Pathogenicity and virulence of malaria: Sticky problems and tricky solutions

IS Walker, SJ Rogerson - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Infections with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax cause over 600,000 deaths
each year, concentrated in Africa and in young children, but much of the world's population …

Imported malaria in countries where malaria is not endemic: a comparison of semi-immune and nonimmune travelers

J Mischlinger, C Rönnberg… - Clinical microbiology …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The continuous increase in long-distance travel and recent large migratory movements have
changed the epidemiological characteristics of imported malaria in countries where malaria …

Immunity to malaria in an era of declining malaria transmission

FJI Fowkes, P Boeuf, JG Beeson - Parasitology, 2016 - cambridge.org
With increasing malaria control and goals of malaria elimination, many endemic areas are
transitioning from high-to-low-to-no malaria transmission. Reductions in transmission will …

Pregnancy-specific malarial immunity and risk of malaria in pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: a systematic review

JC Cutts, PA Agius, Z Lin, R Powell, K Moore, B Draper… - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background In endemic areas, pregnant women are highly susceptible to Plasmodium
falciparum malaria characterized by the accumulation of parasitized red blood cells (pRBC) …

Malaria and immunity during pregnancy and postpartum: a tale of two species

ARD McLean, R Ataide, JA Simpson, JG Beeson… - Parasitology, 2015 - cambridge.org
It is well established that pregnant women are at an increased risk of Plasmodium
falciparum infection when compared to non-pregnant individuals and limited …

Impact of placental malaria and hypergammaglobulinemia on transplacental transfer of respiratory syncytial virus antibody in Papua New Guinea

JE Atwell, B Thumar, LJ Robinson… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. Passively acquired respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) neutralizing antibody
protects against RSV-associated lower respiratory infections, but placental malaria (PM) and …

From within host dynamics to the epidemiology of infectious disease: scientific overview and challenges

JB Gutierrez, MR Galinski, S Cantrell, EO Voit - Mathematical biosciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Since their earliest days, humans have been struggling with infectious diseases. Caused by
viruses, bacteria, protozoa, or even higher organisms like worms, these diseases depend …

Undernutrition and malaria in pregnancy–a dangerous dyad?

HW Unger, P Ashorn, JE Cates, KG Dewey… - BMC medicine, 2016 - Springer
Background In low-resource settings, malaria and macronutrient undernutrition are major
health problems in pregnancy, contributing significantly to adverse pregnancy outcomes …

Population pharmacokinetics, tolerability, and safety of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine-piperaquine in pregnant and nonpregnant …

JM Benjamin, BR Moore, S Salman… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The tolerability, safety, and disposition of dihydroartemisinin (DHA) and piperaquine (PQ)
were assessed in 32 pregnant (second/third trimester) and 33 nonpregnant Papua New …

Pre-clinical and clinical development of the first placental malaria vaccine

C Pehrson, A Salanti, TG Theander… - Expert Review of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Malaria during pregnancy is a massive health problem in endemic areas.
Placental malaria infections caused by Plasmodium falciparum are responsible for up to one …