West Africa

US Presidential Malaria Initiative is expanding

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Today 21 September 2017, Administrator Mark Green announced that the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), led by USAID and implemented together with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will launch new country programs in Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, and Sierra Leone, and expand its existing program in Burkina Faso.

With the addition of five new focus countries in West and Central Africa, PMI will have programs in 24 countries in sub-Saharan Africa,

Effects of Response to 2014–2015 Ebola Outbreak on Deaths from Malaria, HIV/AIDS, and Tuberculosis, West Africa

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malaria, plasmodium falciparum

Author(s):

Alyssa S. Parpia, Martial L. Ndeffo-Mbah , Natasha S. Wenzel, and Alison P. Galvani

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Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 22, Number 3—March 2016

To estimate the repercussions of the Ebola outbreak on the populations at risk for these diseases, we developed computational models for disease transmission and infection progression.

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West Africa

Plasmodium falciparum infection rates for some Anopheles spp. from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

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anopheles spp, malaria, plasmodium falciparum

Author(s):

Michelle R. Sanford, Anthony J. Cornel, Catelyn C. Nieman, Joao Dinis, Clare D. Marsden, Allison M. Weakley, Sarah Han, Amabelia Rodrigues, Gregory C. Lanzaro, Yoosook Lee

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F1000Research 3: 243 2014

Presence of Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP) was detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in a sample of Anopheles gambiae s.s., A. melas and A. pharoensis collected in Guinea-Bissau during October and November 2009.

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West Africa

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Guinea Bissau

Modelling the effects of weather and climate on malaria distributions in West Africa

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malaria, plasmodium falciparum

Author(s):

Arab A, Jackson MC, Kongoli C

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Malaria Journal 2014, 13 :126 (28 March 2014)

This study presents a hierarchical Bayesian modelling framework for the analysis of malaria versus climate factors in West Africa.

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West Africa

Economics of Malaria Prevention in US Travelers to West Africa

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malaria

Author(s):

Kenji Adachi, Margaret S. Coleman, Martin I. Meltzer, et al.

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Clin Infect Dis. (2014) 58 (1): 11-21.

Our model suggests that healthcare payers save money for short- and longer-term trips, and that travelers save money for longer trips when travelers adhere to malaria recommendations and prophylactic regimens in West Africa.

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West Africa

Mixed-function oxidases and esterases associated with permethrin, deltamethrin and bendiocarb resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l. in the south-north transect Benin, West Africa

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Anopheles gambiae, malaria

Author(s):

Aïzoun N, Aïkpon R, Padonou GG, Oussou O, Oké-Agbo F, Gnanguenon V, Ossè R, Akogbéto M

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Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6:223 (6 August 2013)

The current study aimed at an exploring the involvement of detoxifying enzymes in the insecticide phenotype resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.l.from Benin, in order to guide future malaria vector control interventions.

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West Africa

Country:

Benin

Malaria Transmission Pattern in an Area Selected for Clinical Trials in the Sudanian Area of Senegal (West Africa)

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malaria

Author(s):

El Hadji Amadou Niang, Aissatou Touré, El Hadji Malick Ngom, Lassana Konaté, Ousmane Faye, Mawlouth Diallo, and Ibrahima Dia

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Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2013

The main objective of this work was to gather baseline data on malaria transmission intensity and other entomological parameters before the advent of clinical trials.

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West Africa

Country:

Sudan

Senegal

Not Open Access | Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used for the treatment of malaria in plateau of Allada, Benin (West Africa)

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malaria

Author(s):

Marius H. Yetein, Laurent G. Houessou, Toussaint O. Lougbégnon, Oscar Teka, Brice Tente

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Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 146, Issue 1, 7 March 2013, Pages 154-163

This study provides plant species used in the plateau of Allada for malaria and related symptoms treatment. We hope that this study could be important for the conservation of traditional knowledge on the antimalarial plants and the improvement of malaria management.

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West Africa

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Benin