Event: Vaccinology in Africa, A five-day Master's level course
Date: 2nd - 6th September 2013
Location: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, Ghana
Application deadline: 8 July 2013
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Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria in Ghana
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Clin Infect Dis. (2013) 56 (12): 1735-1741.
This study aimed to establish the incidence of TTM and identify a suitable screening test.
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Community perceptions of a malaria vaccine in the Kintampo districts of Ghana
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Malaria Journal 2013, 12:156 (7 May 2013)
With the assumption that a malaria vaccine will be as efficacious as other EPI vaccines, community members in Central Ghana will accept and prefer malaria vaccine to malaria drugs as a malaria control tool.
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Use of Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis as a viable option in an Integrated Malaria Vector Control Programme in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
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Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6:116 (22 April 2013)
This study reveals that Bti at a very low dosage of 0.2 kg/ha is highly effective against Anopheles larvae and therefore offers viable options for the management of vector mosquitoes.
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Not Open Access | The effects of malaria and HIV co-infection on hemoglobin levels among pregnant women in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
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International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Volume 120, Issue 3, March 2013, Pages 236-239
A cross-sectional study was conducted at 4 hospitals in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis, Ghana. The study group comprised 872 consenting pregnant women attending prenatal care clinics.
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Trends in multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infections among asymptomatic residents in the middle belt of Ghana
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Malaria Journal 2013, 12:22 (17 January 2013)
The impact of interventions, introduced since this baseline study was carried out on the parasite diversity of asymptomatic residents will be the subject of further investigations.
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Prevalence of congenital malaria in high-risk Ghanaian newborns: a cross-sectional study
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Malaria Journal 2013, 12:17 (11 January 2013)
The reported prevalence of congenital malaria in sub-Saharan Africa is variable (0 - 46%). Even though the clinical significance of congenital malaria parasitaemia is uncertain, anti-malarial drugs are empirically prescribed for sick newborns by frontline health care workers.
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Research: Community perception of malaria and its influence on health-seeking behaviour in rural Ghana: a descriptive study
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MWJ 2013, 4, 1
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This article is the outcome of a descriptive cross-sectional study that assessed local perceptions on malaria and health seeking behaviour among inhabitants in the Kassena-Nankana district in the Upper East Region of Ghana. A total of 120 respondents were included in the study through a systematic random sampling procedure of households. The majority (65%) of respondents had awareness about malaria and linked it to mosquito bites.
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Electrocardiographic study in Ghanaian children with uncomplicated malaria, treated with artesunate-amodiaquine or artemether-lumefantrine
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Malaria Journal 2012, 11:420 (17 December 2012)
Artesunate-amodiaquine treatment resulted in a higher incidence of sinus bradycardia than artemether-lumefantrine treatment in children with uncomplicated malaria, but no clinically significant rhythm disturbances were induced by combining artesunate with amodiaquine.
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Not Open Access | Uses of multiple plants prescriptions for treatment of malaria by some communities in southern Ghana
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Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 144, Issue 2, 21 November 2012, Pages 448-452
To investigate the uses of medicinal plants for management of malaria by the communities around Kakum National Park in southern Ghana.
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