South East Asia

Humans frequently exposed to a range of non-human primate malaria parasite species through the bites of Anopheles dirus mosquitoes in South-central Vietnam

Tags:

malaria, plasmodium falciparum, anopheles

Author(s):

Maeno Y, Quang N, Culleton R, Kawai S, Masuda G, Nakazawa S, Marchand R

Reference:

Parasites & Vectors 2015, 8 :376 (16 July 2015)

In this study we analysed the species composition of malarial sporozoites infecting the salivary glands of Anopheles dirus in order to determine their potential role as bridge vectors of Plasmodium parasites from monkeys to humans.

Continent:

South East Asia

NOT Open Access | Increased pfmdr1 copy number in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Suriname

Tags:

malaria, plasmodium falciparum, mefloquine, artemether–lumefantrine

Author(s):

Mergiory Labadie-Bracho and Malti R. Adhin

Reference:

Tropical Medicine & International Health, Volume 18, Issue 7, pages 796–799, July 2013

Amplification of the pfmdr1 gene is associated with clinical failures and reduced in vivo and in vitro sensitivity to both mefloquine and artemether–lumefantrine in South-East Asia.

Continent:

South East Asia

NOT Open Access | Imported malaria: a possible threat to the elimination of malaria from Sri Lanka?

Tags:

malaria, Plasmodium vivax

Author(s):

G. N. L. Galappaththy, S. D. Fernando and R. R. Abeyasinghe

Reference:

Tropical Medicine & International Health, Volume 18, Issue 6, pages 761–768, June 2013

There is a possible increasing risk of re-introduction of malaria to the country from imported cases.

Continent:

South East Asia

Country:

Sri Lanka

Anopheles species associations in Southeast Asia: indicator species and environmental influences

Tags:

anopheles campestris

Author(s):

Obsomer V, Dufrene M, Defourny P, Coosemans M

Reference:

Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6:136 (4 May 2013)

In this context studying species associations and their relation to the environment offer some opportunities as they are less subject to sampling error than individual species.

Continent:

South East Asia

Malaria treatment-seeking behaviour and related factors of Wa ethnic minority in Myanmar: a cross-sectional study

Tags:

malaria

Author(s):

Xu J, Xu Q, Liu H, Zeng Y

Reference:

Malaria Journal 2012, 11:417 (14 December 2012)

Malaria treatment-seeking behaviour is not appropriate, and affecting factors include health service systems, social and cultural factors in Wa State of Myanmar.

Continent:

South East Asia

Country:

Myanmar

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