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Browsing Research Articles (UP Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC)) by Type "Article"
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Raman, Jaishree; Kagoro, Frank M.; Mabuza, Aaron; Malatje, Gillian; Reid, Anthony; Barnes, Karen I.
(BioMed Central, 2019-08-22)
BACKGROUND : The ability of Plasmodium falciparum parasites to develop resistance to widely used anti-malarials
threatens malaria control and elimination efforts. Regular drug efficacy monitoring is essential for ensuring ...
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Van der Watt, Mariette Elizabeth; Reader, Janette; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-06-09)
Plasmodium parasites have a complex life cycle that includes development in the human
host as well as the Anopheles vector. Successful transmission of the parasite between its
host and vector therefore requires the ...
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Olivier, Tania; Loots, Leigh; Kok, Michelle; De Villiers, Marianne; Reader, Janette; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie; Arnott, Gareth E.; De Villiers, Katherine A.
(Wiley, 2022-05)
Please read abstract in the article.
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Guarido, Milehna M.; Riddin, Megan A.; Johnson, Todd; Braack, L.E.O.; Schrama, M.; Gorsich, E.E.; Brooke, B.D.; Almeida, Antonio Paulo Gouveia; Venter, Marietjie
(BMC, 2021-06)
BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of recent data and knowledge on mosquito diversity and potential vectors of arboviruses in South Africa, with most of the available data dating back to the 1950s–1970s. Aedes and Culex species ...
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Guarido, Milehna M.; Meno, Kgothatso Debra; Mendes, Adriano; Riddin, M.A. (Megan); MacIntyre, Caitlin; Manyana, Sontaga; Johnson, Todd; Schrama, Maarten; Gorsich, Erin E.; Brooke, Basil D.; Almeida, Antonio Paulo G.; Venter, Marietjie
(MDPI, 2023-02-23)
The prevalence and distribution of African alphaviruses such as chikungunya have increased in recent years. Therefore, a better understanding of the local distribution of alphaviruses in vectors across the African continent ...
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Saili, Kochelani; De Jager, Christiaan; Sangoro, Onyango P.; Nkya, Theresia E.; Masaninga, Freddie; Mwenya, Mwansa; Sinyolo, Andy; Hamainza, Busiku; Chanda, Emmanuel; Fillinger, Ulrike; Mutero, Clifford Maina
(BMC, 2023-03-16)
BACKGROUND : The primary malaria vector-control interventions, indoor residual spraying and long-lasting insecticidal nets, are effective against indoor biting and resting mosquito species. Consequently, outdoor biting and ...
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Diiro, Gracious M.; Kassie, Menale; Muriithi, Beatrice W.; Gathogo, Nancy G.; Kidoido, Michael; Marubu, Rose; Ochola, John Bwire; Mutero, Clifford Maina
(MDPI, 2020-10-16)
This study was carried out to assess individuals’ willingness to pay (WTP) for UZIMAX,
a novel plant-based biopesticide developed for malaria vector control. The biopesticide is estimated
to kill up to 100% of Anopheles ...
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Gibhard, Liezl; Coertzen, Dina; Reader, Janette; Van der Watt, Mariette Elizabeth; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie; Wong, Ho Ning; Batty, Kevin T.; Haynes, Richard K.; Wiesner, Lubbe
(MDPI, 2021-12-03)
Because of the need to replace the current clinical artemisinins in artemisinin combination
therapies, we are evaluating fitness of amino-artemisinins for this purpose. These include the
thiomorpholine derivative artemiside ...
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Coetzee, Bernard Walter Thomas; Gaston, Kevin J.; Koekemoer, Lizette L.; Kruger, Taneshka; Riddin, Megan A.; Smit, Izak P.J.
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-01-25)
Light is a fundamental cue regulating a host of biological responses. The artificial
modification thereof demonstrably impacts a wide range of organisms. The use of
artificial light is changing in type, extent and ...
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Coetzer, Ryno Harm; Adeola, Abiodun Morakinyo
(Hindawi, 2020-12-04)
BACKGROUND : Local villages in the Vhembe district of South Africa have experienced high malaria infection rates and a high variability of malaria case mortality rates over the past 20 years. *is research project sets out ...
