Blood-stage parasitaemia and age determine <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>P. vivax</em> gametocytaemia in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
A better understanding of human-to-mosquito transmission is crucial to control malaria. In order to assess factors associated with gametocyte carriage, 2083 samples were collected in a cross-sectional
Asymptomatic <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections may not be shortened by acquired immunity (Publications)
naturally acquired immunity (NAI) can shorten infections, despite the potential implications for malaria control and elimination as well as for basic research. METHODS: Data on the presence of P. falciparum
Discovery of dual function acridones as a new antimalarial chemotype (Publications)
resistance, and both are undesirable in effective long-term strategies against multi-drug-resistant malaria. Haem remains an immutable and vulnerable target, because it is not parasite-encoded and its det
Efficacy and safety of artemether in the treatment of chronic fascioliasis in Egypt: exploratory phase-2 trials (Publications)
20 mg/kg (4 patients; CR: 75%, ERR: 96%). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Artemether, administered at malaria treatment regimens, shows no or only little effect against fascioliasis, and hence does not represent
Field issues related to effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets in Tanzania (Publications)
impregnated with pyrethroid insecticides have become one of the most promising interventions to prevent malaria in highly endemic areas. Despite the large body of experience documenting their health impact and
New antiparasitic flexible triaryl diamidines, their prodrugs and aza analogues: synthesis, <em>in vitro</em> and<em> in vivo</em> biological... (Publications)
potent antiparasitic agents with proven activity against tropical diseases like trypanosomiasis and malaria. This work presents the synthesis of new mono and diflexible triaryl amidines (6a-c, 13a,b and 17)
Morbidity and nutrition patterns of three nomadic pastoralist communities of Chad (Publications)
diarrhoea occurred more often during the wet season when access to clean drinking water was precarious. Malaria was only rarely clinically diagnosed among Arabs during the dry season, whereas Fulani, who stayed
The epidemiology of multiple <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections. 10. Effect of insecticide-treated bed nets on the dynamics of multiple... (Publications)
areas of high P. falciparum endemicity, ITNs have little effect on the establishment of chronic malaria infection.
Recours aux soins et utilisation des services de santé à Nouakchott (Mauritanie): inégalités spatiales ou pesanteurs sociales? (Publications)
or weight loss) seen to suggest more serious diseases, such as tuberculosis, meningitis or severe malaria. Geographic accessibility of health services was relatively good (70 %). It was the economic, so
Climate Change and Health (News)
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as heat stress, climate change also impacts on diseases that are transmitted by vectors such as malaria or results in crop failure and thus malnutrition. Poor people more affected Poor people are particularly
