The search for adjunctive therapy to aid in recovery from cerebral malaria is explored in Malaria Journal. A faster acting crystalline form of an insecticide is studied. In Nigeria the National Malaria Elimination Program advocates for equal footing with COVID-19 action. Links to full stories and abstracts are found below. Dimethyl fumarate reduces TNF and… Continue reading Malaria News Today 2020-10-22
Category: Severe Malaria
Malaria News Today 2020-10-21: perspectives on falciparum, transfusion issues, drug effectiveness
Ironically, blood transfusion helps with severe malaria, but can be dangerous in mild cases. And with severe malaria delay in treatment is a major risk. Malaria parasites can be surprisingly diverse, even in one home. Health system performance, drug quality and patient adherence are key factors in the effectiveness of anti-malarials. Read more on each… Continue reading Malaria News Today 2020-10-21: perspectives on falciparum, transfusion issues, drug effectiveness
Malaria News Today 2020-09-30: Diagnostics, Mosquito Genes and Neutrophils
Mosquito populations vary across nations and can be spurred by change in land use and deforestation as seen in Madagascar. Urine and saliva have potential in diagnostics but have lower sensitivity than blood tests. Not all insects have similar genes, and mosquitoes evolved a different gene to handle body segmentation. The DHS Program has released… Continue reading Malaria News Today 2020-09-30: Diagnostics, Mosquito Genes and Neutrophils
Malaria News Today 2020-09-23/24
Today the issue of water is important for malaria mosquito propagation, both in irrigation and flooding. Artificial skin enables testing of mosquito biting. Fake medicines for malaria and other conditions threaten Africa’s health. Archived RDTs can aid surveillance. Finally there is concern for co-infection with both malaria and dengue leading to severe disease. Follow links… Continue reading Malaria News Today 2020-09-23/24
The Weekly Tropical Health News 2019-07-13
In the past week more attention was drawn to the apparently never-ending year-long Ebola outbreak in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Regarding other diseases, there is new information on the RTS,S malaria vaccine, river prawns have been found to play a biological control role in schistosomiasis, and an update from the… Continue reading The Weekly Tropical Health News 2019-07-13
World Kidney Day and Severe Malaria
A new review by Conroy, Datta, and John highlights the connection between the kidneys and malaria on this World Kidney Day. They explain that “15 years ago, renal failure was considered a rare complication in children with Severe Malaria, yet it is now recognized as one of the strongest predictors of mortality in severe malaria.”… Continue reading World Kidney Day and Severe Malaria
Malaria Response Plan in Times of High Transmission: An Approach to Improving the Quality of Hospital Malaria Management
Ousmane Badolo, Stanislas Nebie, Youssouf Sawadogo, Thierry Ouedraogo, Moumouni Bonkoungou, Mathurin Dodo, Danielle Burke, William Brieger, and Gladys Tetteh of Jhpiego and the Improving Malaria Care Project (USAID) in Burkina Faso presented a poster on helping hospitals develop a malaria response plan. Their findings are shared below. In Burkina Faso Malaria cases peak from June-September… Continue reading Malaria Response Plan in Times of High Transmission: An Approach to Improving the Quality of Hospital Malaria Management
The Heart of the Malaria Problem
February is Heart Month in some countries. This is a good time to explore how malaria affects the heart and cardiovascular health. In 1946 Howard Sprague observed that although “malaria is a disease from which no organ or tissue is exempt, this paper is concerned with its influence upon the circulation, and more particularly upon… Continue reading The Heart of the Malaria Problem
Severe malaria case management practices in selected states in Nigeria: Need for urgent intervention
At the recently concluded American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2014 Annual Meeting, USAID’s MAPS Project presented a poster on severe malaria in Nigeria. The authors, Yetunde Oke, Banji Ipadeola, Bolatito Aiyenigba, Grace Nwankwo, Justice Adaji, Olatunde Olotu, Aniefiok Akpasa, and Abba Umar, share their findings below. Severe malaria is a life threatening medical… Continue reading Severe malaria case management practices in selected states in Nigeria: Need for urgent intervention
Sunday Symposium #176 at TropMed2013 Malaria: Biology and Pathogenesis – Human Responses to falciparum
On this final day of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s 62nd Annual Conference, there is a featured symposium on Malaria: Biology and Pathogenesis – Human Responses to falciparum. Presentations are listed below with links to the abstracts online. Demonstration of enhanced strain-specific Plasmodium falciparum multifunctional T cell cytokine expression among Malian children… Continue reading Sunday Symposium #176 at TropMed2013 Malaria: Biology and Pathogenesis – Human Responses to falciparum