Acta Trop. 2020 Jan 30
Evolutionary ecology, taxonomy, and systematics of avian malaria and related parasites.
Fecchio A, Chagas CRF, Bell JA, Kirchgatter K
Haemosporidian parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon, and Haemoproteus are one of the most prevalent and widely studied groups of parasite ...
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Source: PubMed
Acta Trop. 2020 Jan 29
Approaches in scaling up schistosomiasis intervention towards transmission elimination in Africa: leveraging from the Chinese experience and lessons.
Abe EM, Tambo E, Xue J, Xu J, Ekpo UF, Rollinson D, Yang K, Li SZ, Zhou XN
Schistosoma japonicum, differs from the African species including S. mansoni and S. haematobium, is a zoonotic parasite as it infects both human and a ...
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Travel Med Infect Dis 2020 Jan 28
Risk estimation for air travel-induced malaria transmission in central Europe - A mathematical modelling study.
Pondorfer SG, Jaeger VK, Scholz-Kreisel P, Horn J, Krumkamp R, Kreuels B, Mikolajczyk RT, Karch A
Aim of our study was to identify conditions under which malaria transmission caused by imported infectious mosquitoes or travellers could occur at lar ...
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Sci Rep
Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum Rh2b deletion polymorphism across different transmission areas.
Aniweh Y, Suurbaar J, Morang'a CM, Nyarko PB, Wright KE, Kusi KA, Ansah F, Kyei-Baafour E, Quansah E, Asante J, Thiam LG, Higgins MK, Awandare GA
Despite significant progress in controlling malaria, the disease remains a global health burden. The intricate interactions the parasite Plasmodium fa ...
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Source: PubMed
Malar. J.
Influence of house characteristics on mosquito distribution and malaria transmission in the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Ngadjeu CS, Doumbe-Belisse P, Talipouo A, Djamouko-Djonkam L, Awono-Ambene P, Kekeunou S, Toussile W, Wondji CS, Antonio-Nkondjio C
Improving house structure is known to limit contact between humans and mosquitoes and reduce malaria transmission risk. In the present study, the infl ...
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