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Ng’etich, Arthur K.S.; Voyi, K.V.V. (Kuku); Mutero, Clifford Maina
(BioMed Central, 2021-01)
BACKGROUND : Effective surveillance and response systems are vital to achievement of disease control and elimination goals. Kenya adopted the revised guidelines of the integrated disease surveillance and response system ...
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Lismer, Ariane; Shao, Xiaojian; Dumargne, Marie-Charlotte; Lafleur, Christine; Lambrot, Romain; Chan, Donovan; Toft, Gunnar; Bonde, Jens Peter; Macfarlane, Amanda J.; Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Aneck-Hahn, Natalie Hildegard; Patrick, Sean Mark; Bailey, Janice M.; De Jager, Christiaan; Dumeaux, Vanessa; Trasler, Jacquetta M.; Kimmins, Sarah
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2024-01)
Please read abstract in the article.
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Leshabane, Meta Kgaogelo; Dziwornu, Godwin Akpeko; Coertzen, Dina; Reader, Janette; Moyo, Phanankosi; Van der Watt, Mariette Elizabeth; Chisanga, Kelly; Nsanzubuhoro, Consolata; Ferger, Richard; Erlank, Erica; Venter, Nelius; Koekemoer, Lizette; Chibale, Kelly; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie
(American Chemical Society, 2021-03)
The continued emergence of resistance to front-line antimalarial treatments is of great concern. Therefore, new compounds that potentially have a novel target in various developmental stages of Plasmodium parasites are ...
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Mapossa, António Benjamim; Moyo, Dennis Simbarashe; Wesley-Smith, James; Focke, Walter Wilhelm; Androsch, Rene
(American Institute of Physics, 2020-11)
FTIR, in ATR and in transmission modes, enabled the tracking of the migration of the insecticide Chlorfenapyr
to the surface of a polymer film. It also allowed estimation of the apparent solubility in the polymer. However, ...
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Mapossa, António Benjamim; Sibanda, Mthokozisi Mayibongwe; Moyo, Dennis Simbarashe; Kruger, Taneshka; Focke, Walter Wilhelm; Androsch, Rene; Boldt, Regine; Wesley-Smith, James
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)
Malaria remains a public health concern with vector control still the vital component of disease prevention, control, and elimination strategies. Recent years has seen a “stalling” in the progress made towards the reduction ...
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Ukpe, I.S. (Indongesit Sunday); Moonasar, Devanand; Raman, Jaishree; Barnes, K.I.; Baker, Lee; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013-10)
Malaria case management is a vital component of programmatic strategies for malaria control and elimination. Malaria case management encompasses prompt and effective treatment to minimise morbidity and mortality, reduce ...
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Moyo, Dennis Simbarashe; Van der Merwe, E.M. (Elizabet Margaretha); Rademeyer, Melanie; Malan, F.P. (Frederick); Atanasova, Maria T.; Mapossa, António Benjamim; Focke, Walter Wilhelm
(Springer, 2023-07)
This manuscript reports the investigation of the polymorphic behaviour of fipronil using a systematic comparison of the thermochemical and structural properties of different crystal forms obtained in this study as well as ...
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Niemand, Jandeli; Van Biljon, Riette Andele; Van der Watt, Mariette Elizabeth; Van Heerden, Ashleigh; Reader, Janette; Van Wyk, Roelof Daniel Jacobus; Orchard, Lindsey M.; Chibale, Kelly; Llinas, Manuel; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie
(American Chemical Society, 2021-09)
Please read abstract in the article.
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Asale, Abebe; Kassie, Menale; Abro, Zewdu; Enchalew, Bayu; Belay, Aklilu; Sangoro, Peter O.; Tchouassi, David P.; Mutero, Clifford Maina
(BMC, 2022-05-10)
BACKGROUND : The combined application of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are
commonly used malaria interventions that target indoor Anopheles vectors. Recent studies on the effects ...
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Brisco, Katherine K.; Cornel, Anthony J.; Lee, Yoosook; Mouatcho, Joel; Braack, L.E.O.
(Faculty of 1000, 2016-04)
In this study we tested an alternative method for collecting mosquito larvae
called the sweep net catch method and compared its efficiency to that of the
traditional dip method. The two methods were compared in various ...