Notably, we found a significant positive association between duration since last febrile episode and P. falciparum-specific CD4+ T cell proliferation, with more recent febrile episodes associated with lower proliferation.
Affected pregnancies may result in stillbirth and neonatal death, and surviving children are at risk of poor growth and infection in infancy, and of non-communicable diseases in adulthood.
This case confirms the risk of therapeutic failure with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine by under-dosing in patients weighing more than 100 kg.
Three compounds with anti-parasitic activity were identified in Z. heitzii bark extract.
The MDA achieved its goals of reducing malaria morbidity and febrile cases that would have been potentially diagnosed as suspected Ebola cases with increased risk of nosocomial infections.
Cedrol an oviposition attractant for African malaria vectors is produced by two fungi species isolated from grass rhizomes collected from a natural mosquito breeding site.
Mass bed net distributions contributed strongly to the overall decline in child mortality in Madagascar during the period 2008–2013.
This study reports an appropriate safety and efficacy profile of a new formulation of coated chloroquine tablets for vivax malaria treatment in the Brazilian Amazon.
Placental malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum infection constitutes a major health problem manifesting as severe disease and anaemia in the mother, impaired fetal development, low birth weight or spontaneous abortion.
This study demonstrated that probucol has some impact on malaria by oxidative stress through the induction of host plasma vitamin E deficiency.
