Chronic infections with viruses or parasites: breaking bad to make good

A Godkin, KA Smith - Immunology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Eukaryotic forms of life have been continually invaded by microbes and larger multicellular
parasites, such as helminths. Over a billion years ago bacterial endosymbionts permanently …

The relationship between Plasmodium infection, anaemia and nutritional status in asymptomatic children aged under five years living in stable transmission zones in …

V Maketa, HM Mavoko, RI da Luz, J Zanga, J Lubiba… - Malaria journal, 2015 - Springer
Background Malaria is preventable and treatable when recommended interventions are
properly implemented. Thus, diagnosis and treatment focus on symptomatic individuals …

Joint modelling of malaria and anaemia in children less than five years of age in Malawi

RT Gaston, S Ramroop, F Habyarimana - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Background Malaria and anaemia jointly remain a public health problem in developing
countries of which Malawi is one. Although there is an improvement along with intervention …

[HTML][HTML] Decline in childhood iron deficiency after interruption of malaria transmission in highland Kenya

AEP Frosch, BN Ondigo, GA Ayodo, JM Vulule… - The American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background: Achieving optimal iron status in children in malaria-endemic areas may
increase the risk of malaria. Malaria itself may contribute to iron deficiency, but the impact of …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term changes in anemia and malaria parasite prevalence in children under 5 years during one year of repeated cross-sectional surveys in rural Malawi

AN Kabaghe, MG Chipeta, DJ Terlouw… - The American journal …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In stable transmission areas, malaria is the leading cause of anemia in children. Anemia in
children is proposed as an added sensitive indicator for community changes in malaria …

Single low-dose primaquine for blocking transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria – a proposed model-derived age-based regimen for sub-Saharan Africa

WR Taylor, HK Naw, K Maitland, TN Williams… - BMC medicine, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background In 2012, the World Health Organization recommended blocking the
transmission of Plasmodium falciparum with single low-dose primaquine (SLDPQ, target …

Limitations and performance of three approaches to Bayesian inference for Gaussian copula regression models of discrete data

LL Henn - Computational Statistics, 2022 - Springer
Gaussian copula regression models provide a flexible, intuitive framework in which to model
dependent responses with a variety of marginal distributions. With non-continuous …

Interferon-γ responses to Plasmodium falciparum vaccine candidate antigens decrease in the absence of malaria transmission

C Ayieko, BS Ogola, L Ochola, GAM Ngwena, G Ayodo… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Background Malaria elimination campaigns are planned or active in many countries. The
effects of malaria elimination on immune responses such as antigen-specific IFN-γ …

Changes in antigen-specific cytokine and chemokine responses to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in a highland area of Kenya after a prolonged absence of malaria …

LA Ochola, C Ayieko, L Kisia, NG Magak… - Infection and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Individuals naturally exposed to Plasmodium falciparum lose clinical immunity after a
prolonged lack of exposure. P. falciparum antigen-specific cytokine responses have been …

Effects of an Irrigation Scheme on Malaria Burden in Irrigated and Non-irrigated Areas of Homa Bay County, Western Kenya.

CJ Omondi - 2023 - erepository.uonbi.ac.ke
Malaria control efforts in the Lake Victoria Basin region have been stepped up by combining
indoor residual spray intervention with long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) to reduce …