OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of alternative strategies of malaria chemoprophylaxis on the reduction of malaria episodes and prevalence of parasitaemia among pregnant women in Kigoma urban district in western Tanzania. DESIGN Randomised antimalarial prophylactic trial. SETTING The study was conducted in an urban maternal and child health (MCH) clinic i...

BACKGROUND In the Netherlands, cases of imported malaria peaked in the late 1990s to around 500 (60% Plasmodium falciparum) annually. About 30% to 40% of all cases and 57% to 69% of the falciparum cases presented in the Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam. In 1991 to 1994, a shift in population groups to more semi-immune patients, mostly settled immigrants visiting friends and relatives (VFRs), ...

Tetrahydrohomopteroate, which inhibits the growth of Streptococcus faecium (Streptococcus faecalis ATCC 8043), replaces folate as a growth factor in chlorguanide triazine-resistant strains of this organism.

Babesia vulpes is a small prevalent in foxes Europe and mainly clinically affects dogs north-western Spain. A dog imported from this region that had been living Germany for three years developed splenic torsion. After splenectomy, the underwent immunosuppressive therapy because of autoimmune disease due to haemotrophic Mycoplasma sp. infection. As clinical signs worsened, were detected blood sm...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate the quality of national malaria surveillance reports in the United Kingdom. DESIGN Persons with malaria reported to the Malaria Reference Laboratory (MRL) in 1987 were contacted by post to verify existing records with respect to key variables. The MRL data set was then analysed for inaccuracies. SETTING The study was confined to UK res...

To determine the effect of chemoprophylaxis on the case-fatality rate of malaria, we analyzed all cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in nonimmune persons reported from 1993 to 2004 in Germany. In univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis, we determined the effect of age, sex, chemoprophylaxis, chemoprophylactic regimen, compliance for chemoprophylactic regimen, exposure proph...