How many mosquito nets are needed to achieve universal coverage? Recommendations for the quantification and allocation of long-lasting insecticidal... (Publications)
Long-lasting insecticidal nets are an effective tool for malaria prevention, and "universal coverage" with such nets is increasingly the goal of national malaria control programmes. However, national level campaigns
A <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> PHIST protein binds the virulence factor PfEMP1 and comigrates to knobs on the host cell surface (Publications)
Uniquely among malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (iRBCs) develop membrane protrusions, known as knobs, where the parasite adhesion receptor P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane [...] formation and the associated iRBC adherence to host endothelium are directly linked to the severity of malaria and are functional manifestations of protein export from the parasite to the iRBC. A family of exported
Combating poor‑quality anti‑malarial medicines: a call to action (Publications)
medicines appear to have been particularly compromised and present a major public health threat in malaria-endemic countries, negatively affecting individuals and their communities. Concerted collaborative [...] their actions in these critical areas and thus effectively support global health development and malaria elimination programmes.
<em>Plasmodium vivax</em> and <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infection dynamics: re-infections, recrudescences and relapses (Publications)
BACKGROUND: In malaria endemic populations, complex patterns of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage infection dynamics may be observed. Genotyping samples from longitudinal cohort studies [...] CONCLUSION: The statistical model developed here provides a useful new tool for in-depth analysis of malaria data from longitudinal cohort studies, and future application to data sets with multi-locus genotyping
Activation of TCR Vδ1+ and Vδ1-Vδ2- γδ T cells upon controlled infection with <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in Tanzanian volunteers (Publications)
immune response to malaria remains incomplete. Clinical trials using whole-sporozoite-based vaccination approaches such as the Sanaria PfSPZ Vaccine, followed by controlled human malaria infection (CHMI)
qRT-PCR versus IFA-based quantification of male and female gametocytes in low-density <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections and their relevance... (Publications)
Accurate quantification of female and male gametocytes and sex ratios in asymptomatic low-density malaria infections are important for assessing their transmission potential. Gametocytes often escape detection [...] negligible for human-to-mosquito transmission.Estimating the transmission potential of ultralow-density malaria infections informs interventions. Almost all infections with > /=1 female and male gametocyte per
Synthesis of novel diazabicycles and their antiprotozoal activities (Publications)
potencies against Plasmodium falciparum K-1 and Trypanosoma b. rhodesiense, the causative organisms of malaria tropica and the East African form of sleeping sickness
Antiprotozoal activities of epimeric aminobicycles (Publications)
sleeping sickness, and Plasmodium falciparum K-1, a multiresistant protozoan parasite which causes Malaria tropica. The results are compared to the activities of their formerly synthesized stereoisomers and
Safety of artemether-lumefantrine exposure in first trimester of pregnancy: an observational cohort (Publications)
s in early pregnancy. They are, therefore, not recommended by WHO as a first-line treatment for malaria in first trimester due to associated embryo-foetal toxicity in animal studies. The study assessed
Safety of artemether-lumefantrine exposure in first trimester of pregnancy: an observational cohort (Publications)
s in early pregnancy. They are, therefore, not recommended by WHO as a first-line treatment for malaria in first trimester due to associated embryo-foetal toxicity in animal studies. The study assessed
