High prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte infections in school-age children using molecular detection: patterns and predictors of risk from a cross-sectional study in southern Malawi
In endemic areas, many people experience asymptomatic Plasmodium infections, particularly older children and adults, but their transmission contribution is unknown. Though not the exclusive determinant of infecti...
Jenna E. Coalson, Jenny A. Walldorf, Lauren M. Cohee, Miriam D. Ismail, Don Mathanga, Regina Joice Cordy, Matthias Marti, Terrie E. Taylor, Karl B. Seydel, Miriam K. Laufer and Mark L. Wilson
Malaria Journal 2016 15:527
Optimal price subsidies for appropriate malaria testing and treatment behaviour
Malaria continues to be a serious public health problem particularly in Africa. Many people infected with malaria do not access effective treatment due to high price. At the same time many individuals receivin...
Kristian Schultz Hansen, Tine Hjernø Lesner and Lars Peter Østerdal
Malaria Journal 2016 15:534
Failure of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in a traveller coming from Ethiopia
Artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) is used worldwide as the first-line treatment against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Despite the success of ACT in reducing the global burden of malaria, the em...
Federico Gobbi, Dora Buonfrate, Michela Menegon, Gianluigi Lunardi, Andrea Angheben, Carlo Severini, Stefania Gori and Zeno Bisoffi
Malaria Journal 2016 15:525
Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum ATP-dependent DNA helicase RuvB3
Malaria is one of the most serious and widespread parasitic diseases affecting humans. Because of the spread of resistance in both parasites and the mosquito vectors to anti-malarial drugs and insecticides, co...
Paviga Limudomporn, Saengduen Moonsom, Ubolsree Leartsakulpanich, Pattra Suntornthiticharoen, Songsak Petmitr, Michael Weinfeld and Porntip Chavalitshewinkoon-Petmitr
Malaria Journal 2016 15:526
The effect of malaria and anti-malarial drugs on skeletal and cardiac muscles
Malaria remains one of the most important infectious diseases in the world, being a significant public health problem associated with poverty and it is one of the main obstacles to the economy of an endemic co...
Mauro Toledo Marrelli and Marco Brotto
Malaria Journal 2016 15:524
Community engagement and population coverage in mass anti-malarial administrations: a systematic literature review
Mass anti-malarial administration has been proposed as a key component of the malaria elimination strategy in South East Asia. The success of this approach depends on the local malaria epidemiology, nature of ...
Bipin Adhikari, Nicola James, Gretchen Newby, Lorenz von Seidlein, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas P. J. Day, Arjen M. Dondorp, Christopher Pell and Phaik Yeong Cheah
Malaria Journal 2016 15:523
Erratum to: Diagnosis and treatment based on quantitative PCR after controlled human malaria infection
Jona Walk, Remko Schats, Marijke C. C. Langenberg, Isaie J. Reuling, Karina Teelen, Meta Roestenberg, Cornelus C. Hermsen, Leo G. Visser and Robert W. Sauerwein
Malaria Journal 2016 15:522
Malaria diagnosis and mapping with m-Health and geographic information systems (GIS): evidence from Uganda
Rural populations experience several barriers to accessing clinical facilities for malaria diagnosis. Increasing penetration of ICT and mobile-phones and subsequent m-Health applications can contribute overcom...
Alberto Larocca, Roberto Moro Visconti and Michele Marconi
Malaria Journal 2016 15:520
Increasing understanding of the relationship between geographic access and gendered decision-making power for treatment-seeking for febrile children in the Chikwawa district of Malawi
This study used qualitative methods to investigate the relationship between geographic access and gendered intra-household hierarchies and how these influence treatment-seeking decision-making for childhood fe...
Victoria L. Ewing, Rachel Tolhurst, Andrew Kapinda, Esther Richards, Dianne J. Terlouw and David G. Lalloo
Malaria Journal 2016 15:521
Published on: 24 October 2016
Eliminate now: seven critical actions required to accelerate elimination of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion
The emergence in 2009 of Plasmodium falciparum parasites resistant to the primary therapies currently in use (artemisinin-based combination therapy, ACT) in Southeast Asia threatens to set back decades of global ...
Andrew A. Lover, Roly Gosling, Richard Feachem and Jim Tulloch
Malaria Journal 2016 15:518
Genetic diversity of the merozoite surface protein-3 gene in Plasmodium falciparum populations in Thailand
An effective malaria vaccine is an urgently needed tool to fight against human malaria, the most deadly parasitic disease of humans. One promising candidate is the merozoite surface protein-3 (MSP-3) of Plasmodiu...
Sittiporn Pattaradilokrat, Vorthon Sawaswong, Phumin Simpalipan, Morakot Kaewthamasorn, Napaporn Siripoon and Pongchai Harnyuttanakorn
Malaria Journal 2016 15:517
Multi-dimensional knowledge of malaria among Nigerian caregivers: implications for insecticide-treated net use by children
Poor malaria knowledge can negatively impact malaria control programmes. This study evaluates knowledge distribution in the domains of causation, transmission, vulnerability, symptoms, and treatment of malaria...
Lauretta Ovadje and Jerome Nriagu
Malaria Journal 2016 15:516
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