Effect of vitamin A supplementation on morbidity due to <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in young children in Papua New Guinea: a randomised trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Many individuals at risk of malaria also have micronutrient deficiencies that may hamper protective immunity. Vitamin A is central to normal immune function, and supplementation has been shown [...] morbidity of some infectious diseases. We investigated the effect of vitamin A supplementation on malaria morbidity. METHODS: This randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial of vitamin A supplementation [...] randomly assigned high-dose vitamin A (n=239) or placebo (n=241), every 3...
Bicyclic amido compounds with antiprotozoal activity (Publications)
tested for their activities against the causative organisms of East African trypanosomiasis and malaria tropica. The acylation induced in general loss of antiprotozoal activity, but a single compound showed
Mansonella perstans-Filariose nach Aufenthalt in Kamerun. 19-jährige Patientin, geboren in Kamerun, seit zehn Jahren in der Schweiz (Publications)
g pain in the lower abdomen, predominantly on the right side. A blood smear tested for presumed malaria showed subperiodic microfilariae of the species Mansonella perstans. The patient was treated with
Synthesis of szentiamide, a depsipeptide from entomopathogenic <em>Xenorhabdus szentirmaii</em> with activity against <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
on of a notable activity against insect cells and Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malaria
SARs of the antiprotozoal action of 6,7-diaryl-bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-ols (Publications)
tested for their activity against the causative organisms of East African sleeping sickness and malaria tropica. Structure activity relationships are discussed
Sir2 paralogues cooperate to regulate virulence genes and antigenic variation in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> (Publications)
organs and peripheral microvasculature is linked to morbidity and mortality associated with severe malaria. Parasite-derived P. falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 (PfEMP1) molecules displayed on the [...] paralogues in epigenetic silencing of P. falciparum virulence genes and the control of pathogenicity of malaria infection
Molecular epidemiology of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections among asymptomatic inhabitans of a holoendemic malarious area in northern Ghana (Publications)
Age dependence of malaria infection was assessed in an age-stratified cluster sample of 308 individuals from Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana during June and July 2000. Overall prevalence of [...] holoendemic sites in Africa, validating the use of the age-multiplicity relationship as an indicator of malaria endemicity.
<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
Anémie dans une école du Cambodge rural: détection, prévalence et liens avec les parasitoses intestinales et la malnutrition (Publications)
iron deficiency intestinal worms and malaria. A two month transversal study was conducted in a rural primary school in Battambang Province, Cambodia, in a malaria-free area. The main objective of the study
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