Assessing the susceptibility and efficacy of traditional neurotoxic (pyrethroid) and new-generation insecticides (chlorfenapyr, clothianidin, and pyriproxyfen), on wild pyrethroid-resistant populations of Anopheles gambiae from southern Benin
The objective of this study was to determine the susceptibility of wild Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (s.l.) from southern Benin to the new insecticides (chlorfenapyr (CFP), pyriproxyfen (PPF), and clothianidin (C... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 26, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: David Mahouton Zoungb édji, Germain Gil Padonou, Alphonse Keller Konkon, Steve Hougbe, Hermann Sagbohan, Casimir Kpanou, Albert Sourou Salako, Razaki Ossè, Rock Aïkpon, Cyriaque Afoukou, Aboubakar Sidick, Bruno Akinro, Saïd Chitou, Virgile Gnanguénon Tags: Research Source Type: research
House modifications as a malaria control tool: how does local context shape participants ’ experience and interpretation in Uganda?
Evidence that house design can provide protection from malaria is growing. Housing modifications such as screening windows, doors, and ceilings, and attaching insecticide-impregnated materials to the eaves (th... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Miriam Kayendeke, Christine Nabirye, Susan Nayiga, Nelli Westercamp, Samuel Gonahasa, Agaba Katureebe, Moses R. Kamya, Sarah G. Staedke and Eleanor Hutchinson Tags: Research Source Type: research
A malaria death due to an imported Plasmodium falciparum infection in Sri Lanka during the prevention of re-establishment phase of malaria
Sri Lanka has maintained a rigorous programme to prevent the re-establishment of malaria ever since the disease was eliminated in October 2012. It includes efforts to sustain case surveillance to ensure early ... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 24, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Shilanthi Seneviratne, Deepika Fernando, Pubudu Chulasiri, Kumudu Gunasekera, Nethmini Thenuwara, Champa Aluthweera, Anula Wijesundara, Rohini Fernandopulle, Kamini Mendis and Rajitha Wickremasinghe Tags: Research Source Type: research
Women ’s empowerment and uptake of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy: results from a cross-sectional baseline survey in the Lake endemic region, Kenya
Malaria in pregnancy remains a major public health problem in endemic areas of the sub-Saharan African (SSA) region. However, there is limited understanding of the association between women ’s empowerment and t... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: George Odwe, Dennis Juma Matanda, Tchaiwe Zulu, Stephen Kizito, Oscar Okoth and Beth Kangwana Tags: Research Source Type: research
Implementation strategies for the introduction of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine in countries with areas of highly seasonal transmission: workshop meeting report
A workshop on implementation strategies for the introduction of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine in countries with areas of highly seasonal transmission, was held as a hybrid meeting in Dakar, Senegal, a... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Corinne S. Merle Tags: Meeting Report Source Type: research
Therapeutic efficacy of artesunate –amodiaquine and artemether–lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Chad: clinical and genetic surveillance
This study assessed the ef... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mahamat Souleymane Issa, Marian Warsame, Moussa Hassane Taisso Mahamat, Issakha Diar Mahamat Saleh, Kodbsse Boulotigam, Honor é Djimrassengar, Ali Haggar Issa, Ousmane Abdelkader, Manah Hassoumi, Mbanga Djimadoum, Cécile Doderer-Lang, Jean Bosco Ndihiok Tags: Research Source Type: research
Border malaria: defining the problem to address the challenge of malaria elimination
Border malaria is frequently cited as an obstacle to malaria elimination and sometimes used as a justification for the failure of elimination. Numerous border or cross-border meetings and elimination initiativ... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Xiaohong Li, Robert W. Snow, Kim Lindblade, Abdisalan M. Noor, Richard Steketee, Regina Rabinovich, Deyer Gopinath, Elkhan Gasimov and Pedro L. Alonso Tags: Comment Source Type: research
Heritability of biting time behaviours in the major African malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis
