A nationwide survey of the quality of antimalarials in retail outlets in Tanzania (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Retail pharmaceutical products are commonly used to treat fever and malaria in sub-Saharan African countries. Small scale studies have suggested that poor quality antimalarials are widespread
Protecting migratory farmers in rural Tanzania using eave ribbons treated with the spatial mosquito repellent, transfluthrin (Publications)
indoors and outdoors were monitored nightly (18.00-07.00 h) using CDC light traps and CO2-baited BG malaria traps, respectively. The second test compared efficacies of eave ribbons treated with 1.5% or 2.5%
<em>Plasmodium falciparum pfhrp2</em> and <em>pfhrp3</em> gene deletions among patients enrolled at 100 health facilities throughout Tanzania:... (Publications)
deletion surveillance strategy, 100 health facilities encompassing 10 regions of Tanzania enrolled malaria-suspected patients between February and July 2021. Of 7863 persons of all ages enrolled and providing
Durability of Olyset campaign nets distributed between 2009 and 2011 in eight districts of Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are the first line choice for malaria vector control in sub-Saharan Africa, with most countries adopting universal coverage campaigns. However, there
Excessive Rates of Antibiotic Prescriptions for Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (News)
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children with a respiratory illness, in 50% for children with diarrhoea, and in 28% for children with malaria. The researchers found that the number of antibiotic prescriptions in early childhood varied from [...] Kyungu E, Philipina S, Sangu W, Kahama-Maro J, Lengeler C, Cherpillod P, Kaiser L, Genton B. Beyond malaria: causes of fever in outpatient Tanzanian children. New England Journal of Medicine 2014; 370(9):
Open House 2023: Come and visit us at the new Swiss TPH (Page)
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and lectures, interactive workshops and games for all ages. Do you want to learn more about how malaria is transmitted? Are you curious how the environment and your lifestyle affect your health? Do you [...] under the microscope and fight diseases transmitted by the deadliest animal of all: the mosquito. Malaria, rabies, yellow fever and more: prepare for your future travel adventures Take a stroll through our
Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease... (Publications)
disease, cerebrovascular disease, lower respiratory infections, diarrhoeal diseases, road injuries, malaria, neonatal preterm birth complications, HIV/AIDS, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and neonatal [...] alone, highlighted distinct regional patterns including the greater than expected level of YLLs from malaria and from HIV/AIDS across sub-Saharan Africa; diabetes mellitus, especially in Oceania; interpersonal
Methods and Materials (Page)
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nachgewiesen werden, weshalb die Serologie zur Diagnose einer akuten Malaria ungeeignet ist. Differenzierung verschiedener Malaria-Arten serologisch nicht möglich. Antikörper können Monate bis Jahre p [...] akkreditiert. Plasmodium spp. (Malaria) Methode: Screening real-time PCR mit anschliessender Differenzierung aller humanpathogene Plasmodium Arten ( P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale, P. knowlesi [...] Sensitivität auf ca. 60% sinkt. Spezifität: Kreuzreaktionen möglich mit...
Burden of soil-transmitted helminth infection in pregnant refugees and migrants on the Thailand-Myanmar border: results from a retrospective cohort (Publications)
is a retrospective review of records from pregnant refugee and migrant women who attended Shoklo Malaria Research Unit antenatal care (ANC) clinics along the Thailand-Myanmar border between July 2013 and
Reduction of anti-malarial consumption after rapid diagnostic tests implementation in Dar es Salaam: a before-after and cluster randomized controlled... (Publications)
anti-malarials leads to massive over-treatment. The aim was to assess the effect of implementing malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) on prescription of anti-malarials in urban Tanzania. METHODS: The