Term stillbirths in Eastern Uganda: a community-based prospective cohort study by Martin Chebet, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Andrew D Weeks, Ingunn Marie S Engebretsen, Noela Regina Akwi Okalany, Francis Okello, Thorkild Tylleskär, Kathy Burgoine, David Mukunya

“…The most common underlying causes of stillbirth were prolonged or obstructed labour 32/101 (31.7%) and malaria 20/101 (19.8%). The factors associated with term stillbirths were caesarean birth (aRR 3.3; 95% CI 2.00 to 5.4), intimate partner violence (aRR 1.8; 95% CI 1.1 to 2.8) and maternal age above 35 years (aRR 2.2; 95% CI 1.2 to 3.9). …”
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Delays in Blood Work and Disease Burden: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Unmet Blood Work Need and Seven Key Health Conditions Across 21 Countries by Eunice Chung, Louisa Ewald, Nicholas J. Kassembaum, Nicholas J. Kassembaum, Taylor Noyes, Emmanuela Gakidou, Emmanuela Gakidou, Ali H. Mokdad, Ali H. Mokdad

“…ObjectivesThis study analyzes survey data across 21 countries to explore correlations between delays in blood testing and the prevalence of seven health conditions: thalassaemias, sickle cell disorders, malaria, HIV, high fasting plasma glucose, impaired kidney function, and high LDL cholesterol.MethodsWe analyzed Pandemic Recovery Survey data via multivariable logistic regression to compare blood test delays between individuals with and without medical conditions, while adjusting for sociodemographic factors. …”
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Factors related to vaccines for both patients exposed with rabies and dogs by Lam Quy Ngo, Chuyen Van Nguyen, Khoa Ba Tran, Ba Van Nguyen, Loi Ba Cao, Trung Hoang Nguyen, Trang Thi Thu Nguyen, Luong Van Hoang

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Exploiting venom toxins in paratransgenesis to prevent mosquito-borne disease by Stephanie French, Rachael Da Silva, Janet Storm, Christida E. Wastika, India Cullen, Martijn ten Have, Grant L. Hughes, Cassandra M. Modahl

“…They pose a significant risk to public health with over 200 million cases of malaria per annum and approximately 4 billion people at risk of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses). …”
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Bibliometric analysis of neutrophil extracellular traps induced by protozoan and helminth parasites (2008–2024) by Tamara Muñoz-Caro, Elvira M. Saraiva, Rafael M. Mariante

“…Current research focuses on malaria, Toxoplasma gondii, Besnoitia besnoiti, nematodes, and the mechanisms of NETs production and their effects on parasites and host cells. …”
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TepiSense: A Social Computing-Based Real-Time Epidemic Surveillance System Using Artificial Intelligence by Bilal Tahir, Muhammad Amir Mehmood

“…To test the performance of our system, we build a dataset of Twitter Epidemic Surveillance Corpus (TESC) containing 23.9K English and 13K labelled Urdu tweets related to six diseases: COVID19, hepatitis, malaria, flu, dengue, and HIV/AIDS. Our results show that mBERT LLM achieves the highest F-measure values of 0.96 and 0.83 for topic and indication tweets classification, respectively. …”
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Ethnomedicinal uses and pharmacological activities of scarlet gourd by Sura Ramesh Sai Harshini, Deeksha Vijaykumar, Vennala Sadali Venugopal, Thanushree Balakrishan, Monisha Bhupalam Srinivas, Ramsha Thabassum, Adnan Mushtaq, Bagepalli Srinivas Ashok Kumar

“…It is traditionally used to treat bronchitis, cough, skin diseases, epilepsy, psoriasis, wound healing, smallpox, leprosy, gonorrhea, malaria, and jaundice. Methods: The scientific information on C. grandis was obtained from various sources, including Scopus, Google Scholar, PubMed, Science Direct, and other scientific databases, covering 2005 to 2022. …”
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Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Triterpenoids and Cyclic 1,7-Diarylheptanoids from the Stem Bark of Myrica salicifolia: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study by Abraham Dilnesa Gashaw, Kibrom Gebreheiwot Bedane, Taye B. Demissie, Japheth O. Ombito, Estifanos Ele Yaya, Mekonnen Abebayehu Desta

“…Traditionally, the plant is used to treat malaria, respiratory disorders, inflammations, and infections. …”
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Cobalamin and Folic Acid Status in Relation to the Etiopathogenesis of Pancytopenia in Adults at a Tertiary Care Centre in North India by M. Premkumar, N. Gupta, T. Singh, T. Velpandian

“…Infectious causes (16.4% of all cases) included leishmaniasis, HIV–AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Severe cobalamin deficiency (B12 < 100 pg/mL) was seen in 81% of all patients including 91.6% of patients with MA. …”
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Neglected tropical diseases in Yemen: a systematic review of epidemiology and public health challenges by Ibrahim Ahmed Ahmed Alhothily, Rahmat Dapari, Nazri Che Dom

