Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a novel molecular method that
accelerates and facilitates DNA amplification and detection under isothermal conditions. It …

Malaria is one of the most important infectious tropical diseases. Rapid and accurate
diagnostics are the basis of therapeutic care for most febrile patients in field clinics and …

Background In patients with malaria mixed species infections are common and under
reported. In PCR studies conducted in Asia mixed infection rates often exceed 20%. In South …

Background Molecular tools for detecting malaria-infected mosquitoes with improved
practicality, sensitivity and specificity, and high-throughput are required. A common PCR …

Manipulation of natural mosquito populations using the endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia is
being investigated as a novel strategy to reduce the burden of mosquito-borne viruses. To …

Malaria transmission was assessed in two rural communities, Kona and Afamanaso in
Sekyere South district, Ashanti Region, in the forest zone of Ghana to provide baseline data …

Background Malaria is the most important vector-borne disease in the world.
Epidemiological and ecological studies of malaria traditionally utilize detection of …

Abstract Background Whether Plasmodium falciparum, the agent of human malaria
responsible for over a million deaths per year, causes fitness costs in its mosquito vectors is …

The role of Anopheles triannulatus as a local vector has not yet been defined for malaria‐
endemic regions of Colombia. Therefore, the aim of this work was to detect An. triannulatus …

Malaria is responsible for over 435,000 deaths annually, mostly occurring in sub-Saharan
Africa. Detecting Plasmodium spp. sporozoites (spzs) in the salivary glands of Anopheles …