Prophylaxe und Therapie der Malaria in der Praxis (Publications)
resulting uncertainties by providing almost identical recommendations for malaria prevention and management.Many factors influence the malaria risk. Travel style, duration and season of travel, the transmitting [...] Malaria prophylaxis is often discussed among travelers. Different recommendations are confusing. This is partially due to the availability of drugs in different countries and to the fact that few evid [...] Plasmodia and resistance of the parasites against antimalarial drugs...
Malaria infection prevalence and sensitivity of reactive case detection in Zanzibar (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Reactive case detection (RCD) is a commonly used strategy for malaria surveillance and response in elimination settings. Many approaches to RCD assume detectable infections are clustered within [...] household and up to 9 additional neighboring households. RESULTS: Of 12,487 participants tested by malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT), 3.2% of those residing in index households and 0.4% of those residing [...] Sensitivity of RDT to detect qPCR-detectable infections was 34% (95%CI:...
The epidemiology of <em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>and <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, pre- and... (Publications)
of local heterogeneity in malaria transmission and the driving factors is critical to identify and implement targeted control strategies to ensure the ongoing success of malaria control in PNG and inform [...] BACKGROUND: In the past decade, national malaria control efforts in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have received renewed support, facilitating nationwide distribution of free long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) [...] households (> 50% of household members with Plasmodium infection). CONCLUSION:...
The potential of intermittent irrigation for increasing rice yields, lowering water consumption, reducing methane emissions, and controlling malaria... (Publications)
e for transmission of malaria. The method of irrigation on an intermittent basis during the rice-cropping calendar has gained renewed interest as a potentially effective malaria control strategy since [...] irrigation in the cultivation of rice. This method has been shown to reduce significantly the density of malaria vectors by curtailing their larval development. Furthermore, reduced methane emissions and water