Evidence on the impact of using diagnostic tests in community case management of febrile
children is limited. This effectiveness trial conducted in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Uganda …

Background The relationship between entomological measures of malaria transmission
intensity and mortality remains uncertain. This is partly because transmission is …

The number of malaria sporozoites delivered to a host by mosquitoes is thought to have a
significant influence on the subsequent course of the infection in the mammalian host. We …

Study design Severe falciparum malaria in children was studied as part of the
characterization of the Kassena-Nankana District Ghana for future malaria vaccine trials …

High-malaria burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa are shifting from malaria control
towards elimination. Hence, there is need to gain a contemporary understanding of how …

A description of malaria seasonality is important for planning and optimizing malaria control
in both time and space, but adequate malariologic data are not available for many disease …

The intensity of Plasmodium falciparum transmission has multifarious and sometimes
counter-intuitive effects on age-specific rates of severe morbidity and mortality in endemic …

An effective malaria vaccine could prove to be the most cost-effective and efficacious means
of preventing severe disease and death from malaria. In an endeavor to identify novel …

Introduction: Climate and weather variability can have significant health consequences of
increased morbidity and mortality. However, today the impact of climate and weather …

Several vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, are sensitive to climate and weather
conditions. When unusual conditions prevail, for example, during periods of heavy rainfall …