The use of insecticide-treated nets for malaria control has been associated with shifts in mosquito vector feeding behaviour including earlier and outdoor biting on humans. The relative contribution of phenoty... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 16, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Nicodem J. Govella, Paul C. D. Johnson, Gerry F. Killeen and Heather M. Ferguson Tags: Research Source Type: research
From an interventional study to a national scale-up: lessons learned from the Malakit strategy at the French Guiana –Suriname border
Scaling-up an experimental intervention is always a challenge. On the border between French Guiana, Brazil and Suriname, an interventional study demonstrated the effectiveness of distributing self-diagnosis an... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 16, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Maylis Douine, Hedley Cairo, Muriel Suzanne Galindo, Stephen Vreden, Yann Lambert, Antoine Adenis, Irene Jimeno, Martha Suarez-Mutis, Alice Sanna and H élène Hiwat Tags: Case Study Source Type: research
Nationwide spatiotemporal drug resistance genetic profiling from over three decades in Indian Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax isolates
Drug resistance is a serious impediment to efficient control and elimination of malaria in endemic areas. (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Loick P. Kojom Foko, Geetika Narang, Jahnvi Jakhan, Suman Tamang, Amit Moun and Vineeta Singh Tags: Research Source Type: research
Bioinformatic and literature assessment of toxicity and allergenicity of a CRISPR-Cas9 engineered gene drive to control Anopheles gambiae the mosquito vector of human malaria
Population suppression gene drive is currently being evaluated, including via environmental risk assessment (ERA), for malaria vector control. One such gene drive involves the dsxFCRISPRh transgene encoding (i) h... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alima Qureshi and John B. Connolly Tags: Research Source Type: research
Trend analysis of malaria in urban settings in Ethiopia from 2014 to 2019
Urbanization generally improves health outcomes of residents and is one of the potential factors that might contribute to reducing malaria transmission. However, the expansion of Anopheles stephensi, an urban mal... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Hiwot Teka, Lemu Golassa, Girmay Medhin, Meshesha Balkew, Chalachew Sisay, Endalamaw Gadisa, Dawn M. Nekorchuk, Michael C. Wimberly and Fitsum Girma Tadesse Tags: Research Source Type: research
Species composition, infection rate and detection of resistant alleles in Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Lare, a malaria hotspot district of Ethiopia
Anopheles funestus, which is considered as secondary vector of malaria in Ethiopia, is known to have several morphologically indistinguishable (sibling) species. Accurate identification of sibling species is cruc... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 12, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Delelegn Woyessa, Evangelia Morou, Nadja Wipf, Nsa Dada, Konstantinos Mavridis, John Vontas and Delenasaw Yewhalaw Tags: Research Source Type: research
The 18S rRNA genes of Haemoproteus (Haemosporida, Apicomplexa) parasites from European songbirds with remarks on improved parasite diagnostics
The nuclear ribosomal RNA genes of Plasmodium parasites are assumed to evolve according to a birth-and-death model with new variants originating by duplication and others becoming deleted. For some Plasmodium spe... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Josef Harl, Tanja Himmel, Mikas Ilg ūnas, Gediminas Valkiūnas and Herbert Weissenböck Tags: Research Source Type: research
Evolution of genetic markers for drug resistance after the introduction of dihydroartemisinin –piperaquine as first-line anti-malarial treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Indonesia
Dihydroartemisinin –piperaquine has been Indonesia’s first-line anti-malarial treatment since 2008. Annual therapeutic efficacy studies (TES) done in the last 12 years showed continued high treatment efficacy i... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - August 9, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Farindira Vesti Rahmasari, Puji Budi Setia Asih, Ismail Ekoprayitno Rozi, Suradi Wangsamuda, Rifqi Risandi, Farahana Kresno Dewayanti, Dendi Hadi Permana, Lepa Syahrani, Helen Dewi Prameswari, Herdiana H. Basri, Maria Dorina G. Bustos, Prakaykaew Charunwa Tags: Research Source Type: research
