First-trimester artemisinin derivatives and quinine treatments and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in Africa and Asia: a meta-analysis of... (Publications)
artemisinin combination therapy regimens to treat malaria in early pregnancy are likely to outweigh the adverse outcomes of partially treated malaria, which can occur with oral quinine because of the known [...] safety data in human pregnancies, have prevented artemisinin derivatives from being recommended for malaria treatment in the first trimester except in lifesaving circumstances. We conducted a meta-analysis [...] antimalarial treatment. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Electronic databases including...
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.
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
Antibodies elicited by a virosomally formulated <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> serine repeat antigen-5 derived peptide detect the processed 47kDa... (Publications)
Serine repeat antigen-5 (SERA5) is a candidate antigen for inclusion into a malaria subunit vaccine. During merozoite release and reinvasion the 120kDa SERA5 precursor protein (P120) is processed, and [...] peptide FB-23 is suitable for use in humans and represents a candidate component for a multi-valent malaria subunit vaccine targeting both sporozoites and blood stage parasites
A comparative study of the efficacies of chloroquine and a pyrimethamine-dapsone combination in clearing <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> parasitaemia... (Publications)
100 mg dapsone for children 10 or more years old) as a single dose. Children were followed-up for malaria parasitaemia at days 2, 7 and 14 after screening, randomization and treatment. The slide positivity [...] pyrimethamine-dapsone appears to be a better choice than chloroquine as a chemoprophylactic regimen for malaria in this area. Although they need to be confirmed in a larger study, these results may be of interest
Dynamics of anemia in relation to parasitic infections, micronutrient status, and growing age in south-central Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
Background. Parasitic diseases (e.g., malaria and helminthiases) exert enormous burdens on public health and social wellbeing. Moreover, parasitic infections are important causes of anemia in tropical [...] include the distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets, intermittent preventive treatment for malaria, regular anthelmintic drug administration, and improved intake of bioavailable iron, coupled with
Urban agricultural land use and characterization of mosquito larval habitats in a medium-sized town of Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
urban dwellers. Some crop systems create suitable mosquito breeding sites and thus might affect malaria transmission. The purpose of this study was to identify, map, and characterize potential mosquito [...] and rice paddies. Our findings have important bearings for the epidemiology and control of urban malaria in sub-Saharan Africa
Prospective risk of morbidity in relation to multiplicity of infection with <em>Plasmodium falciparum </em>in Sao Tomé (Publications)
confounding by patterns of health service usage is an alternative explanation. The incidence of clinical malaria episodes was only a little higher in children than in adults. This weak age-dependence in clinical [...] a consequence of a cohort effect resulting from resurgence of the disease after the breakdown of malaria control programs in the 1980s.
<em>Anopheles arabiensis</em> and <em>A. gambiae</em> chromosomal inversion polymorphism, feeding and resting behaviour in relation to insecticide... (Publications)
evaluated in relation to chromosomal inversion polymorphism, feeding and resting behaviour of these malaria vectors in Tanzania. Blood-fed mosquitoes from pit traps outdoors, exit traps on windows and ind [...] of DDT was perceived as a disadvantage, whereas lambda-cyhalothrin apparently had more impact on malaria transmission by An.arabiensis.