Background Malaria is the infectious disease causing the highest morbidity and mortality in
Angola and due to widespread chloroquine (CQ) resistance, the country has recently …

Background Malaria remains a public health challenge in endemic countries of the world.
The use of Long-lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) is one of the major ways of malaria vector …

Tungiasis is a parasitic skin disease widespread in resource-poor urban and rural
communities in Brazil. Inhabitants of an urban slum in Northeast Brazil were examined for …

Background Malaria control efforts in Ghana have reduced the countrywide average malaria
prevalence from 71% in 2000 to about 51% in 2012; however, its main focus is on …

Background A significant decrease in malaria morbidity and mortality has been attained
using long-lasting insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying. Selective pressure …

Background Malaria is a major public health problem in Ghana. The current strategy of the
National Malaria Control Programme is based on effective case management and the use of …

In sub-Saharan Africa, temperatures are generally conducive to malaria transmission, and
rainfall provides mosquitoes with optimal breeding conditions. The objective of this study is …

Water bodies such as dams are known to alter the local transmission patterns of a number of
infectious diseases, especially those transmitted by insects and other arthropod vectors. The …

We report first-time definitive evidence of human cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) resulting
from L. major infections in Ghana. The evidence is in the form of PCR testing and DNA …

Background Trials of intermittent preventive treatment against malaria in infants (IPTi) using
sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) have shown a positive, albeit variable, protective efficacy …