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Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa
(2006)
Integrated vector management (IVM) for malaria control requires ecological skills that are very scarce and rarely applied in Africa today. Partnerships between communities and academic ecologists can address this capacity ...
Using Nylon Strips to Dispense Mosquito Attractants for Sampling the Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae s.s.
(Entomological Society of America, 2010)
Synthetic versions of human derived kairomones can be used as baits when trapping
host seeking mosquitoes. The effectiveness of these lures depends not only on their attractiveness to
the mosquitoes but also on the medium ...
Assessing malaria burden during pregnancy in Mali
(Elsevier, 2007)
Malaria infection during pregnancy is associated with adverse consequences including low birth weight (LBW) and maternal anemia, particularly in primigravidae and secundigravidae. In preparation for a clinical trial of the ...
Why has the dihydrofolate reductase 164 mutation not consistently been found in Africa yet?
(2005)
Resistance to the antifolate sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP), the current mass-treatment antimalarial drug, is associated with selection of point mutations in dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase. Among these ...
Interactions between malaria and HIV infection—an emerging public health problem?
(2002-10)
Recent evidence demonstrates interactions between malaria and HIV infection. HIV-infected people are more likely to experience clinical malaria, and acute malaria can up-regulate HIV replication, leading to higher plasma ...
Behavioural response of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae to host plant volatiles and synthetic blends
(2012)
Background
Sugar feeding is critical for survival of malaria vectors and, although discriminative plant feeding previously has been shown to occur in Anopheles gambiae s.s., little is known about the cues mediating ...
Dry season ecology of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes at larval habitats in two traditionally semi-arid villages in Baringo, Kenya
(2/28/2011)
Background:
Pre-adult stages of malaria vectors in semi-arid areas are confronted with highly variable and challenging climatic conditions. The objective of this study was to determine which larval habitat types are ...
Few Plasmodium falciparum merozoite ligand and erythrocyte receptor pairs show evidence of balancing selection
(Elsevier, 2019-04)
Erythrocyte surface proteins have been identified as receptors of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite proteins. The ligand-receptor interactions enable the parasite to invade human erythrocytes, initiating the clinical symptoms ...
Ethnodiagnostic skills of the Digo community for malaria: a lead to traditional bioprospecting
(2011)
Malaria is a major public health problem that is presently complicated by the development
of resistance by Plasmodium falciparum to the mainstay drugs. Thus, new drugs with
unique structures and mechanism of action are ...
A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of malaria
(2008-12-11)
Large-scale studies of genomic variation could assist efforts to eliminate malaria. But there are scientific, ethical and practical challenges to carrying out such studies in developing countries, where the burden of disease ...