Habitat characterization and spatial distribution of <em>Anopheles </em>sp. mosquito larvae in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) during an extended dry period (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: By 2030, more than 50% of the African population will live in urban areas. Controlling malaria reduces the disease burden and further improves economic development. As a complement to treated [...] every stagnant open water body, including very polluted ones, have to be considered as potential malaria vector breeding sites
<em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>: cloned and expressed CIDR domains of PfEMP1 bind to chondroitin sulfate A (Publications)
parasites (iRBC) to microvascular endothelial cells contributes to the pathology of P. falciparum malaria. It has been shown that the variant P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) confers [...] elucidate their functions and may lead to novel anti-adherence therapeutics, especially for maternal malaria infections. Copyright 2000 Academic Press
Quality and comparison of antenatal care in public and private providers in the United Republic of Tanzania (Publications)
dispensing prophylactic drugs against anaemia or malaria were not respected, and diagnostic examinations for the assessment of gestation, anaemia, malaria or urine infection were frequently not performed
Identification of the asymptomatic <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> and <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> gametocyte reservoir under different transmission... (Publications)
gametocyte carriage and density is essential to design interventions that most effectively reduce malaria human-to-mosquito transmission. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax [...] 178/348, P. vivax 235/398). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Interventions to reduce human-to-mosquito malaria transmission in moderate-high endemicity settings will have the greatest impact when children are
Habitat characterization and spatial distribution of <em>Anopheles </em>sp. mosquito larvae in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) during an extended dry period (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: By 2030, more than 50% of the African population will live in urban areas. Controlling malaria reduces the disease burden and further improves economic development. As a complement to treated [...] every stagnant open water body, including very polluted ones, have to be considered as potential malaria vector breeding sites
Mefloquine - an aminoalcohol with promising antischistosomal properties in mice (Publications)
mefloquine, which is widely and effectively used for the treatment of malaria, has an impact on schistosomiasis in areas where both malaria and schistosomiasis co-exist
Inference for entomological semi-field experiments: fitting a mathematical model assessing personal and community protection of vector-control... (Publications)
and metofluthrin spatial repellents, as well as combined interventions for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Anopleles minimus. Overall, all interventions had both personal and community effects, preventing [...] than just reduction in biting, to be parameterised and highlights the tools assessed as promising malaria interventions.
The <em>Plasmodium </em>lactate/H+ transporter PfFNT is essential and druggable <em>in vivo</em> (Publications)
Malaria parasites in the blood stage express a single transmembrane transport protein for the release of the glycolytic end product l-lactate/H(+) from the cell. This transporter is a member of the strictly [...] ty of the PfFNT target on a genetic level, and established its in vivo druggability using mouse malaria models. We found that, besides a previously identified PfFNT G107S resistance mutation, selection
Life expectancy of <em>Anopheles funestus</em> is double that of <em>Anopheles arabiensis</em> in southeast Tanzania based on mark-release-recapture... (Publications)
stricto mosquitoes are major East African malaria vectors. Understanding their dispersal and population structure is critical for developing effective malaria control tools. Three mark-release-recapture
Quality and comparison of antenatal care in public and private providers in the United Republic of Tanzania (Publications)
dispensing prophylactic drugs against anaemia or malaria were not respected, and diagnostic examinations for the assessment of gestation, anaemia, malaria or urine infection were frequently not performed