2025
Household practices and infrastructure associated with high Plasmodium falciparum infection rates among children under five years old in Northern Uganda
Echodu R, Ajolorwot S, Aryemo F, Nyeko C, Okot J, Iwiru T, Nakiwu V, Bei A, DeBlasio M, Turyasingura N, Zhang E, Parikh S. Household practices and infrastructure associated with high Plasmodium falciparum infection rates among children under five years old in Northern Uganda. Malaria Journal 2025, 24: 181. PMID: 40484941, PMCID: PMC12145591, DOI: 10.1186/s12936-025-05288-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndoor residual sprayingArtemisinin-based combination therapyMalaria prevalenceCoverage of indoor residual sprayingPlasmodium falciparum infection rateIndoor residual spraying coverageEffective malaria preventionHighest malaria prevalenceInsecticide-treated netsConclusionA high prevalenceReduce malaria prevalenceHealth-seeking behaviorYears of ageMalaria preventionCombination therapyInsecticidal netsPlasmodium falciparumGovernment health centersBed netsMethodsA cross-sectional surveyPositive prevalenceResidual sprayingUntreated netsPre-tested questionnaireMosquito netsMonitoring molecular markers associated with antimalarial drug resistance in south-east Senegal from 2021 to 2023
Wade A, Sene S, Caspar E, Diallo F, Platon L, Thiebaut L, Pouye M, Ba A, Thiam L, Fall M, Sadio B, Desamours I, Guerra N, Hagadorn K, Amambua-Ngwa A, Bei A, Vigan-Womas I, Ménard D, Mbengue A. Monitoring molecular markers associated with antimalarial drug resistance in south-east Senegal from 2021 to 2023. Journal Of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2025, 80: 828-839. PMID: 39846779, PMCID: PMC11879165, DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaf006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAntimalarialsArtemisininsChildChild, PreschoolDrug CombinationsDrug ResistanceFemaleHumansMalaria, FalciparumMaleMembrane Transport ProteinsMiddle AgedMultidrug Resistance-Associated ProteinsMutationPlasmodium falciparumProtozoan ProteinsPyrimethamineSenegalSulfadoxineTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseYoung AdultConceptsArtemisinin-based combination therapyMolecular markers associated with antimalarial drug resistanceArtemisinin-based combination therapy efficacyP. falciparum infectionSulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistanceAntimalarial drug resistanceInvestigated gene polymorphismsCQ-RResistance in vitroVenous blood samplesClinical outcome studiesI356TK76TPfcrt mutationsChloroquine resistanceAntimalarial resistancePfmdr-1CQ useMalaria eliminationCombination therapyResistance surveillanceGene polymorphismsPlasmodium falciparumDrug resistanceAmplicon deep sequencing
2017
Continued Transmission of Zika Virus in Humans in West Africa, 1992–2016
Herrera BB, Chang CA, Hamel DJ, Mboup S, Ndiaye D, Imade G, Okpokwu J, Agbaji O, Bei AK, Kanki PJ. Continued Transmission of Zika Virus in Humans in West Africa, 1992–2016. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2017, 215: 1546-1550. PMID: 28398562, PMCID: PMC5853591, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix182.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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