Malaria entre la población Tule (Kuna) del resguardo Caimán Nuevo (Turbo y Necoclí; Antioquia, Colombia), 2003-2004 Malaria among the Tule (Kuna) people of resguardo Caimán Nuevo (... by Adriana María Correa B, Jaime Carmona Fonseca, Gloria Margarita Alcaraz López

“…Of all adult women, 41% had history of malaria during a pregnancy, a 76% of the population uses traditional medicine to prevent malaria. …”
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The history and current epidemiology of malaria in Kalimantan, Indonesia by Sri Riyati Sugiarto, J. Kevin Baird, Balbir Singh, Iqbal Elyazar, Timothy M. E. Davis

“…In the present review, the history of malaria and its current epidemiology in Kalimantan are examined, including control and eradication efforts over the past two centuries, mosquito vector prevalence, anti-malarial use and parasite resistance, and the available data from case reports of knowlesi malaria and the presence of conditions which would support transmission of this zoonotic infection.…”
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Observations on the distribution of anophelines in Suriname with particular reference to the malaria vector Anopheles darlingi by J. A. Rozendaal

“…Peridomestic human bait collections of adult mosquitoes and collections of larvae were made in many localities with a recent history of malaria transmission. Stable population of An. darlingi were only found in the interior, south of the limit of tidal influence, due to year-round availability of breeding habitats in quietly sunlit places in flooded forest areas and along river banks. …”
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Epidemiology, Prevalence And Diagnosis Of Falciparum Malaria With The Molecular Surveillance For Antimalarial Drug Resistant Gene Markers In Akure, Nigeria by Bunmi, Awosolu Oluwaseun

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Malaria, Tarai Adivasi and the Landlord State in the 19th century Nepal: A Historical-Ethnographic Analysis by Janak Rai

“…The paper highlights the need for ethnographically informed social history of malaria in studying the changing relations between the state and the ?…”
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Brugada syndrome precipitated by uncomplicated malaria treated with dihydroartemisinin piperaquine: a case report by Muzakkir Amir, Irmayanti Mukhtar, Pendrik Tandean, Muhammad Zaki Rahmani

“…Case presentation This is a case of 23-year-old male who initially presented with palpitations followed by syncope and shortness of breath with a history of malaria. He had switched treatment from quinine to dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHP). …”
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A case of blackwater fever with persistent Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia detected by PCR after artemether–lumefantrine treatment by Paul John Huggan, Chin Hin Ng, Jennifer Ho, Raymond Tzer Pin Valentine Lin, Jean-Marc Chavatte

“…Case presentation This report describes a case of classic blackwater fever in a returning traveller, without prior history of malaria infection nor usage of anti-malarial prophylaxis, treated with two courses of oral artemether–lumefantrine combination therapy. …”
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Aplicación de la inteligencia artificial en la predicción de complicaciones en pacientes con Malaria by Eduardo Tuta-Quintero

“…Results: The variables included in the analysis were mean arterial pressure, hemoglobin, leukocyte count, platelet count, total bilirubin, presence of dyspnea, vomiting, previous history of malaria, prior use of malaria medication, and persistent fever. …”

Assessment of Malaria Predisposing Factors among Crop Production Farmers Attending the Ndop District Hospital, Northwest Region of Cameroon by Nfor Omarine Nlinwe, Tamombi Akonji Emmanuel Ateh

“…The following categorical variables were considered predisposing factors: Sex, history on malaria illness/treatment, use of long-lasting insecticide nets (LLINs) and knowledge on malaria transmission/prevention. …”
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Implementation of One Health Approach for Malaria Zoonotic Control in Indonesia: Past, Present, and Future by Khairani Shafia, Sagasiousman Randi

“…This review will present a brief history of malaria knowlesi in Indonesia, risk factors, and the application of the one health approach that has been carried out in the past until now. …”
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Future use-cases of vaccines in malaria control and elimination by Melissa A. Penny, Flavia Camponovo, Nakul Chitnis, Thomas A. Smith, Marcel Tanner

“…Here we discuss the history of malaria vaccines and suggest some future use-cases for future malaria vaccines that will support achieving malaria health goals in different settings.…”
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Prevalence and Level of Antibodies Anti-Plasmodium spp. in Travellers with Clinical History of Imported Malaria by Rita Medina Costa, Karina Pires de Sousa, Jorge Atouguia, Luis Távora Tavira, Marcelo Sousa Silva

