Volume 5, issue 1, December 2006
127 articles in this issue
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Molecular monitoring of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin in Tanzania
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Kefas Mugittu
- Blaise Genton
- Hans Peter Beck
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 19 December 2006
- Article: 126
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IMP PCR primers detect single nucleotide polymorphisms for Anopheles gambiae species identification, Mopti and Savanna rDNA types, and resistance to dieldrin in Anopheles arabiensis
Authors
- Elien E Wilkins
- Paul I Howell
- Mark Q Benedict
- Content type: Methodology
- Open Access
- Published: 19 December 2006
- Article: 125
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Caregivers' perceived treatment failure in home-based management of fever among Ugandan children aged less than five years
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Mugagga Malimbo
- Erieza Mugisha
- Ambrose O Talisuna
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2006
- Article: 124
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A community-based health education programme for bio-environmental control of malaria through folk theatre (Kalajatha) in rural India
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Susanta K Ghosh
- Rajan R Patil
- Aditya P Dash
- Content type: Case study
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2006
- Article: 123
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The use of genotyping in antimalarial clinical trials: a systematic review of published studies from 1995–2005
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- William J Collins
- Bryan Greenhouse
- Grant Dorsey
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 December 2006
- Article: 122
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Comparison of PCR and microscopy for the detection of asymptomatic malaria in a Plasmodium falciparum/vivax endemic area in Thailand
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Russell E Coleman
- Jetsumon Sattabongkot
- Benjawan Khuntirat
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 December 2006
- Article: 121
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Over-diagnosis of malaria is not a lost cause
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Paul M Masika
- Waziri J Semarundu
- Roly D Gosling
- Content type: Case study
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2006
- Article: 120
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Detection and clinical manifestation of placental malaria in southern Ghana
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Frank P Mockenhaupt
- George Bedu-Addo
- Ulrich Bienzle
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2006
- Article: 119
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Reader technique as a source of variability in determining malaria parasite density by microscopy
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Wendy Prudhomme O'Meara
- Mazie Barcus
- F Ellis McKenzie
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 12 December 2006
- Article: 118
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Consumers stated and revealed preferences for community health workers and other strategies for the provision of timely and appropriate treatment of malaria in southeast Nigeria
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Obinna Onwujekwe
- Nkem Dike
- Paul Okonkwo
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2006
- Article: 117
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Scanning electron microscopy of the neuropathology of murine cerebral malaria
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Peter Lackner
- Ronny Beer
- Kristian Pfaller
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 November 2006
- Article: 116
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Effective population size of Anopheles funestus chromosomal forms in Burkina Faso
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Andrew P Michel
- Olga Grushko
- Nora J Besansky
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 November 2006
- Article: 115
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Survival of immature Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) in aquatic habitats in Mwea rice irrigation scheme, central Kenya
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Joseph M Mwangangi
- Ephantus J Muturi
- Robert Novak
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 November 2006
- Article: 114
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Efficacy of three artemisinin combination therapies for the treatmentof uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Republic of Congo
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ingrid van den Broek
- Christa Kitz
- Jean-Paul Guthmann
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 November 2006
- Article: 113
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Molecular surveillance of mutations in the cytochrome b gene of Plasmodium falciparum in Gabon and Ethiopia
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Tamirat Gebru
- Asrat Hailu
- Martin P Grobusch
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 21 November 2006
- Article: 112
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Early home-based recognition of anaemia via general danger signs, in young children, in a malaria endemic community in north-east Tanzania
Authors
- Frank M Ringsted
- Ib C Bygbjerg
- Helle Samuelsen
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 20 November 2006
- Article: 111
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Integration and mining of malaria molecular, functional and pharmacological data: how far are we from a chemogenomic knowledge space?
Authors (first, second and last of 15)
- Lyn-Marie Birkholtz
- Olivier Bastien
- Eric Maréchal
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 17 November 2006
- Article: 110
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Decreased availability of antimalarials in the private sector following the policy change from chloroquine to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Manuel W Hetzel
- June J Msechu
- Hassan Mshinda
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 November 2006
- Article: 109
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Combined chloroquine, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine and primaquine against Plasmodium falciparum in Central Java, Indonesia
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Edith R Lederman
- Jason D Maguire
- J Kevin Baird
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 November 2006
- Article: 108
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Topography and malaria transmission heterogeneity in western Kenya highlands: prospects for focal vector control
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Andrew K Githeko
- John M Ayisi
- Guiyun Yan
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2006
- Article: 107
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Seroprevalence of malaria in inhabitants of the urban zone of Antananarivo, Madagascar
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Olivier Domarle
- Romy Razakandrainibe
- Frédéric Ariey
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2006
- Article: 106
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Malaria and anaemia among children in two communities of Kumasi, Ghana: a cross-sectional survey
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Lisa A Ronald
- Sarah L Kenny
- Martin J Donnelly
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 09 November 2006
- Article: 105
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Thick blood film examination for Plasmodium falciparum malaria has reduced sensitivity and underestimates parasite density
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Philip Bejon
- Laura Andrews
- Adrian VS Hill
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2006
- Article: 104
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PCR detection of Plasmodium falciparum in human urine and saliva samples
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Sungano Mharakurwa
- Christopher Simoloka
- David J Sullivan
- Content type: Methodology
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2006
- Article: 103
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Sixth Africa malaria day in 2006: how far have we come after the Abuja Declaration?
