening of ethnopharmacologically selected South African plant species used for the treatment of malaria (Publications)
treatment of malaria and associated symptoms. To evaluate the in vitro antiplasmodial efficacy and cytotoxic properties of indigenous medicinal plants used by Venda people against malaria. MATERIALS AND
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...
Interventions that effectively target <em>Anopheles funestus</em> mosquitoes could significantly improve control of persistent malaria transmission in... (Publications)
Malaria is transmitted by many Anopheles species whose proportionate contributions vary across settings. We re-assessed the roles of Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus, and examined potential [...] potential benefits of species-specific interventions in an area in south-eastern Tanzania, where malaria transmission persists, four years after mass distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) [...] arabiensis (44.1%). Though An. arabiensis is still the most abundant vector...
Asymptomatic and sub-microscopic malaria infection in Kayah State, eastern Myanmar (Publications)
be targeted for malaria elimination. METHODS: A mass blood survey was conducted among 485 individuals from six villages in Kayah State, an area of endemic but low transmission malaria in eastern Myanmar [...] BACKGROUND: Myanmar has the heaviest burden of malaria in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. Asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. infections are common in this region and may represent an important reservoir of t [...] Myanmar. Malaria infection was screened by rapid diagnostic test (RDT), light...
Higher complexity of infection and genetic diversity of <em>Plasmodium vivax </em>than <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> across all malaria transmission... (Publications)
New Guinea (PNG) to evaluate transmission dynamics across the country. In 2008-2009, a nationwide malaria indicator survey collected 8,936 samples from all 16 endemic provinces of PNG. Of these, 892 positive
