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Single low-dose primaquine for blocking transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria - a proposed model-derived age-based regimen for sub-Saharan Africa.

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BACKGROUND: In 2012, the World Health Organization recommended blocking the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum with single low-dose primaquine (SLDPQ, target dose 0.25 mg base/kg body weight), without testing for glucose-6-phos

Taylor WR Naw HK Maitland K Williams TN Kapulu M D'Alessandro U Berkley JA Bejon P Okebe J Achan J Amambua AN Affara M Nwakanma D van Geertruyden JP Mavoko M Lutumba P Matangila J Brasseur P Piola P Randremanana R Lasry E Fanello C Onyamboko M Schramm B Yah Z Jones J Fairhurst RM Diakite M Malenga G Molyneux M Rwagacondo C Obonyo C Gadisa E Aseffa A Loolpapit M Henry MC Dorsey G John C Sirima SB Barnes KI Kremsner P Day NP White NJ Mukaka M
BMC medicine 2018 01 18; 16(1); 11. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0990-6. Epub 2018 01 18
Age-based dosing Malaria Plasmodium falciparum Primaquine Transmission blocking

High rates of hypertension, diabetes, elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and cardiovascular disease risk factors in HIV-infected patients in Malawi.

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OBJECTIVES: Data on cardiovascular disease risks among HIV-infected patients taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) over long periods of time are lacking in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Mathabire Rücker SC Tayea A Bitilinyu-Bangoh J Bermúdez-Aza EH Salumu L Quiles IA Szumilin E Chirwa Z Rick F Maman D
AIDS (London, England) 2018 Jan 14; 32(2); 253-260. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001700. Epub 2018 07 16

Detection of Plasmodium Species by High-Resolution Melt Analysis of DNA from Blood Smears Acquired in Southwestern Uganda.

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Microscopic diagnosis of malaria using Giemsa-stained blood smears is the standard of care in resource-limited settings.

Kassaza K Operario DJ Nyehangane D Coffey KC Namugosa M Turkheimer L Ojuka P Orikiriza P Mwanga-Amumpaire J Byarugaba F Bazira J Guler JL Moore CC Boum Y
Journal of clinical microbiology 2018 01 ; 56(1); . doi: 10.1128/JCM.01060-17. Epub 2017 12 26
PCR diagnostics high-resolution melting malaria

What's coming for health science and policy in 2018? Global experts look ahead in their field.

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In PLOS Medicine's first editorial of 2018, editorial board members and other leading researchers share their hopes, pleas, concerns, and expectations for this year in health research and policy.

Swaminathan S Room RS Ivers LC Hillis G Grais RF Bhutta ZA Byass P
PLoS medicine 2018 01 ; 15(1); e1002498. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002498. Epub 2018 01 30

Dried Blood Spots for Measuring Vibrio cholerae-specific Immune Responses.

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BACKGROUND: Vibrio cholerae causes over 2 million cases of cholera and 90,000 deaths each year.

Iyer AS Azman AS Bouhenia M Deng LO Anderson CP Graves M Kováč P Xu P Ryan ET Harris JB Sack DA Luquero FJ Leung DT
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2018 01 ; 12(1); e0006196. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006196. Epub 2018 01 29

Four years of case-based surveillance of meningitis following the introduction of MenAfriVac in Moissala, Chad: lessons learned.

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OBJECTIVE: Case-based surveillance of bacterial meningitis in sentinel districts has been recommended after the introduction of the conjugated vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (NmA), MenAfriVac, in the African meningi

Page AL Coldiron ME Gamougam K Acyl MA Tamadji M Lastrucci C Hurtado N Tehoua FC Fermon F Caugant DA Porten K
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2017 12 ; 22(12); 1561-1568. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12987. Epub 2017 10 26
Chad Tchad bacterial meningitis latex agglutination tests meningococcal meningitis méningite bactérienne méningite pneumococcique méningite à méningocoques pneumococcal meningitis surveillance test d'agglutination au latex

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention: successes and missed opportunities.

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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) was recommended in 2012 for young children in the Sahel during the peak malaria transmission season.

Coldiron ME Von Seidlein L Grais RF
Malaria journal 2017 11 28; 16(1); 481. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-2132-1. Epub 2017 11 28
Antimalarials Chemoprevention Malaria

Higher risk sexual behaviour is associated with unawareness of HIV-positivity and lack of viral suppression - implications for Treatment as Prevention.

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Efficacy of Treatment as Prevention Strategy depends on a variety of factors including individuals' likelihood to test and initiate treatment, viral load and sexual behaviour.

Huerga H Venables E Ben-Farhat J van Cutsem G Ellman T Kenyon C
Scientific reports 2017 Nov 23; 7(1); 16117. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16382-6. Epub 2017 11 23