Mosquito Biology and Control (Page)
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needed for decision making on their recommendation for public health use. Malaria Malaria Vaccines Surveillance and Health Systems Malaria Elimination Project Highlights Diagnosis Management Communication Better [...] communication tool, for improving the impact of malaria vector control interventions. Read more Village in PNG Residual Malaria Transmission The malaria control intervention in Papua New Guinea has resulted [...] Mosquito Biology and Control Human malaria is spread from an infected...
Disease Modelling | Research at Swiss TPH (Page)
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Projects Core Malaria Software for Modellers Worldwide Core to our modelling work is the development and use of an individual-based model of malaria transmission dynamics known as OpenMalaria. This model [...] tool for simulating the dynamics of malaria transmission and epidemiology, and the impact of interventions on health and economic outcomes. The model can simulate malaria in village or district size human [...] TPH, our OpenMalaria model is used by a wide range of modellers worldwide. A...
A prospective study of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> multiplicity of infection and morbidity in Tanzanian children (Publications)
individuals with substantial previous exposure to malaria, co-infection with multiple clones of Plasmodium falciparum can protect against subsequent clinical malaria attacks. Other studies, mainly of individuals [...] These results provide further evidence that relationships between asymptomatic malaria infections and clinical malaria change with cumulative exposure. [...] multiplicity of infection increased with age. In the first year of life, the incidence of clinical malaria was almost three...
A prospective study of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> multiplicity of infection and morbidity in Tanzanian children (Publications)
individuals with substantial previous exposure to malaria, co-infection with multiple clones of Plasmodium falciparum can protect against subsequent clinical malaria attacks. Other studies, mainly of individuals [...] These results provide further evidence that relationships between asymptomatic malaria infections and clinical malaria change with cumulative exposure. [...] multiplicity of infection increased with age. In the first year of life, the incidence of clinical malaria was almost three...
Emergency Services (Page)
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emergency and confirmatory malaria diagnostics during the opening hours of the Diagnostic Centre. From 1 March 2025, the Diagnostic Centre will no longer offer an emergency malaria microscopy service in the [...] and on public holidays. However, we will continue to offer our malaria diagnostic service on weekdays from 8am to 5pm. Samples for malaria microscopy that arrive at our laboratory by 5pm on weekdays (Mon–Fri) [...] following important customer information: English , Fren c h, German ,...
Reactive Case Detection in Zanzibar: Effectiveness and Cost (Projects)
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have interrupted local malaria transmission and may have ceased to lead to further declines in malaria incidence. This project aims at contributing to the elimination of malaria on Zanzibar by providing [...] the burden of malaria by distributing insecticide treated mosquito nets, indoor residual spraying and artemisinin based combination treatment. Since 2008, Zanzibar has implemented the Malaria Epidemic Early [...] electronic surveillance system developed jointly by the Zanzibar Malaria...
Rapid spread of double East- and West-African <em>kdr </em>mutations in wild <em>Anopheles coluzzi</em> from Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
decrease of malaria burden. These tools are now threatened by insecticide resistance in malaria vectors, which is spreading dramatically. After two different real-time polymerase chain reaction molecular char [...] resistance in malaria vectors and highlight the urgent need to diversify the methods of vector control in order to avoid the failure of insecticide-based vector control tools which may favor malaria fatalities [...] Malaria morbidity and mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa are...
Rapid spread of double East- and West-African <em>kdr </em>mutations in wild <em>Anopheles coluzzi</em> from Côte d'Ivoire (Publications)
decrease of malaria burden. These tools are now threatened by insecticide resistance in malaria vectors, which is spreading dramatically. After two different real-time polymerase chain reaction molecular char [...] resistance in malaria vectors and highlight the urgent need to diversify the methods of vector control in order to avoid the failure of insecticide-based vector control tools which may favor malaria fatalities [...] Malaria morbidity and mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa are...
Genetic composition of Plasmodium falciparum infections in Zanzibar, travel and transmission: a follow-up to the RADZEC study (Projects)
https://www.swisstph.ch/en/projects/project-detail/project/genetic-composition-of-plasmodium-falciparum-infections-in-zanzibar-travel-and-transmission-a-follow-up-to-the-radzec-study
investigations, we will analyse travel patterns of malaria patients and their household contacts to investigate associations of particular travel patterns with malaria infection status in general, and infection [...] Travel between Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania is likely to contribute substantially to the malaria case load on the islands of Zanzibar. In this study, we will investigate the genetic composition of P [...] in particular. This will be complemented by modeling of the improtance of...
Identifying risk factors for <em>Plasmodium </em>infection and anaemia in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (Publications)
risk factors for malaria infection in large cities in central Africa and in all age groups. There may be different associations with the risk factors for areas with different malaria transmission intensities [...] (non-rural), collected during a cross sectional malaria survey in 2011. Logistic regression with random effects was used to investigate predictors for malaria and anaemia. Differences in risk factors in areas [...] whereas it increased with malaria infection and reported fever. ITN use...
