Vaccines and monoclonal antibodies: new tools for malaria control
Clin Microbiol Rev. 2024 Apr 24:e0007123. doi: 10.1128/cmr.00071-23. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSUMMARYMalaria remains one of the biggest health problems in the world. While significant reductions in malaria morbidity and mortality had been achieved from 2000 to 2015, the favorable trend has stalled, rather significant increases in malaria cases are seen in multiple areas. In 2022, there were 249 million estimated cases, and 608,000 malaria-related deaths, mostly in infants and children aged under 5 years, globally. Therefore, in addition to the expansion of existing anti-malarial control measures, it is critical to dev...
Source: Clinical Microbiology Reviews - April 24, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Kazutoyo Miura Yevel Flores-Garcia Carole A Long Fidel Zavala Source Type: research
Malaria in a vulnerable population living in quilombo remnant communities in the Brazilian Amazon: a cross-sectional study from 2005-2020
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2024 Apr 19;66:e25. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202466025. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTQuilombo remnant communities are areas officially recognized by the Brazilian government as historical communities founded by formerly enslaved individuals. These communities are mostly located in the endemic areas of malaria in the Brazilian Amazon. We retrospectively described the prevalence of malaria among individuals living in 32 recognized quilombo remnant communities in the Baiao and Oriximina municipalities located in the Para State. The number of malaria cases and the Annual Parasitic Incidence (API) recorde...
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - April 24, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Beatriz Costa Ribeiro Carla Gisele R Garcia Lilian J éssica Passos Lima Jo ão F Guerreiro Marinete Marins P óvoa Maristela G Cunha Source Type: research
Association of ABO, Rh-D and Kell blood groups with transfusion transmitted infections among blood donors from the Asir Region, Saudi Arabia: A retrospective observational study
CONCLUSION: ABO and Kell blood groups are associated with TTI markers. These findings highlight the need for improved strategies and approaches in screening and managing blood donations to minimize the risk of TTIs.PMID:38657987 | DOI:10.15537/smj.2024.45.4.20240007 (Source: Saudi Medical Journal)
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - April 24, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Ahmad A Shaikh Hassan M Alqasem Yahya A Alshubruqi Sultan Z Alasmari Mohammed H Makkawi Source Type: research
African health ministers commit to end malaria deaths
Saudi Med J. 2024 Apr;45(4):450-451.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38657981 (Source: Saudi Medical Journal)
Source: Saudi Medical Journal - April 24, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research
The Walter Reed Project, Kisumu Field Station: Impact of Research on Malaria Policy, Management, and Prevention
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 23:tpmd230115. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0115. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Walter Reed Project is a collaboration between the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research of the United States Department of Defense and the Kenya Medical Research Institute. The Kisumu field station, comprising four campuses, has until recently been devoted primarily to research on malaria countermeasures. The Kombewa Clinical Research Center is dedicated to conducting regulated clinical trials of therapeutic and vaccine candidates in development. The center's robust population-based surveillance platform, along with a...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - April 23, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Peter M Sifuna Michal Mbinji Tina O Lucas Irene Onyango Hoseah M Akala John N Waitumbi Bernhards R Ogutu Jack N Hutter Walter Otieno Source Type: research
Surveillance for Action: Operationalizing Private Sector Surveillance and Service Delivery across the Malaria Transmission Continuum
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 23:tpmd230447. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0447. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite global recommendations that surveillance systems should capture malaria case data from both private and public sectors, the integration of private sector data into national systems remains a challenge for national malaria programs in high-burden settings. The WHO's Malaria Surveillance, Monitoring & Evaluation: A Reference Manual suggests eight general guidelines for conducting private sector surveillance. Practical operational guidance is needed to implement private sector surveillance and service delivery inte...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - April 23, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Erica Berlin Christopher Louren ço Stephen Poyer Source Type: research
The Walter Reed Project, Kisumu Field Station: Impact of Research on Malaria Policy, Management, and Prevention
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 23:tpmd230115. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0115. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Walter Reed Project is a collaboration between the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research of the United States Department of Defense and the Kenya Medical Research Institute. The Kisumu field station, comprising four campuses, has until recently been devoted primarily to research on malaria countermeasures. The Kombewa Clinical Research Center is dedicated to conducting regulated clinical trials of therapeutic and vaccine candidates in development. The center's robust population-based surveillance platform, along with a...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Peter M Sifuna Michal Mbinji Tina O Lucas Irene Onyango Hoseah M Akala John N Waitumbi Bernhards R Ogutu Jack N Hutter Walter Otieno Source Type: research
Surveillance for Action: Operationalizing Private Sector Surveillance and Service Delivery across the Malaria Transmission Continuum
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 23:tpmd230447. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0447. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDespite global recommendations that surveillance systems should capture malaria case data from both private and public sectors, the integration of private sector data into national systems remains a challenge for national malaria programs in high-burden settings. The WHO's Malaria Surveillance, Monitoring & Evaluation: A Reference Manual suggests eight general guidelines for conducting private sector surveillance. Practical operational guidance is needed to implement private sector surveillance and service delivery inte...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Erica Berlin Christopher Louren ço Stephen Poyer Source Type: research
Environmental Justice and Health in Nigeria
AbstractPurpose of ReviewThe United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) identified 17 goals to achieve by the year 2030, with many of these goals directly or indirectly linked to environmental justice. Health outcomes remain poor in Nigeria; the country ranks low in environmental quality despite supporting environmental treaties and laws. The burden of diseases in the country is in part related to poor environmental quality and is linked to environmental justice issues, such as mining, energy exploration, transport emission, poor waste management, and proliferation of slum settlement.Recent FindingsPrevious studie...
