Severe pulmonary involvement in malaria has been frequently reported in cases of Plasmodium falciparum infection, but rarely in vivax malaria. Among the 11 previous cases of vivax-related severe respiratory involvement described in the literature, all except one developed it after the beginning of anti-malarial treatment; these appear to correspond to an exacerbation of the inflammatory respons...

BACKGROUND Thrombocytopenia is often seen in the patients of malaria infected with Plasmodium vivax. We studied patients admitted in hospital having coexisting thrombocytopenia and malaria, and recorded the response to anti-malarial therapy. METHODS In this cross-sectional descriptive study, a total of 120 patients admitted in medical ward with Plasmodium vivax malaria and co-existing thrombo...

The Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) (i.e. a protozoan parasite) has been the main cause of malaria which has led to the deaths of many children in sub-Saharan Africa[1,2]. Malaria leads to various abnormalities in children such as renal failure, anaemia and hepatic dysfunction[3,4]. Although several initiatives such as roll back malaria have been introduced by international organizations ...

background : the aim of this study was to evaluate the antimalarial effects of iranian flora artemisia khorassanica against plasmodium berghei in vivo and pharmacochemistry of its natural components. methods : the aerial parts of iranian flora a. khorasanica were collected at flowering stage from khorassan province, northeastern iran in 2008. they were air-dried at room temperature; powder was ...

BACKGROUND Although Odisha is the largest contributor to the malaria burden in India, no systematic study has examined its malaria trends. Hence, the spatio-temporal trends in malaria in Odisha were assessed against the backdrop of the various anti-malaria strategies implemented in the state. METHODS Using the district-wise malaria incidence and blood examination data (2003-2013) from the Nat...

the children aged under 5 years from vast african areas badly suffer from falciparum malaria and many of them die of this disease. therapeutic efficacy of anti-malaria drugs, especially pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine (ps) and chloroquine (cq) to falciparum malaria is frequently evaluated and reported in recent 10 years. unfortunately, to date, these widespread materials and researches have not been ...

The severity and endemicity of malaria declined gradually in Europe until WWI. During and after the war, the number of malaria cases increased substantially and peaked in 1922-1924. This prompted the Hygiene Commission of the League of Nations to establish a Malaria Commission in 1923 to define the most efficient anti-malaria procedures. Additionally, between 1924 and 1930 there were several in...

background and objectives:the plants of genus artemisia (asteraceae) have been conventionally used for prevention and medication of a number of ailments. in the present research, ten extracts with different polarities from aerial parts of two artemisia species, a. kopetdaghensis and a. turcomanica were evaluated for their potential anti-malarial properties. methods: the plant materials were ext...

BACKGROUND The nature of protective immune responses elicited by immunization with the candidate malaria vaccine RTS,S is still incompletely understood. Antibody levels correlate with protection against malaria infection, but considerable variation in outcome is unexplained (e.g., children may experience malaria despite high anti-circumsporozoite [CS] titers). METHODS AND FINDINGS We measured...