Low density parasitaemia, red blood cell polymorphisms and Plasmodium falciparum specific immune responses in a low endemic area in northern TanzaniaSeif Shekalaghe
Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
BMC Infect Dis 9:69. 2009
..falciparum parasite carriage and antibody responses to the asexual stage antigens, G6PD deficiency and alpha+-thalassaemia in 464 subjects from a low endemic area in northern Tanzania...
- Malaria diagnostic testing and treatment practices in three different Plasmodium falciparum transmission settings in Tanzania: before and after a government policy change
Guido J H Bastiaens
Nijmegen Institute for International Health, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Malar J 10:76. 2011
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- Revisiting the circulation time of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes: molecular detection methods to estimate the duration of gametocyte carriage and the effect of gametocytocidal drugs
Teun Bousema
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Malar J 9:136. 2010
..Simple mathematical models were fitted to data from clinical trials in order to determine the mean gametocyte circulation time and duration of gametocyte carriage in treated malaria patients...
- Evaluation of uptake and attitude to voluntary counseling and testing among health care professional students in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania
Mgosha P Charles
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National AIDS Control Programme division, PO Box 11857, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BMC Public Health 9:128. 2009
..This study aimed to assess the acceptability of VCT and its actual uptake among young health care professional students at KCM College of Tumaini University and Allied health schools...
- A cluster-randomized trial of mass drug administration with a gametocytocidal drug combination to interrupt malaria transmission in a low endemic area in Tanzania
Seif A Shekalaghe
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Tanzania
Malar J 10:247. 2011
..75 mg/kg) on malaria transmission was determined in an area of very low and seasonal malaria transmission in northern Tanzania...
- Primaquine clears submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes that persist after treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and artesunate
Seif Shekalaghe
Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
PLoS ONE 2:e1023. 2007
..We determined the efficacy of SP+AS plus a single dose of primaquine (PQ, 0.75 mg/kg) on clearing gametocytaemia measured by molecular methods...
- Overuse of artemisinin-combination therapy in Mto wa Mbu (river of mosquitoes), an area misinterpreted as high endemic for malaria
Charles Mwanziva
Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Malar J 7:232. 2008
..This study describes diagnostic and treatment practices in Mto wa Mbu, an area that used to be hyperendemic for malaria, but where no recent assessments of transmission intensity have been conducted...
The suitability of clay pots for indoor sampling of mosquitoes in an arid area in northern TanzaniaWouter van den Bijllaardt
Department of Medical Microbiology 268, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P O Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Acta Trop 111:197-9. 2009
..We conclude that clay pots are not a reliable tool to sample mosquitoes in the dry season in an area of low transmission intensity with Anopheles arabiensis as principle vector...