Source: Current Environmental Health Reports - April 23, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
A Pfs48/45-based vaccine to block Plasmodium falciparum transmission: phase 1, open-label, clinical trial
The stalling global progress in malaria control highlights the need for novel tools for malaria elimination, including transmission-blocking vaccines. Transmission-blocking vaccines aim to induce human antibod... (Source: BMC Medicine)
Source: BMC Medicine - April 23, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: M. Alkema, M. J. Smit, C. Marin-Mogollon, K. Tott é, K. Teelen, G. J. van Gemert, M. van de Vegte-Bolmer, B. G. Mordmüller, J. M. Reimer, K. L. Lövgren-Bengtsson, R. W. Sauerwein, T. Bousema, J. Plieskatt, M. Theisen, M. M. Jore and M. B. B. McCall Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Correction: Receipt of seasonal malaria chemoprevention by age-ineligible children and associated factors in nine implementation states in Nigeria
(Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - April 23, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Taiwo Ibinaiye, Kunle Rotimi, Ayodeji Balogun, Adaeze Aidenagbon, Chibuzo Oguoma, Christian Rassi, Kevin Baker, Olusola Oresanya and Chuks Nnaji Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Repellent and larvicidal properties of selected indigenous plants in the control of Anopheles mosquitoes
CONCLUSION: The results obtained indicated that seed oil of Morinda citrifolia, essential oil of Ocimum basilicum, and crude extract of Moringa oleifera have repellent activity against An. gambiae s.l. The complete protection time (CPT) of Morinda citrifolia, Moringa oleifera, and Ocimum basilicum was 120 min, 72 min and 84 min at ED99.9 respectively. Morinda citrifolia oil exhibited larvicidal effects against the larvae of An. gambiae s.l. The results provide valuable information for the use of the plants as biocides.PMID:38648410 | DOI:10.4103/0972-9062.392267 (Source: Journal of Vector Borne Diseases)
Source: Journal of Vector Borne Diseases - April 22, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Obadiah Opoku-Bamfoh Sandra Abankwa Kwarteng Frema A N Owusu Raphael Akpanya Kelvin A Mensah Mercy Badu Fred Y Gyamfi Victoria Sogbo Ebenezer J D Belford Abena Boakye Henry Morgan Morrison Patrick K Obuam Sylvester Coleman Source Type: research
Efficacy and safety of Artemisinin Combination Therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria across international borders of India
CONCLUSION: AL was efficacious and safe in uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in North East India. In contrast, mutations in the genes responsible for sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine resistance have been fixed in northeast India's population.PMID:38648409 | DOI:10.4103/0972-9062.392254 (Source: Journal of Vector Borne Diseases)
Source: Journal of Vector Borne Diseases - April 22, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Swati Sinha Supriya Sharma Kuldeep Singh Deendayal Swarnkar Naseem Ahmed Priyanka Rajput Bina Srivastava Anup R Anvikar Source Type: research
Seroprevalence study of dengue-malaria coinfection in an East-Cameroonian public hospital: A comparison between malarial and non-malarial groups
CONCLUSION: In the study, coinfected patients were found to be more vulnerable to dengue, emphasizing the importance of epidemiological surveillance.PMID:38648408 | DOI:10.4103/0972-9062.392260 (Source: Journal of Vector Borne Diseases)
Source: Journal of Vector Borne Diseases - April 22, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Elodie Ayangma Ndeme Borris Rosnay Galani Tietcheu Sylvie Agokeng Demanou Dieudonne Pascal Chuisseu Djamen Nicolas Njintang Yanou Source Type: research
MBORS: Mosquito vector Biocontrol Ontology and Recommendation System
CONCLUSION: The MVAont predicts harmless biocontrol agents which help to diminish the rate of vector-borne diseases. On the other hand, the MosqVecRS system raises awareness of vectors and vector-borne diseases by recommending suitable biocontrol agents to the vector control community and researchers.PMID:38648406 | DOI:10.4103/0972-9062.383640 (Source: Journal of Vector Borne Diseases)
Source: Journal of Vector Borne Diseases - April 22, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: G Jeyakodi P Shanthi Bala O T Sruthi K Swathi Source Type: research
