The treatment of non-malarial febrile illness in Papua New Guinea: findings from cross sectional and longitudinal studies of health worker practice (Publications)
recently shifted from a presumptive to a 'test and treat' malaria case management policy. This shift was supported by the widespread introduction of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in health facilities across [...] detailing how to conduct and interpret a malaria rapid diagnostic test and how to treat test positive cases; however, little instruction on treating non-malaria febrile cases was provided. Accordingly, [...] l febrile patients in the 12-month period immediately following the...
The treatment of non-malarial febrile illness in Papua New Guinea: findings from cross sectional and longitudinal studies of health worker practice (Publications)
recently shifted from a presumptive to a 'test and treat' malaria case management policy. This shift was supported by the widespread introduction of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in health facilities across [...] detailing how to conduct and interpret a malaria rapid diagnostic test and how to treat test positive cases; however, little instruction on treating non-malaria febrile cases was provided. Accordingly, [...] l febrile patients in the 12-month period immediately following the...
Mechanistic within-host models of the asexual <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infection: a review and analytical assessment (Publications)
the last 30 years, several mechanistic mathematical models of malaria parasite within-host dynamics have been published and used in malaria transmission models. METHODS: Mechanistic within-host models of [...] and inter-individual variability. RESULTS: The assessed within-host malaria models generally replicate infection dynamics in malaria-naive individuals. However, there are substantial differences between [...] BACKGROUND: Malaria blood-stage infection length and intensity are important...
Comparison of a new IgG-EIA for the detection of anti-plasmodium antibodies with two currently used assays (Publications)
Material and Methods: In the present study two routine Plasmodium spp. ELISA (CAPTIA™ Malaria EIA, Trinity Biotech, and Malaria EIA, Bio-Rad) were compared with a new commercial ELISA (ELISA IgG, EUROIMMUN). [...] Conclusion: The comparison of the new EUROIMMUN ELISA and the established CAPTIA™ Malaria EIA (Trinity Biotech) and Ma-laria EIA (BioRad) used for routine blood donor screening in two laboratory blood donation [...] Background: Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by...
Creating an "enabling environment" for taking insecticide treated nets to national scale: the Tanzanian experience (Publications)
of its population at high risk of malaria by 2005. The country is, therefore, determined to ensure that sustainable malaria control using insecticide-treated nets is carried out on a national scale. CASE [...] INTRODUCTION: Malaria is the largest cause of health services attendance, hospital admissions and child deaths in Tanzania. At the Abuja Summit in April 2000 Tanzania committed itself to protect 60% of [...] been involved for two decades in the research process for developing...
Creating an "enabling environment" for taking insecticide treated nets to national scale: the Tanzanian experience (Publications)
of its population at high risk of malaria by 2005. The country is, therefore, determined to ensure that sustainable malaria control using insecticide-treated nets is carried out on a national scale. CASE [...] INTRODUCTION: Malaria is the largest cause of health services attendance, hospital admissions and child deaths in Tanzania. At the Abuja Summit in April 2000 Tanzania committed itself to protect 60% of [...] been involved for two decades in the research process for developing...
Distribution of survival times of deliberate <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections in tertiary syphilis patients (Publications)
has important implications for mathematical modelling of malaria, which has for the past century exclusively assumed that the duration of malaria infections has an exponential distribution. It is desirable [...] influences the length of monitoring needed in an intervention programme for eliminating or reducing malaria
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Distribution of survival times of deliberate <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections in tertiary syphilis patients (Publications)
has important implications for mathematical modelling of malaria, which has for the past century exclusively assumed that the duration of malaria infections has an exponential distribution. It is desirable [...] influences the length of monitoring needed in an intervention programme for eliminating or reducing malaria
A multiplex qPCR approach for detection of <em>pfhrp2 </em>and <em>pfhrp3</em> gene deletions in multiple strain infections of <em>Plasmodium... (Publications)
The rapid and accurate diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection is an essential factor in malaria control. Currently, malaria diagnosis in the field depends heavily on using rapid diagnostic [...] blood. P. falciparum strains lacking PfHRP2, due to pfhrp2 gene deletions, are an emerging threat to malaria control programs. The novel assay described here, named qHRP2/3-del, is well suited for high-throughput