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Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:98
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Erratum to: Comparative evaluation of the diagnosis, reporting and investigation of malaria cases in China, 2005–2014: transition from control to elimination for the national malaria programme
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2017 6:111 -
From 30 million to zero malaria cases in China: lessons learned for China–Africa collaboration in malaria elimination
Malaria was once one of the most serious ... in China, with more than 30 million malaria cases annually before 1949. However, the ... has shrunken after the implementation of an integrated malaria control and eli...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:51 -
Priorities of China’s participation in global malaria elimination: the perspective of malaria endemic countries
Malaria is one of the major diseases affecting global health, while progress in malaria control and elimination has stagnated in some endemic countries. China has been certificated malaria free by World Health Or...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:46 -
Epidemiological characteristics of Plasmodium malariae malaria in China: a malaria that should not be neglected post elimination
Plasmodium malariae was always neglected compared with P. falciparum and P. vivax. In the present study, we aimed to describe the epidemiology of reported cases infected with P. malariae...in the past decade to r...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023 12:101 -
Correction to: Are malaria elimination efforts on right track? An analysis of gains achieved and challenges ahead
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Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2019 8:19 -
Correction to: prevalence of and risk factors for malaria, filariasis, and intestinal parasites as single infections or co-infections in different settlements of Gabon, Central Africa
Unfortunately, the original article [1] contained some errors. The table title of Tables 4, 5, 6, 7 were interchanged by mistake and displayed incorrectly in the article. The correct table titles of Tables 4, ...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2018 7:38 -
Shrinking the malaria map in China: measuring the progress of the National Malaria Elimination Programme
Remarkable progress has been made towards the elimination of malaria in China since the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) was launched in 2010. The incidence of locally-acquired malaria cases has decl...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2016 5:52 -
Application of community-based and integrated strategy to reduce malaria disease burden in southern Tanzania: the study protocol of China-UK-Tanzania pilot project on malaria control
During the past six decades, remarkable success on malaria control has been made in China. The major experience could be shared with other malaria endemic countries including Tanzania with high malaria burden. Es...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2019 8:4 -
Economic cost analysis of malaria case management at the household level during the malaria elimination phase in The People’s Republic of China
In China, malaria has been posing a significant economic burden on households. To evaluate malaria economic burden in terms of both direct ... has its meaning in improving the effectiveness of malaria elimination...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2016 5:50 -
Socio-economic determinants for malaria transmission risk in an endemic primary health centre in Assam, India
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and ... the potential influence of socio-economic variables on malaria risk, the present study was conducted to ... status, and knowledge, awareness and education on malaria ...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2014 3:19 -
Prompt and precise identification of various sources of infection in response to the prevention of malaria re-establishment in China
Prompt and precise diagnosis of patients is an essential component of malaria control and elimination strategies, it is even more vital for the prevention of malaria re-establishment in the post elimination phase...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:45 -
Malaria: elimination tale from Yunnan Province of China and new challenges for reintroduction
Three antimalarial barriers were developed to control imported malarial cases, and an effective surveillance strategy known as the “1–3–7 approach” was developed to eliminate malaria from the Chinese population. ...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:101 -
Development of innovative tripartite partnership for China’s engagement in global health: recommendations from China-Tanzania Cooperation Project on Malaria Control
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2024 13:22 -
Poverty and malaria in the Yunnan province, China
Poverty and malaria appear to have an intertwined link. This ... aims to define the relationship between poverty and malaria in Yunnan, China, and to make ... research in this important area. Data on malaria prev...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2014 3:32 -
Protecting the gains of malaria elimination in China
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:43 -
Impact of 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1,7-mRCTR) approach on malaria prevalence in Tanzania
Progress in malaria control has stalled in recent years and ... surveillance and response approaches are needed to accelerate malaria control and elimination efforts in endemic areas ... a previous China-UK-Tanza...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023 12:116 -
Spatio-temporal trends of malaria incidence from 2011 to 2017 and environmental predictors of malaria transmission in Myanmar
Myanmar bears the heaviest malaria burden in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS...Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria in Myanmar.
