News tagged with malaria control
New map shows malaria challenge
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Using data from nearly 8000 local surveys of malaria parasite infection rates, an international team of researchers has built a global map showing the proportion of the population infected with the parasite ...
Malaria Millennium Development Goal 'unlikely to be met'
Jul 22, 2008 |
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The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria globally is unlikely to be met, according to Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow Professor Bob Snow. The statement comes in ...
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Researchers identify new way the malaria parasite and red blood cells interact
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University Life Sciences researchers have discovered a new mechanism the malaria parasite uses to enter human red blood cells, which could lead to the development of a vaccine cocktail to fight the mosquito-borne ...
Global health experts release new guidance on malaria elimination
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Countries and policy leaders gain new guidance today on how and when to eliminate malaria, paving the way for the potential global eradication of the deadly disease. The announcement is being made on behalf of the Malaria ...
Control of mosquito vectors of malaria may be enhanced by a new method of biocontrol
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Biopesticides containing a fungus that is pathogenic to mosquitoes may be an effective means of reducing malaria transmission, particularly if used in combination with insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs), according to a modelling ...
Scientists demonstrate feasibility of preventing malaria parasite from becoming sexually mature
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Jun 02, 2008 |
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Researchers have demonstrated the possibility of preventing the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, which is responsible for more than a million malaria deaths a year, from becoming sexually mature.
Supplementary approach to malaria
Feb 05, 2008 |
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Could a simple vitamin A and zinc supplement help protect young children from malaria? A randomized double blind trial reported in the open access publication, Nutrition Journal, would suggest the answer is yes.
Vaccine blocks malaria transmission in lab experiments
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute have for the first time produced a malarial protein (Pfs48/45) in the proper conformation and quantity to generate a significant immune response in mice and non-human ...
Genetic marker for insecticide resistance in mosquitoes identified
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Research led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has identified the genetic basis for resistance to commonly-used insecticides in one of the major malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa.
Genetic marker for insecticide resistance in mosquitoes identified
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Research led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has identified the genetic basis for resistance to commonly-used insecticides in one of the major malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa.
Researchers find essential proteins for critical stage of malaria
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) have identified the molecular components that enable the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium to infect the salivary glands of the Anopheles mosquito—a critical ...
Global maps created to show malaria hotspots
Dec 04, 2006 |
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Global maps are being created that will define, for the first time in over 40 years, the distribution of malaria risk worldwide. The atlas will help those involved in malaria control.
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