Identification of a potential antimalarial drug candidate from a series of 2-aminopyrazines by optimization of aqueous solubility and potency across... (Publications)
blood life-cycle stage of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Several compounds displayed high in vivo efficacy in two different mouse models for malaria, P. berghei-infected mice and P. f
Identification of a potential antimalarial drug candidate from a series of 2-aminopyrazines by optimization of aqueous solubility and potency across... (Publications)
blood life-cycle stage of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Several compounds displayed high in vivo efficacy in two different mouse models for malaria, P. berghei-infected mice and P. f
Cryptic population structure and insecticide resistance in <em>Anopheles gambiae</em> from the southern Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
Congo (DRC) suffers from one of the highest malaria burdens worldwide, but information on its Anopheles vector populations is relatively limited. Preventative malaria control in DRC is reliant on pyrethroid-treated
Detection of antibodies to <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> sporozoites by employing synthetic peptides (Publications)
A new achievement in the immunodiagnosis of malaria has been reached after the knowledge of the molecular structure of some plasmodial antigens has become available. One example is given by the repetitive [...] immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of antisporozoite antibodies in individuals from malaria-endemic countries. This (NANP)40 ELISA has been employed in a longitudinal study in a rural community [...] and can be useful for monitoring the immune status of populations...
The impact of using primaquine without prior G6PD testing: a case series describing the obstacles to the medical management of haemolysis (Publications)
vivax malaria in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient individuals employs weekly primaquine dosing. This is the only recommended regimen for this patient sub-group. If national malaria programs [...] with unknown G6PD status from two different countries were prescribed primaquine as per national malaria program guidelines. During treatment both patients presented to the clinic with symptoms of anaemia
Achieving high coverage of larval-stage mosquito surveillance: challenges for a community-based mosquito control programme in urban Dar es Salaam,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Preventing malaria by controlling mosquitoes in their larval stages requires regular sensitive monitoring of vector populations and intervention coverage. The study assessed the effectiveness [...] ess of operational, community-based larval habitat surveillance systems within the Urban Malaria Control Programme (UMCP) in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. METHODS: Cross-sectional surveys were carried [...] particularly low for late-stage Anopheles (2.7%, 3/111), the most direct...
Health facility-based data on women receiving sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine during pregnancy in Tanzania: lessons to learn from a cross-sectional survey... (Publications)
data on women receiving sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy (IPTp) was carried out at antenatal care clinics in Mkuranga and Mufindi districts [...] system (HMIS) registers, interviews with health-care workers (HWs) and district and national level malaria control program managers corroborated by inter-temporal assessment through observations at HF levels [...] measures are urgently needed to accommodate data on new interventions and...
Cause-specific mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa and Bangladesh (Publications)
to noncommunicable diseases, and little malaria. HIV dominates in causes of mortality in the South African sites, which contrast with those in highly malaria endemic sites elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa [...] diseases to mortality in sub-Saharan Africa are lower than has been previously suggested, while malaria is of relatively greater importance. CONCLUSION: The different patterns of mortality we identified
A large <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> reservoir and little population structure in the South Pacific (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: The importance of Plasmodium vivax in malaria elimination is increasingly being recognized, yet little is known about its population size and population genetic structure in the South Pacific [...] Pacific, an area that is the focus of intensified malaria control. METHODS: We have genotyped 13 microsatellite markers in 295 P. vivax isolates from four geographically distinct sites in Papua New Guinea [...] in sharp contrast to results from regions of low P. vivax endemicity. Prior...
A large <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> reservoir and little population structure in the South Pacific (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: The importance of Plasmodium vivax in malaria elimination is increasingly being recognized, yet little is known about its population size and population genetic structure in the South Pacific [...] Pacific, an area that is the focus of intensified malaria control. METHODS: We have genotyped 13 microsatellite markers in 295 P. vivax isolates from four geographically distinct sites in Papua New Guinea [...] in sharp contrast to results from regions of low P. vivax endemicity. Prior...