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023 12:2 -
Improving the surveillance and response system to achieve and maintain malaria elimination: a retrospective analysis in Jiangsu Province, China
Following initiation of China’s National Malaria Elimination Action Plan (NMEAP) in 2010, ... and rolled out in China to facilitate the malaria elimination programme and accelerate malaria elimination. This study...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:20 -
Malaria from hyperendemicity to elimination along international borders in Yunnan, China during 2003‒2020: a case study
Border malaria is one of the most intractable problems hindering malaria elimination worldwide. Movement of both the human...Plasmodium spp. can cause cross-border malaria transmission. The Yunnan border area was...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:51 -
Impact of community-based interventions for the prevention and control of malaria on intervention coverage and health outcomes for the prevention and control of malaria
In this paper, we aim to evaluate the effectiveness of community-based interventions (CBIs) for the prevention and management of malaria. We conducted a systematic review and identified ... two studies focused on...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2014 3:25 -
Malaria epidemiology and stratification of incidence in the malaria elimination setting in Harari Region, Eastern Ethiopia
Ethiopia has shown notable progress in reducing the burden of malaria over the past two decades. Because of ... has shifted efforts from control to elimination of malaria. This study was conducted to analyse the
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:160 -
Spatial and spatio-temporal analysis of malaria cases in Zimbabwe
Although effective treatment for malaria is now available, approximately half of the ... particularly in developing countries. To design effective malaria control strategies there is need to understand the patter...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:146 -
Scaling up impact of malaria control programmes: a tale of events in Sub-Saharan Africa and People’s Republic of China
This review aims at providing synthetic information with scientific evidence on the trends in the malaria events from 1960 to 2011, with the ... on public health issues and intervention designs on malaria control...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2012 1:7 -
Reaching the malaria elimination goal in Brazil: a spatial analysis and time-series study
Since 2015, the Global Technical Strategy (GTS) for Malaria 2016–2030 has been adopted by the ... as a comprehensive framework to accelerate progress for malaria elimination in endemic countries. This strategy se...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:39 -
From control to elimination: a spatial-temporal analysis of malaria along the China-Myanmar border
Malaria cases have declined significantly along the China- ... this study is to investigate the epidemiology of malaria along the border, will identify challenges in...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:158 -
Vector control in China, from malaria endemic to elimination and challenges ahead
Vector control is an important approach to preventing and controlling malaria. From the malaria epidemic to malaria elimination in China, vector control has played...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:54 -
Malaria: Global progress 2000 – 2015 and future challenges
2015 was the target year for malaria goals set by the World Health Assembly and other international institutions to reduce malaria incidence and mortality. A review of progress indicates that malaria programme fi...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2016 5:61 -
Insights into the elimination of vivax malaria in China
Malaria is caused by multiple parasitic species of...Plasmodium. Plasmodium vivax...is the most geographically widespread and poses challenges in elimination due to its unique biological and epidemiological chara...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023 12:23 -
Evaluating the implementation of rapid diagnostic tests in a malaria elimination setting
It was recommended that malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) should be ... the implementation of RDTs and its effectiveness in malaria elimination settings. This study examined the implementation ... and how it ...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:84 -
Occurrence of asymptomatic malaria infection and living conditions in the lowlands of Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
A significant decline in malaria burden was documented in previously high burden ... countries. Even though the global decline in malaria burden is significant, about 95% of ... -19 in 2020. The considerable redu...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:94 -
Role of international network on surveillance and response system leading to malaria elimination: China’s engagement in global health
China has accumulated multiple practices and experiences in building and enhancing malaria surveillance and response system. As China’s ... Diseases Elimination during 2012–2020, in which malaria elimination has ...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:64 -
Could China’s journey of malaria elimination extend to Africa?
