The death of Alexander the Great by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…His final illness shows symptoms characteristic of malignant tertian malaria (Plasmodium falciparum), possibly precipitated by recent wounds, exhaustion and heavy  drinking. …”
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Equivariant Hopf Bifurcation in a Time-Delayed Ring of Antigenic Variants by Israel Ncube

“…We consider an intrahost malaria model allowing for antigenic variation within a single species. …”
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The Effectiveness of Varying Combination Ratios of A. cordifolia and M. indica against Field and Laboratory Strains of P. falciparum In Vitro by Yakubu Jibira, Elizabeth Cudjoe, Frederick M. Tei-Maya, Benjamin Ayensu, Linda E. Amoah

“…Background. Drug resistance in malaria is a global problem, with reports of Plasmodium parasites resistant to the current first-line antimalarial drug, artemisinin, expanding from Southeast Asia to Africa. …”
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Modeling of mosquitoes with dominantor recessive Transgenes and Allee effects by Jia Li

“…To study the impact of releasing transgenic mosquitoes on malaria transmission, weformulate discrete-time models for interacting wild and transgenic mosquitoespopulations, based on systems of difference equations. …”
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Screening chimique, activités antioxydante et antiplasmodiale des extraits d’écorces de tronc d’Enantia olivacea Robyns & Ghesq (Annonaceae), une plante utilisée par les bonobo... by Papy Kunyima, Nseu B Mbomba, Mulavwa Habari, N Lami, Tshimankinda Mpiana, Musuyu Muganza

“…Outre la production des radicaux libres, l’infection palustre s’accompagne d’une dépression générale des antioxydants totaux plasmatiques pouvant contribuer à la morbidité et mortalité dues à la malaria. Ce travail a consisté à étudier l’Enantia olivacea, une espèce végétale consommée par les bonobos, Pan paniscus. …”
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Prevalence of Undernutrition and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in a Public General Hospital, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study Design by Ebud Ayele, Guesh Gebreayezgi, Teklewoini Mariye, Degena Bahrey, Gebrekiros Aregawi, Gebregziabher Kidanemariam

“…In this study, occupation, history of having malaria during pregnancy, wanted type pregnancy, coffee intake during pregnancy, and hemoglobin < 11 g/dl were factors significantly associated with undernutrition in pregnant mothers. …”
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Multiple hosts, multiple impacts: the role of vertebrate host diversity in shaping mosquito life history and pathogen transmission by Vantaux, Amélie, Moiroux, Nicolas, Dabiré, Kounbobr Roch, Cohuet, Anna, Lefèvre, Thierry

“…The transmission of malaria parasites from mosquito to human is largely determined by the dietary specialization of Anopheles mosquitoes to feed on humans. …”
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Comparative Study of Chikungunya Only and Chikungunya-Scrub Typhus Coinfection in Children: Findings from a Hospital-Based Observational Study from Central Nepal by Santosh Pathak, Nagendra Chaudhary, Prativa Dhakal, Sanjay Ray Yadav, Binod Kumar Gupta, Om Prakash Kurmi

“…All positive chikungunya cases were subjected to scrub typhus testing, dengue testing, leptospira testing, and malaria testing. Clinical manifestations and outcomes of all patients were recorded. …”
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Synthesis, Antimalarial Activity and Molecular Dynamics Studies of Pipecolisporin: A Novel Cyclic Hexapeptide with Potent Therapeutic Potential by Nety Kurniaty, Taufik Muhammad Fakih, Rani Maharani, Unang Supratman, Ace Tatang Hidayat, Nurhidanatasha Abu Bakar, Xiaoshuang Wei

“…Malaria, caused by <i>Plasmodium</i> species and transmitted by <i>Anopheles</i> mosquitoes, continues to pose a significant global health threat. …”
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Diseases and causes of death among the popes by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…Among those who died of natural causes, multi-disease pathology was commonly present as is to be expected in an older population group, and acute terminal febrile illnesses, malaria, stroke, severe heart disease, gout or poly-arthritis, terminal kidney disease, gallstones, cancer, dysentery, the plague, lung infection, gangrene of a leg, abscesses, depression or debilitating psychiatric illness. …”
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Moving “Forward” in Plasmodium Genetics through a Transposon-Based Approach by Bharath Balu

“…The genome sequence of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, was released almost a decade ago. …”
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Natural Products as Sources of Antimalarial Drugs: Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological Studies by Oluwole Solomon Oladeji, Abimbola Peter Oluyori, Deborah Temitope Bankole, Tokunbo Yemisi Afolabi

“…Ethnopharmacological Relevance. Malaria is one of the lethal diseases of man, contributing to about 17 million deaths annually, leading to sociocultural, economic, and health influences. …”
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The Polymorphism of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Gene in Culex Mosquitoes in Banyuwangi District, Indonesia by Yasmin Azzahra Arifin, Hanifah Dzakiyah, Catherine Canina Charunita, Sakura Alya Ashari, Winna Putri Veliarta, Muhammad Akbar Panjinegara, Francesca Giovanetti, Carlo Montagna, Wojciech Jankowski, Muhammad Fathoni, Binarri Augustya, Lynda Rossyanti, Suhintam Pusarawati, Sukmawati Basuki

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Enterocytozoon bieneusi Identification Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism in HIV-Infected Humans from Kinsh... by Roger Wumba, Menotti Jean, Longo-Mbenza Benjamin, Mandina Madone, Kintoki Fabien, Zanga Josué, Sala Jean, Kendjo Eric, Guillo-Olczyk AC, Thellier Marc

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Iron deficiency anaemia and its associated risk factors among lactating mothers in Ghana by Mensah K, Abbam G, Gadzeto FF, Marfo L, Daud S, Kuntah S, Bani SB, Dzamesi HK, Apodola FA, Badu A, Chukwurah FE

“…Full blood count analysis, serum ferritin, malaria and other measurements such as Body Mass Index (BMI) and diet assessment were done for all the participants. …”
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Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases: Old and New Approaches by Momar Ndao

“…Many tests that form the backbone of the “modern” microbiology laboratory are based on very old and labour-intensive technologies such as microscopy for malaria. Pressing needs include more rapid tests without sacrificing sensitivity, value-added tests, and point-of-care tests for both high- and low-resource settings. …”
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Antimalaria Effect of the Ethanolic Stem Bark Extracts of Ficus platyphylla Del by Isma'il Shittu, Amlabu Emmanuel, Andrew Jonathan Nok

“…This observation validates the traditional use of this plant for the treatment of malaria.…”
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A Role for RNA Viruses in the Pathogenesis of Burkitt's Lymphoma: The Need for Reappraisal by Corry van den Bosch

“…The Epstein-Barr virus and holoendemic Malaria are recognized as important cofactors in endemic Burkitt’s Lymphoma and their contributions are discussed. …”
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Plasmodium vivax Infection in Multiple Family Members in Texas, USA by Roukaya Al Hammoud, James R. Murphy, Michael L. Chang

“…Single-dose hypnozoite eradication treatment may be considered in emigrating children to malaria nonendemic countries.…”
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Th2-Immune Polarizing and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Insulin Are Not Effective in Type 2 Diabetic Pregnancy by Adnette Fagninou, Magloire Pandoua Nekoua, Darius Sossou, Kabirou Moutairou, Nadine Fievet, Akadiri Yessoufou

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