Malaria

Recent News

Oct 08, 2013

News Scan for Oct 08, 2013

Malaria vaccine results look encouraging
Hepatitis C in NYC
Two-dose varicella vaccine benefits
H5N1 vaccine in ducks
Oct 03, 2013

News Scan for Oct 03, 2013

Potential MERS treatment
Fecal transplant via pill
FSMA rules wrangling
Malaria in London
Sep 25, 2013

News Scan for Sep 25, 2013

More polio in Pakistan
Raw cheese E coli outbreak
UN malaria campaign
TB spread in households
Sep 20, 2013

News Scan for Sep 20, 2013

Anthrax antitoxin orders
H7N7 risk assessment
Poliovirus in Palestine
Malaria drug ban
Sep 18, 2013

News Scan for Sep 18, 2013

H7N9 surveillance
Test for viral, bacterial infections
Plague cases, deaths
Malaria prevention in pregnancy
MRSA pneumonia
Sep 11, 2013

Study yields new tools for tracking malaria drug resistance

The tests could be used for detection and to help in drug development.

Aug 30, 2013

News Scan for Aug 30, 2013

H3N2v in Korean pigs
Targeting mosquitoes in malaria fight
Safe water and sanitation
Aug 09, 2013

News Scan for Aug 09, 2013

Response to camel MERS study
MERS-CoV tests on animal samples
Cyclospora update
Malaria vaccine trial
Salmonella in baby poultry
Jul 29, 2013

News Scan for Jul 29, 2013

H7N9 vaccine
Malaria drug warning
WHO on latest MERS case
Avian flu in Nepal
Jul 24, 2013

News Scan for Jul 24, 2013

Concern over MERS
Legionellosis in Milwaukee
Hepatitis action call
Malaria prevention in Africa

Resources & Literature

Recent Literature

Bin A, Zubairi S, Sobia N, et al. Severe Plasmodium vivax malaria in Pakistan. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 (published online Sep 10)


Cifuentes SG, Trostle J, Trueba G, et al. Transitioning cause of fever from malaria to dengue, northwestern Ecuador, 1990-2011. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 (published online Aug 12)

Goswami D, Baruah I, Dhiman S, et al. Chemotherapy and drug resistance status of malaria parasite in northeast India. Asian Pac J Trop Med 2013 Jul;6(7):583-8

Hill J, Hoyt J, van Eijk AM, et al. Factors affecting the delivery, access, and use of interventions to prevent malaria in pregnancy in sub-saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2013 Jul 23;10(7):e1001488

Kariuki SM, Gitau E, Gwer S, et al. The value of Plasmodium falciparum HRP2 and malaria retinopathy in distinguishing cerebral malaria from other acute encephalopathies in Kenyan childern. J Infect Dis 2013 (published online Sep 16) 

Killeen GF, Seyoum A, Sikaala C, et al. Eliminating malaria vectors. Parasit Vectors 2013 Jun 7;6:172

Leder K, Torresi J, Brownstein JS, et al. Travel-associated illness trends and clusters, 2000–2010. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Jul;19(7):1049-57

Lover AA, Coker RJ. Quantifying effect of geographic location on epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax malaria. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Jul;19(7):1058-65

McQueen PG, Williamson KC, McKenzie FE. Host immune constraints on malaria transmission: insights from population biology of within-host parasites. Malar J 2013 Jun 15;12(1):206

Minja DTR, Schmiegelow C, Mmbando B, et al. Plasmodium falciparum mutant haplotype infection during pregnancy associated with reduced birthweight, Tanzania. Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Sep;19(9):1446-54

Schaer J, Perkins SL, Decher J, et al. High diversity of West African bat malaria parasites and a tight link with rodent Plasmodium taxa. Pro Natl Acad Sci 2013 (published online Oct 7) 

Scott W, Weina PG. Texting away malaria: a new alternative to directly observed therapy. Mil Med 2013 Feb;178(2)e255-9

Van Eijk AM, Hill J, Larsen DA, et al. Coverage of intermittent preventive treatment and insecticide-treated nets for the control of malaria during pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis and meta-analysis of national survey data, 2009-11. Lancet Infect Dis 2013 (published online Sep 18)

Venkatesh S, Workman JL, Wahlgren M, et al. Malaria: molecular secrets of a parasite. Nature 2013 Jul 11;499(7457):156-7

Witkowski, B, Amaratunga C, Khim N, et al. Novel phenotypic assays for the detection of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Cambodia: in-vitro and ex-vivo drug-response studies. Lancet Infect Dis. 2013 (published online Sep 11)

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