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1. Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania (Publications)

   Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania

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   BACKGROUND: Malaria is still a leading child killer in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, access to prompt and effective malaria treatment, a mainstay of any malaria control strategy, is sub-optimal in many settings [...] location of treatment sources. RESULTS: After intensive health education, the biomedical concept of malaria has largely been adopted by the community. 87.5% (78.2-93.8) of the fever cases in children and 80

2. The combined effect of determinants on coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania (Publications)

   The combined effect of determinants on coverage of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania

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   (ANC) clinics is an important and efficacious intervention to reduce adverse health outcomes of malaria infections during pregnancy. However, coverage for the recommended two IPTp doses is still far below [...] delivery practices and increase IPTp coverage. Pregnant women's knowledge about IPTp and the risks of malaria during pregnancy should be enhanced as well as their ability and power to demand IPTp and other ANC

3. The usefulness of twenty-four molecular markers in predicting treatment outcome with combination therapy of amodiaquine plus... (Publications)

   The usefulness of twenty-four molecular markers in predicting treatment outcome with combination therapy of amodiaquine plus sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine against falciparum malaria in Papua New Guinea

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   plus sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) was introduced as first-line treatment against uncomplicated malaria in 2000. METHODS: We assessed in vivo treatment failure rates with AQ+SP in two different areas in

4. Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Frage der Wirkung des Höhenklimas auf den Verlauf der akuten Malaria (Publications)

   Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Frage der Wirkung des Höhenklimas auf den Verlauf der akuten Malaria

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5. Asexual blood-stage malaria vaccine development: facing the challenges (Publications)

   Asexual blood-stage malaria vaccine development: facing the challenges

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   reduce morbidity. RECENT FINDINGS: There is good rationale to support the development of blood-stage malaria vaccines, the most promising being the demonstration that nonimmune volunteers repeatedly challenged [...] as well as the demonstration of the efficacy of the first asexual blood-stage vaccine tested in a malaria endemic area (combination B) to reduce parasite density in children. The selective pressure induced

6. The importance of mosquito behavioural adaptations to malaria control in Africa (Publications)

   The importance of mosquito behavioural adaptations to malaria control in Africa

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   could have significant impacts on the effectiveness of malaria control. We propose seven recommendations to improve understanding of resistance in malaria vectors. Determining the public health impact of p [...] drug therapies, indoor residual spraying (IRS), and better health infrastructure, has helped reduce malaria in many African countries for the first time in a generation. However, insecticide resistance in [...] e resistance is an urgent priority if we are to maintain the significant...

7. Safety and immunogenicity of a three-component blood-stage malaria vaccine (MSP1, MSP2, RESA) against <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in Papua New... (Publications)

   Safety and immunogenicity of a three-component blood-stage malaria vaccine (MSP1, MSP2, RESA) against <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in Papua New Guinean children

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   Combination B is a malaria vaccine that comprises recombinant Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) blood-stage proteins MSP1, MSP2 and RESA, formulated with the adjuvant Montanide ISA 720. A phase I-IIb [...] nor increased after pre-treatment with SP and pre-treatment is not advisable in future trials of malaria vaccines, at least for those including blood-stage antigens

8. Malaria mapping using transmission models: application to survey data from Mali (Publications)

   Malaria mapping using transmission models: application to survey data from Mali

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   to age-specific malaria prevalence. The approach makes more efficient use of the available data than do previous malaria mapping methods, and it produces highly plausible maps of malaria distribution [...] Geographic mapping of the distribution of malaria is complicated by the limitations of the available data. The most widely available data are from prevalence surveys, but these surveys are generally carried [...] approach to the analysis of survey data from Mali, collected in 1965-1998,...

9. The epidemiology of malaria in the Wosera area, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, in preparation for vaccine trials. I. Malariometric indices and... (Publications)

   The epidemiology of malaria in the Wosera area, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, in preparation for vaccine trials. I. Malariometric indices and immunity

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10. Malaria and casual sex: what travelers know and how they behave (Publications)

    Malaria and casual sex: what travelers know and how they behave

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    Results: Compliance with chemosuppressive regimen for malaria was 87%. Well-informed travelers did not protect themselves more efficiently against malaria. The efficacy of a given intervention was found to [...] Background: Travelers to the tropics have been reported to comply poorly with recommendations regarding malaria and AIDS. This study addresses the problem of influencing travelers' behavior through different [...] implications of "sex tourism" and the possibility of participating in a...