The phylodynamic and spread of the invasive Asian malaria vectors, <em>Anopheles stephensi</em>, in Sudan (Publications)
Anopheles stephensi is an invasive Asian malaria vector that initially emerged in Africa in 2012 and was reported in Sudan in 2019. We investigated the distribution and population structure of An. stephensi
Diagnostic performance and comparison of ultrasensitive and conventional rapid diagnostic test, thick blood smear and quantitative PCR for detection... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Progress towards malaria elimination has stagnated, partly because infections persisting at low parasite densities comprise a large reservoir contributing to ongoing malaria transmission and are difficult [...] and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) during a controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) study conducted in malaria exposed adults (NCT03590340). METHODS: Blood samples were collected from healthy [...] administered by direct venous inoculation. qPCR (18s ribosomal...
Treatment of acute uncomplicated <em>Falciparum</em> malaria with artemether-lumefantrine in nonimmune populations: a safety, efficacy, and... (Publications)
treatment of malaria in nonimmune populations are not well defined. In this study, 165 nonimmune patients from Europe and non-malarious areas of Colombia with acute, uncomplicated falciparum malaria or mixed [...] Treatment was well tolerated; most adverse events were mild to moderate and seemed to be related to malaria. There were few serious adverse events, none of which were considered to be drug-related. No significant [...] umefantrine was effective and well tolerated in the treatment of...
Efficacy and safety of CGP 56697 (artemether and benflumetol) compared with chloroquine to treat acute falciparum malaria in Tanzanian children aged... (Publications)
falciparum malaria was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the combination antimalarial CGP 56697 (artemether and benflumetol), and to compare it with chloroquine, the standard drug used for malaria treatment [...] particularly whether chloroquine may still fulfil its role as first-line drug in an area of high malaria transmission and very high levels of chloroquine resistance
Introducing vouchers for malaria prevention in Ghana and Tanzania: context and adoption of innovation in health systems (Publications)
that are relevant to the scaling up of continuous delivery of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) for malaria prevention. However, specific contextual factors of relevance to ITN delivery have led implementation
