A major public health question is whether urbanization will transform malaria from a rural to an urban disease. However, differences about definitions of urban settings, urban malaria, and whether malaria control should differ between rural and urban areas complicate both the analysis of available data and the development of intervention strategies. This report examines the approach of the Inte...

1National Malaria Control Programme, Khartoum, Sudan (Correspondence to E.M. Malik: [email protected]). Singa Teaching Hospital, Singar, Sinnar State, Sudan. 3University of Juba, Juba, Sudan. ABSTRACT A cross-sectional study explored the clinical and laboratory aspects of malaria among children presenting with fever to 2 paediatric hospitals in Khartoum state during the low transmission s...

The relationship between malaria transmission intensity and efficiency is important for malaria epidemiology, for the design of randomized control trials that measure transmission or incidence as end points, and for measuring and modelling malaria transmission and control. Five kinds of studies published over the past century were assembled and reanalysed to quantify malaria transmission effici...

Using parasite genotyping tools, we screened patients with mild uncomplicated malaria seeking treatment at a clinic in Thiès, Senegal, from 2006 to 2011. We identified a growing frequency of infections caused by genetically identical parasite strains, coincident with increased deployment of malaria control interventions and decreased malaria deaths. Parasite genotypes in some cases persisted cl...

A longstanding myth exists among the Igbos in the South-East of Nigeria, which associates malaria symptoms with intake of fatty meals. The rapidly growing malaria parasite requires large amounts of lipids for increase in surface area and volume of its internal membranes. We hypothesized that certain serum lipid fractions may favour the onset and/or severity of malaria infection. Patients with c...

Malaria is still a public health problem in the world, including Indonesia. Positive deviation behavior one of factors that influence incidence malaria. So this study aims to determine effect positive on malaria Jayapura City. This community service was carried out Mandala Village area, City, Papua Province. The method uses Community Empowerment using Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Sampling Exau...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The information on malaria related knowledge, practices and behaviour of the people of Nepal living in malaria endemic areas are essential to develop behavioural change communication messages and for producing policy to prevent and control malaria in the country. The objective of this study was to assess knowledge, practices and behaviour of the people living in malaria ...

BACKGROUND In tropical Africa, where malaria is highly endemic, low grade infections are asymptomatic and the diagnosis of clinical malaria is usually based on parasite density. Here we investigate how changes in malaria control and endemicity modify diagnostic criteria of Plasmodium falciparum attacks. METHODS AND FINDINGS Parasitological and clinical data from the population of Dielmo, Sene...

In a one-year longitudinal study of all clinical malaria cases treated by the Village Malaria Workers (VMWs) during 1999-2000, data on health-seeking behavior during a sevenday illness period were collected using a diary; 24 interactions were audiotaped. The results showed that 87% of cases had been treated by the VMWs on day four of the illness period. On day two, the percentage not treated wa...