Longitudinal entomological surveys were performed in Vila Candelária and adjacent rural locality of Bate Estaca concomitantly with a clinical epidemiologic malaria survey. Vila Candelária is a riverside periurban neighborhood of Porto Velho, capital of the state of Rondônia in the Brazilian Amazon. High anopheline densities were found accompanying the peak of rainfall, as reported in rural area...

Aim: To determine the point prevalence of malaria infection and asymptomatic during rainy season among some nomads North Eastern Nigeria.
 Study Design: A cross sectional observational study.
 Place Duration Study: The study was conducted across 11 randomly selected nomads’ camps around Rivers Gongola Benue basins spread over 3 Local Government Areas Southern Adamawa State Nigeria. Da...

Diagnosis of asymptomatic malaria poses a great challenge to global disease elimination efforts. Healthcare infrastructure in rural settings cannot support existing state-of-the-art tools necessary to diagnose asymptomatic malaria infections. Instead, lateral flow immunoassays (LFAs) are widely used as a diagnostic tool in malaria endemic areas. While LFAs are simple and easy to use, they are u...

The level of spontaneous apoptosis in short-term lymphocyte cultures was evaluated in different human immunodeficiency virus-negative groups of either healthy control individuals or patients with clinical malaria. The mean percentage of spontaneous apoptosis found in patients during a malaria attack was significantly higher than in sex- and age-matched healthy controls. The healthy asymptomatic...

BACKGROUND Most evidence on the association between malaria in pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes focuses on falciparum malaria detected at birth. We assessed the association between the number and timing of falciparum and vivax malaria episodes during pregnancy on small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and preterm birth. METHODS We analysed observational data collected from antenatal clinics ...

INTRODUCTION Malaria is a major public health problem in Nigeria, with adverse outcomes on the poor, pregnant women and children living in rural communities. A major component of current intervention in roll back malaria (RBM) initiative is vector control and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs). AIMS AND OBJECTIVE This research studied the impact of free distribution of ITNs on malaria parasitemi...

The prevalence of malaria parasitemia at booking was studied in 1,848 pregnant women in a secondary hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria. Main outcome variables were patent parasitemia and fever. 8.4% hadpatent malaria parasitaemia. Most clients (89%) with parasitemia were asymptomatic. Febrile subjects booked at an earlier gestational age [22.7 versus 24.2 weeks] than afebrile patients (p = 0.0052). An...

Since 2006, the new malaria elimination programme has been implemented on Sainte Marie Island – a district of approximately 20,000 inhabitants, on the eastern coast of Madagascar. Key malaria interventions include mass distribution of long lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs), intermittent preventive treatment using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in pregnant women (IPTp) and ACT for treating unc...