“…In this study, we show that 40.29% of travellers with a possible history of malaria exposure were positive for anti-Plasmodium spp. antibodies, while these individuals were negative by microscopy. …”
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Community engagement among forest goers in a malaria prophylaxis trial: implementation challenges and implications by Franca Conradis-Jansen, Rupam Tripura, Thomas J. Peto, James J. Callery, Bipin Adhikari, Mom Ean, Monnaphat Jongdeepaisal, Christopher Pell, Panarasri Khonputsa, Riccardo Murgia, Siv Sovannaroth, Olaf Müller, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Arjen M. Dondorp, Lorenz von Seidlein, Richard J. Maude

“…Those (45/644, 7%) who had no previous history of malaria infection were more likely to discontinue the study drug than those (28/836, 3%) who had a history of malaria (p = 0.02). …”
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Post-malaria neurological syndrome (PMNS): a rare case report with brain biopsy findings by Mouhammad J Alawad, Moustafa Almayoof, Adel Al bozom, Taha Alkhidir, Saeed S Emam, Khalifa Farfar

“…Here we present a case of a 29-year-old, male with a recent history of malaria treated successfully, who presented due to a generalized tonic-clonic seizure, without any other neurological symptoms, the examination and labs were unremarkable, he underwent a computer tomography (CT) scan and Magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) which both showed two areas of vasogenic edema involving the subcortical white matter of left frontal and right posterior parasagittal regions, all autoimmune screens, infection workup from blood and CSF were negative, he underwent a brain biopsy that showed intense perivascular inflammation with neuronal loss and gliosis, findings are nonspecific and can be seen in a variety of condition. …”
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An ecoregional classification for the state of Roraima, Brazil: the importance of landscape in malaria biology by Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas, Pantelis Tsouris, A Townsend Peterson, Nildimar Alves Honório, Fábio Saito Monteiro de Barros, Ducinéia Barros de Aguiar, Helen da Costa Gurgel, Mércia Eliane de Arruda, Simão Dias Vasconcelos, José Francisco Luitgards-Moura

“…Geology, geomorphology, vegetation, climate, land use, and anopheline distribution were used as a basis for an ecological classification of the state of Roraima, Brazil, in the northern Amazon Basin, focused on the natural history of malaria and transmission. We used unsupervised maximum likelihood classification, principal components analysis, and weighted overlay with equal contribution analyses to fine-scale thematic maps that resulted in clustered regions. …”
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Incidence of malaria is clustered and buffers around plantations: a spatial analysis by Yudhi Wibowo, Agung Saprasetya Dwi Laksana, Joko Mulyanto, Madya Ardi Wicaksono, Agus Y Purnomo

“…Results There were significant relationships between level of income below minimum wage, not using mosquito nets, not using wire netting, not using insect repellents, habit of going out at night, history of malaria, cattle sheds not located between woods and residential area, history of going to endemic areas, residence at distances <1000 m from plantations, bushes, swamps and puddles, with incidence of confirmed malaria (p<0.001). …”
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Economic burden of malaria and predictors of cost variability to rural households in south-central Ethiopia. by Alemayehu Hailu, Bernt Lindtjørn, Wakgari Deressa, Taye Gari, Eskindir Loha, Bjarne Robberstad

“…The direct cost accounted for 39%, while the indirect counterpart accounted for 61%. The history of malaria in the last six months and the level of the facility visited in the health system predominantly influenced the direct cost. …”
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Prevention strategies of transfusion-transmitted parasitic infections (TTPIs): Strengths and challenges of current approaches, and evaluation of the strategies implemented in Iran by Ahmad Mardani

“…In all blood transfusion centers of the IBTO, the blood donation volunteers with a previous history of malaria, Chagas disease, visceral leishmaniasis (VL), muco-cutaneous leishmaniasis and babesiosis, as well as those with clinical toxoplasmosis, cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and with a history of residence in, or travel to, malaria-endemic areas are permanently or temporarily deferred from the blood donation. …”
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The footprints of relapsing malaria in southwest Delhi, India by Deepali Savargaonkar, B N Nagpal, Bina Srivastava, Anupkumar R Anvikar, Neena Valecha

“…The epidemiological data of confirmed malaria cases including demographic characteristics, age, gender and past history of malaria were analysed. Patients were asked to report in case of occurence of fever. …”
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Drug resistance in malaria by Umar Farooq & R.C. Mahajan

“…Although the first case of quinine resistance had been reportedmuch earlier from South America, the onset of chloroquine resistance marked the beginning of a newchapter in the history of malaria in Southeast Asia and by 1973 chloroquine finally had to be replacedby the combination of sulphadoxine and pyrimethamine (SP) as first line drug for the treatment ofuncomplicated malaria in Thailand and more than 10 African countries have also switched their firstline drug to SP. …”
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