“…Schistosomiasis and ascariasis were the most reported helminth infections, whereas leishmaniasis and malaria were the leading protozoal NTDs. Geographically, over 69% of the reported studies focused on northern Yemen, with the highest concentrations in Sana’a, Al Hudaydah, and Taiz. …”
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Caracterización de pacientes con paludismo grave por Plasmodium falciparum en una unidad de cuidados intensivos by Alberto García Gómez, Juan Carlos Pradere Pensado, Olga Lidia Sanabria Blanco, Tania Herminia Luejes García, Alexis Hernández Torres

“…Conclusiones: los jóvenes representaron la mayor parte de los ingresos por malaria en la unidad de cuidados intensivos, un porcentaje alto requirió ventilación mecánica, la mortalidad en las mujeres fue mayor y la global elevada. …”
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Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Sickle Cell Trait among Prospective Blood Donors: A Cross-Sectional Study in Berekum, Ghana by Patrick Adu, David Larbi Simpong, Godfred Takyi, Richard K. D. Ephraim

“…In Ghana, severe anaemia is mostly due to malaria caused by severe Plasmodium falciparum infection, road traffic accidents, and haemoglobinopathy-induced acute haemolysis. …”
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In Vitro Cercaricidal Activity, Acute Toxicity, and GC/MS Analysis of Some Selected Ghanaian Medicinal Plants by Bright Osei-Mensah, Yaw Duah Boakye, William Kofi Anyan, Theresa Appiah Agana, Eugene Agyei Aboagye, Ivy Bentil, Elvis Suatey Lomotey, Francis Adu, Christian Agyare

“…Schistosomiasis is a human parasitic disease caused by the Schistosoma species and is recognised in public health as second to malaria in terms of its socioeconomic impact on humans. …”
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Cytotoxic and Antioxidant Effects of Antimalarial Herbal Mixtures by Isaac Dadzie, Shaibu Adams Avorgbedo, Regina Appiah-Opong, Obed Cudjoe

“…Many developing countries depend on herbal mixtures as the first line and cost-effective therapy for malaria. These mixtures with such curative tendencies may also be a source of toxicity to host cells. …”
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A systematic review of Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.D. adams traditional medicinal uses, phytoconstituents, bioactivities, and toxicities by Gang, Roggers, Okello, Denis, Yeongjun, Ban, Kang, Youngmin

“…Adams, popularly referred to as wild sunflower, has been used for generations across several African communities to treat various diseases, including malaria, wounds, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, gastric ulcers, measles, tuberculosis, stomach ache, rheumatic pains, and gonorrhea. …”
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Insecticidal effect of Essential Oils of Citrus limon, Cymbopogon citratus and Syzygium aromaticum and their Synergistic Combinations Against Anopheles Mosquitoes by Tunde Ayobami Owolabi, Philippine Chigozie Okubor, James Danga, Issa Onimisi

“… While synthetic insecticides offer effective pest control, their many side effects necessitate exploring alternatives, this study investigates the insecticidal potential of essential oils from lemon (Citrus limon), lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus), and clove (Syzygium aromaticum) against Anopheles mosquitoes, a prime vector of malaria, a deadly global disease. The oils were extracted via hydro-distillation, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) was used to analyze the chemical profiles. …”
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Assessment of Factors Affecting the Implementation of Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness for Treatment of under Five Children by Health Professional in Health... by Ayele Mamo Abebe, Mesfin Wudu Kassaw, Fikir Alebachew Mengistu

“…Seven in ten of these deaths are due to acute respiratory infections (mostly pneumonia), diarrhea, measles, malaria or malnutrition. The WHO Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development (CAH), in collaboration with eleven other WHO programmes and UNICEF, has responded to this challenge by developing the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy. …”
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Investigating the Presence of Falsified and Poor-Quality Fixed-Dose Combination Artemether-Lumefantrine Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms in Kumasi, Ghana by Simon Nyarko, Kwabena Ofori-Kwakye, Raphael Johnson, Noble Kuntworbe, Denis Dekugmen Yar

“…Artemether-lumefantrine (AL) is a highly effective and commonly used Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) for treating uncomplicated malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, including drug-resistant strains. …”
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SURVEILLANCE OF PARASITIC DISEASES IN BULGARIA by Rumen Harizanov, Violeta Yakimova, Mihaela Videnova, Ognyan Mikov, Aleksandra Ivanova, Eleonora Kaneva, Raina Borisova, Nina Tsvetkova, Iskra Rainova, Zornitca Traykova

“…Out of 1 305 suspected cases, 10 individuals were diagnosed with imported malaria. Unfortunately, the disease was fatal for one patient of Bulgarian nationality. …”
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and risk factors for infection among children in Uganda: A serial cross-sectional study. by Irene Bagala, Jane Frances Namuganga, Patience Nayebare, Gloria Cuu, Thomas Katairo, Isaiah Nabende, Samuel Gonahasa, Martha Nassali, Stephen Tukwasibwe, Grant Dorsey, Joaniter I Nankabirwa, Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka, Sarah Kiguli, Bryan Greenhouse, Isaac Ssewanyana, Moses R Kamya, Jessica Briggs

“…Household questionnaires and blood samples were collected to test for malaria by microscopy and for SARS-CoV-2 using a Luminex assay. …”
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