Molecular Signatures can Predict the Efficacy of Malaria Vaccines (News)
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immunized with the most advanced malaria vaccine (Mosquirix or RTS,S) and another experimental malaria vaccination approach targeting also the pre-erythrocytic stage of malaria. Combining genomics with data [...] individuals, suggest there are common protective responses against malaria," says Carlota Dobaño, study coordinator and head of the Malaria Immunology Group at ISGlobal. "The results also confirm the potential [...] surrogates to determine the efficacy of these and other malaria vaccine...
Mehr Innovation – Weniger Armut: Basler Institutionen spielen gegen Malaria auf (News)
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eine Welt ohne Malaria und damit auch für eine Welt mit weniger Armut. Denn Malaria und Armut sind eng miteinander verknüpft. Wenn sich ein Kleinbauer während der Erntezeit mit Malaria infiziert, kann [...] kaum mit Malaria anstecken. Das war nicht immer so. Noch vor 200 Jahren war der Rhein wild und breit und verursachte Überschwemmungen. Diese Sumpfgebiete begünstigten die Verbreitung von Malaria. Durch [...] noch immer 445‘000 Menschen an Malaria. Betroffen sind vor allem Gebiete südlich der...
New Understanding of Parasite Biology Might Help Stop Malaria Transmission (News)
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About malaria and its transmission Malaria is an infectious disease caused by Plasmodium parasites. The parasites spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria causes [...] (WHO) around 210 million clinical malaria cases and more than 440,000 malaria-related deaths occurred in 2016 alone. The gametocyte stage poses a major obstacle to malaria elimination and eradication efforts [...] are infectious to mosquitoes and are therefore the catalyst for...
Need for Innovation to End Malaria (News)
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in Malaria MalERA Refresh, which updates the first Malaria Eradication Research Agenda (malERA) of 2011, is the result of a two-year consultative process involving more than 180 scientists, malaria programme [...] in the Fight against Malaria Has Stalled MalERA Refresh responds to challenges highlighted in the World Malaria Report 2017 published yesterday by WHO: While the number of malaria cases decreased significantly [...] To accelerate the fight against malaria and address current...
A milestone in the fight against malaria (News)
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that can infect the malaria mosquito and thus ensure that the parasite is transmitted to other people. Mystery solved Scientists have been speculating for years about how the malaria parasite regulates [...] Malaria parasites are both dangerous and versatile. On entering the human bloodstream, they multiply exponentially. The blood stages of the infection cause all the complications associated with this d [...] journal Cell on 9 November 2017. “For the first time ever, we have been able to...
Swiss TPH Designated WHO Collaborating Centre for its Expertise in Malaria (News)
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Alonso, Director of the WHO Global Malaria Programme. “The institutes’ long-term expertise in malaria research, control and elimination will be highly valuable in supporting WHO’s capacity to implement [...] spraying that are aimed at preventing malaria to support the development of updated WHO policy guidance. The agreement also acknowledges Swiss TPH’s efforts to advance malaria control and elimination through [...] An Expert Hub for Malaria Following years of fruitful collaboration, the Swiss...
The Achilles Heel of Plasmodia - Advances in Vaccine Development against Malaria (News)
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To date, there is no highly effective vaccination against malaria available. In collaboration with Joerg Benz and Markus Rudolph from the Roche Structural Biologie Unit, the Swiss TPH research group headed [...] Hidden Antigens The variability of antigens is a major problem in the development of vaccines against malaria. Most plasmodial surface proteins differ greatly among the various Plasmodia strains. For this reason [...] on the surface of virus-like particles (virosomes). In a clinical...
Malaria Trends in DRC (News)
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country, the study observed a sharp increase of confirmed malaria cases after the introduction of rapid diagnostic tests which detect evidence of malaria parasites in human blood. Population coverage across [...] distribution of long-lasting insecticide treated bed nets. Presumptive malaria cases that were treated could be reduced but malaria positivity rate revealed no declining tendency. Swiss TPH therefore recommends [...] continuing to support key interventions especially in provinces with...
New chemical compound shows promising results against drug-resistant malaria parasites (News)
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Treating malaria is a global challenge. Resistance against artemisinin-based combination therapies has recently been detected in Southeast Asia, threatening the impact of standard therapies on malaria. Developing [...] chemical class of antimalarials has been registered in the last 20 years. About Malaria Every 30 seconds, a child dies of malaria. This disease costs Africa 12 billion dollars (US) a year in health-care costs [...] active against P. falciparum and P. vivax – the parasites...
Malaria Photo and Video Contest (News)
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looking for powerful images within three thematic categories that tell stories about malaria control and how malaria engagement contributes to the objectives of the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development [...] towards a world without malaria. Participate now and win prize money totalling CHF 10’000: http://www.swissmalariagroup.ch/contest The best pictures will be featured widely in malaria-relevant events and documents [...] documents. Deadline is the 1st of March 2017, so that the winners...
