[HTML][HTML] Similar Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and Non–P. falciparum Malaria Infections among Schoolchildren, Tanzania

R Sendor, CL Mitchell, F Chacky… - Emerging Infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Achieving malaria elimination requires considering both Plasmodium falciparum and non–P.
falciparum infections. We determined prevalence and geographic distribution of 4 …

Malaria species positivity rates among symptomatic individuals across regions of differing transmission intensities in Mainland Tanzania

ZR Popkin-Hall, MD Seth, RA Madebe… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Recent data indicate that non-Plasmodium falciparum species may be more
prevalent than thought in sub-Saharan Africa. Although Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium …

Extracellular vesicles could be a putative posttranscriptional regulatory mechanism that shapes intracellular RNA levels in Plasmodium falciparum

M Kioko, A Pance, S Mwangi, D Goulding… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum secretes extracellular vesicles (Pf EVs) that contain parasite-derived
RNA. However, the significance of the secreted RNA remains unexplored. Here, we …

Genetic polymorphism and evidence of signatures of selection in the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein gene in Tanzanian regions with different …

BM Lyimo, C Bakari, ZR Popkin-Hall, DJ Giesbrecht… - Malaria Journal, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background In 2021 and 2023, the World Health Organization approved RTS,
S/AS01 and R21/Matrix M malaria vaccines, respectively, for routine immunization of …

Landscape and Socioeconomic Factors Determine Malaria Incidence in Tropical Forest Countries

A Bailey, PR Prist - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Deforestation, landscape dynamics, and socioeconomic factors within the tropical Americas,
Africa, and Asia may have different impacts on malaria incidence. To evaluate how these …

Non-falciparum malaria infections are as prevalent as P. falciparum among Tanzanian schoolchildren

R Sendor, CL Mitchell, F Chacky, A Mohamed… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Efforts to achieve malaria elimination need to consider both falciparum and non-falciparum
infections. The prevalence and geographic distribution of four Plasmodium species were …

Prevalence and risk factors associated with malaria infections at a micro-geographic level in three villages of Muheza district, north-eastern Tanzania

DP Challe, F Francis, MD Seth, JB Tupa, RA Madebe… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Background Despite a recent reduction in malaria morbidity and mortality, the disease
remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Tanzania. However, the malaria burden …

Evaluation of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Performance and pfhrp2 Deletion in Tanzania School Surveys, 2017.

B Ngasala, F Chacky, A Mohamed… - The American Journal …, 2024 - europepmc.org
As part of malaria nationwide monitoring and evaluation initiatives, there is an increasing
trend of incorporating malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) in surveys conducted within …

High prevalence and risk of malaria among asymptomatic individuals from villages with high rates of artemisinin partial resistance in Kyerwa district, North-western …

SS Mandai, F Francis, DP Challe, MD Seth… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Background: Tanzania adopted and has been implementing the World Health Organization
(WHO) recommended interventions to control and eventually eliminate malaria. However …

Disability inclusion in malaria services in western Tanzania: A rapid barrier analysis

EC Nyanza, A Kapesa, T Maduka… - African Journal of …, 2023 - scielo.org.za
BACKGROUND: Persons with disabilities generally face greater challenges in accessing
healthcare and interventions compared with the general population. Malaria is one of the …