Authors
- Joas B Rugemalila
- Charles L Wanga
- Wen L Kilama
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 07 November 2006
- Article: 102
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Lactate levels in severe malarial anaemia are associated with haemozoin-containing neutrophils and low levels of IL-12
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Climent Casals-Pascual
- Oscar Kai
- David J Roberts
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 06 November 2006
- Article: 101
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The 10 kDa domain of human erythrocyte protein 4.1 binds the Plasmodium falciparum EBA-181 protein
Authors
- Roberto Lanzillotti
- Theresa L Coetzer
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 06 November 2006
- Article: 100
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The co-distribution of Plasmodium falciparum and hookworm among African schoolchildren
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Simon Brooker
- Archie CA Clements
- Robert W Snow
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 03 November 2006
- Article: 99
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Spatial and temporal variation in malaria transmission in a low endemicity area in northern Tanzania
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- MJAM Oesterholt
- JT Bousema
- CJ Drakeley
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 03 November 2006
- Article: 98
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An in-depth study of patent medicine sellers' perspectives on malaria in a rural Nigerian community
Authors
- Theodora A Okeke
- Benjamin SC Uzochukwu
- Henrietta U Okafor
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 01 November 2006
- Article: 97
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Literacy and recent history of diarrhoea are predictive of Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in Kenyan adults
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Rodney L Coldren
- Trish Prosser
- Nicholas Adungo
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 01 November 2006
- Article: 96
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An improved and highly sensitive microfluorimetric method for assessing susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to antimalarial drugs in vitro
Authors
- Neils B Quashie
- Harry P de Koning
- Lisa C Ranford-Cartwright
- Content type: Methodology
- Open Access
- Published: 31 October 2006
- Article: 95
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Drug resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mlimba, Tanzania
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Erasto V Mbugi
- Benezeth M Mutayoba
- Hassan Mshinda
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 31 October 2006
- Article: 94
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Patterns of malaria-related hospital admissions and mortality among Malawian children: an example of spatial modelling of hospital register data
Authors
- Lawrence N Kazembe
- Immo Kleinschmidt
- Brian L Sharp
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 26 October 2006
- Article: 93
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Production and validation of durable, high quality standardized malaria microscopy slides for teaching, testing and quality assurance during an era of declining diagnostic proficiency
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Jason D Maguire
- Edith R Lederman
- Chansuda Wongsrichanalai
- Content type: Methodology
- Open Access
- Published: 25 October 2006
- Article: 92
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A grid-based infrastructure for ecological forecasting of rice land Anopheles arabiensis aquatic larval habitats
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Benjamin G Jacob
- Ephantus J Muturi
- Robert J Novak
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 October 2006
- Article: 91
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Allelic dimorphism of Plasmodium vivax gam-1 in the Indian subcontinent
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Surendra K Prajapati
- Anju Verma
- Hema Joshi
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 October 2006
- Article: 90
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The impact of endemic and epidemic malaria on the risk of stillbirth in two areas of Tanzania with different malaria transmission patterns
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Ulrika Uddenfeldt Wort
- Ian Hastings
- Bernard J Brabin
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 17 October 2006
- Article: 89
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Laboratory tests of oviposition by the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, on dark soil as influenced by presence or absence of vegetation
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Juan Huang
- Edward D Walker
- James R Miller
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 12 October 2006
- Article: 88
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Daily temperature profiles in and around Western Kenyan larval habitats of Anopheles gambiae as related to egg mortality
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Juan Huang
- Edward D Walker
- James R Miller
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 12 October 2006
- Article: 87
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Dynamics of immune response and drug resistance in malaria infection
Authors
- David Gurarie
- F Ellis McKenzie
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 11 October 2006
- Article: 86
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Human malarial disease: a consequence of inflammatory cytokine release
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Ian A Clark
- Alison C Budd
- William B Cowden
- Content type: Review
- Open Access
- Published: 10 October 2006
- Article: 85
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Methylene blue for malaria in Africa: results from a dose-finding study in combination with chloroquine
Authors (first, second and last of 16)
- Peter E Meissner
- Germain Mandi
- Olaf Müller
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 08 October 2006
- Article: 84
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Evaluation of the acquired immune responses to Plasmodium vivax VIR variant antigens in individuals living in malaria-endemic areas of Brazil
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Tatiane R Oliveira
- Carmen Fernandez-Becerra
- Irene S Soares
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 06 October 2006
- Article: 83
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Confirmation of emergence of mutations associated with atovaquone-proguanil resistance in unexposed Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Africa
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Christian T Happi
- Grace O Gbotosho
- Ayoade MJ Oduola
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 04 October 2006
- Article: 82
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Malaria treatment failures after artemisinin-based therapy in three expatriates: could improved manufacturer information help to decrease the risk of treatment failure ?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Yves Jackson
- François Chappuis
- Walter Taylor
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 04 October 2006
- Article: 81
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Detection and identification of human Plasmodium species with real-time quantitative nucleic acid sequence-based amplification
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Petra F Mens
- Gerard J Schoone
- Henk DFH Schallig
- Content type: Methodology
- Open Access
- Published: 03 October 2006
- Article: 80
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Use of pre-packaged chloroquine for the home management of presumed malaria in Malagasy children
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Arsène Ratsimbasoa
- Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia
- Didier Ménard
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 14 September 2006
- Article: 79
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Malaria hotspot areas in a highland Kenya site are consistent in epidemic and non-epidemic years and are associated with ecological factors
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Kacey C Ernst
- Samson O Adoka
- Chandy C John
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 13 September 2006
- Article: 78