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An imported malaria case with repeated episodes of neurological syndromes resulting from different Plasmodium species
BackgroundImported cerebral malaria (CM) cases in non-endemic areas are often misdiagnosed, which delays treatment. Post-malaria neurological...
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Urban Malaria in the Desert
Historically malaria was associated for centuries with the rural environments of the countryside villages, and the urban environments which began to...
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An epidemiological analysis of severe imported malaria infections in Sri Lanka, after malaria elimination
BackgroundImported malaria continues to be reported in Sri Lanka after it was eliminated in 2012, and a few progress to life-threatening severe...
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Introduction: An Overview of Malaria and Plasmodium
Malaria is a terrible infectious disease that affects people all over the world. Because it is so common in economically developing regions’ poorer...
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Clinical Trials in Malaria
Clinical trials are the final and most important phase in the process of new drug development against any disease or disorder. Due to the development...
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Traditional Chinese Medicines for Malaria Therapy
Malaria, one of the “big three” killer diseases, is a major public health problem as well as a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The...
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Prospective study of malaria in pregnancy, placental and congenital malaria in Northwest Colombia
BackgroundPregnancy Associated Malaria (PAM) include malaria in pregnancy (MiP), placental malaria (PM), and congenital malaria (CM). The evidence...
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Association between malaria and household air pollution interventions in a predominantly rural area of Ghana
BackgroundThough anecdotal evidence suggests that smoke from HAP has a repellent effect on mosquitoes, very little work has been done to assess the...
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Cost of inappropriate prescriptions for uncomplicated malaria in Ghana
BackgroundMalaria remains a common course of morbidity in many sub-Saharan African countries. While treatment options have improved in recent times,...
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Apolipoprotein-E4: risk of severe malaria and mortality and cognitive impairment in pediatric cerebral malaria
BackgroundThe relationship of apolipoprotein-E4 ( APOE4 ) to mortality and cognition after severe malaria in children is unknown.
Methods ...
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Perspectives of primary care physicians in Spain on malaria: a cross-sectional survey and retrospective review of cases
BackgroundIn Spain, the risk of imported malaria has increased in recent years due to the rise in international travel and migration. Little is known...
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Projected health impact of post-discharge malaria chemoprevention among children with severe malarial anaemia in Africa
Children recovering from severe malarial anaemia (SMA) remain at high risk of readmission and death after discharge from hospital. However, a recent...
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High prevalence and risk factors associated with asymptomatic malaria among children in Nkwen village, Northwest Region, Cameroon
BackgroundIn endemic locations, asymptomatic malaria is a major contribution to the rise in clinical malaria. In order to achieve the goal of...
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Prognostics of multiple malaria episodes and nutritional status in children aged 6 to 59 months from 2013 to 2017 in Dangassa, Koulikoro region, Mali
BackgroundIn Africa, the relationship between childhood nutritional status and malaria remains complex and difficult to interpret. Understanding it...
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Malaria Vaccines: Progress to Date
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium . Despite significant declines in malaria-attributable...
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The provision of malaria services in border districts of four countries in Southern Africa: results from a cross-sectional community assessment of malaria border health posts
BackgroundThe importation of parasites across borders remains a threat to malaria elimination. The Southern African Development Community Malaria...
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Malaria community case management usage and quality of malaria care in a moderate Plasmodium falciparum burden region of Chadiza District, Zambia
BackgroundMalaria community case management (CCM) can improve timely access to healthcare, and CCM programmes in sub-Saharan Africa are expanding...
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Enhanced effect of seasonal malaria chemoprevention when coupled with nutrients supplementation for preventing malaria in children under 5 years old in Burkina Faso: a randomized open label trial
BackgroundIn rural African settings, most of the children under the coverage of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) are also undernourished at the...
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Kinetics of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity during Plasmodium vivax infection: implications for early radical malaria treatment
BackgroundPlasmodium vivax relapses due to dormant liver hypnozoites can be prevented with primaquine. However, the dose must be adjusted in...
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A malaria death due to an imported Plasmodium falciparum infection in Sri Lanka during the prevention of re-establishment phase of malaria
BackgroundSri Lanka has maintained a rigorous programme to prevent the re-establishment of malaria ever since the disease was eliminated in October...
