Spatial prediction of malaria prevalence in Papua New Guinea: a comparison of Bayesian decision network and multivariate regression modelling... (Publications)
performance when developing malaria prevalence maps due to the multiple interacting factors that drive malaria prevalence in different geographical areas. When developing malaria prevalence maps, BDNs may [...] BACKGROUND: Considerable progress towards controlling malaria has been made in Papua New Guinea through the national malaria control programme's free distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets, improved [...] linear model, GLM) in terms of malaria spatial risk prediction accuracy....
Communities and clinical trials: a case study from the RTS,S malaria vaccine trials in eastern Africa (Publications)
resource scarcity can intensify existing inequities. Here we present a case study of a phase III malaria vaccine clinical trial. Through qualitative interviews with researchers and caregivers of pediatric
Structural basis of malaria RIFIN binding by LILRB1-containing antibodies (Publications)
Some Plasmodium falciparum repetitive interspersed families of polypeptides (RIFINs)—variant surface antigens that are expressed on infected erythrocytes1—bind to the inhibitory receptor LAIR1, and in
Speech and language sequelae of severe malaria in Kenyan children (Publications)
impairments following severe malaria in Kenyan children. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cohort study comparing the prevalence of impairments in children exposed or unexposed to severe malaria. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: The [...] study recruited 25 children who had previously been admitted to hospital with severe falciparum malaria and 27 unexposed to the disease. Assessments of comprehension, syntax, lexical semantics, higher [...] at 8-9 years of age, at least 2 years after admission to hospital in children...
Randomised trial of SPf66 vaccine against <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria in children in southern Tanzania (Publications)
3 clinical fever episodes per year. Minimum estimated community rates for serious malaria (cerebral malaria or malaria and anaemia) affect approximatively 5% of all children. Under conditions of a field [...] current malaria control strategies using rapid diagnosis and treatment as well as methods to reduce the man-vector contact have had limited success. In Kilombero district (Southern Tanzania), malaria transmission [...] Malaria, especially that due to Plasmodium falciparum, is one of the...