Public health challenges and prospects for malaria control and elimination (Publications)
unprecedented efforts to control malaria, including renewed political and financial commitment and increased availability of both old and new strategies and tools. However, malaria still represents a major health [...] becoming increasingly crucial. Among other needs, common methodologies for estimating and tracking the malaria burden, new strategies to measure transmission, better understanding of immunity, and increased knowledge [...] only on Plasmodium falciparum but also and increasingly on...
Molecular approaches to epidemiology and clinical aspects of malaria (Publications)
young children. Fundamental to the development of new tools for malaria control in humans is an increased understanding of key features of malaria infection, such as the diversity of outcome in different i [...] increase our understanding of the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of malaria, as discussed at the Molecular Approaches to Malaria conference (MAM2000), Lorne, Australia, 2-5 February 2000 [...] Malaria is a problem of global importance, responsible for 1-2 million deaths per...
Biological evaluation of glycosyl-isoindigo derivatives against the pathogenic agents of tropical diseases (malaria, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and... (Publications)
diversely substituted glycosyl-isoindigo derivatives against the causative agents of tropical diseases (malaria, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and human African trypanosomiasis) are reported. Some of the compounds
Evaluating putative repellent 'push' and attractive 'pull' components for manipulating the odour orientation of host-seeking malaria vectors in the... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Novel malaria vector control approaches aim to combine tools for maximum protection. This study aimed to evaluate novel and re-evaluate existing putative repellent 'push' and attractive 'pull' [...] 'pull' components for manipulating the odour orientation of malaria vectors in the peri-domestic space. METHODS: Anopheles arabiensis outdoor human landing catches and trap comparisons were implemented in [...] components led to a better understanding of their ability to affect...