World Health Organization (WHO) certified China malaria-free on June 30, 2021, which brightens the goal of global malaria elimination efforts. China contributed its unique innovations ... to the targets of Global...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:55 -
Determinants of malaria infections among children in refugee settlements in Uganda during 2018–2019
While 5% of 247 million global malaria cases are reported in Uganda, it is ... with over 1.36 million refugees. Despite malaria being an emerging challenge for humanitarian response ... study aimed to investigate...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023 12:31 -
Challenges in early phase of implementing the 1-3-7 surveillance and response approach in malaria elimination setting: A field study from Myanmar
The National Plan for Malaria Elimination (NPME) in Myanmar (2016–2030...Plasmodium falciparum malaria in six states/regions of low endemicity ... achieve this goal, in 2016 the National Malaria Control Program (...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:18 -
Factors associated with risk of malaria infection among pregnant women in Lagos, Nigeria
Pregnant women living in an area of stable malaria transmission such as Lagos, Nigeria, have ... at an increased risk of the effects of malaria infection. In this area, most of ... her foetus. The reality of scal...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2013 2:19 -
Leveraging mathematical models of disease dynamics and machine learning to improve development of novel malaria interventions
Substantial research is underway to develop next-generation interventions that address current malaria control challenges. As there is limited testing ... to guide intervention development using mathematical mode...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:61 -
Effectiveness of indoor residual spraying on malaria control: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is one of the key interventions recommended by World Health Organization in preventing malaria infection. We aimed to conduct a systematic ... global studies about the impact of IRS...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:83 -
Profile and determinants of delayed care-seeking and diagnosis among patients with imported malaria: a retrospective study in China, 2014–2021
In areas where malaria has been eliminated, delayed care-seeking and diagnosis of imported malaria are constant threats. This study aimed to ... care-seeking and diagnosis among patients with imported malaria in ...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:125 -
Predictors of malaria rapid diagnostic test positivity in a high burden area of Paletwa Township, Chin State in Western Myanmar
Despite major reductions in malaria burden across Myanmar, clusters of the disease ... Chin State, an area of persistently high malaria burden.
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:6 -
Seroprevalence of viral and bacterial pathogens among malaria patients in an endemic area of southern Venezuela
Malaria remains a leading public health problem worldwide. ... ’s clinical course and management. Similarities in malaria clinical presentation with other infections and overlapping ... seroprevalence of viral an...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023 12:33 -
An innovative three-layer strategy in response to a quartan malaria outbreak among forest goers in Hainan Island, China: a retrospective study
An outbreak of Plasmodium malariae infection among forest goers in Sanya City of Hainan Island, China was reported in 2015. In response to this outbreak, an innovative three-layer strategy (TLS) targeted forest g...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:97 -
Risk of imported malaria infections in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional study
Zanzibar has made substantial progress in malaria control with vector control, improved diagnosis, ... Tanzania and Zanzibar, and the risk of malaria infection, may help to control malaria importation to Zanzibar...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023 12:80 -
How socioeconomic status affected the access to health facilities and malaria diagnosis in children under five years: findings from 19 sub-Saharan African countries
Prompt and appropriate clinical management of malaria is critical for reducing the continued high burden of malaria among children under five years in sub- ... ) would affect the access to diagnosis of malaria.
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023 12:29 -
What are the pathways between poverty and malaria in sub-Saharan Africa? A systematic review of mediation studies
Malaria remains a major burden in sub-Saharan ... SSA). While an association between poverty and malaria has been demonstrated, a clearer understanding of ... mechanisms through which socioeconomic position (SEP)...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023 12:58 -
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Africa and China’s upgraded role as a contributor: a scoping review
Children under five are the vulnerable population most at risk of being infected with Plasmodium...parasites, especially in the Sahel region. Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) recommended by World Health ......
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023 12:63 -
Cost-effectiveness analysis of malaria rapid diagnostic test in the elimination setting
As more and more countries approaching the goal of malaria elimination, malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) was recomendated ... strategy to achieve and maintain the statute of malaria free, as it’s less requirm...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:135 -
Accessing the syndemic of COVID-19 and malaria intervention in Africa
The pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused substantial disruptions to health services in the low and middle-income countries with a high burden of other diseases, such as malaria in sub-Sa...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2021 10:5 -
Viral haemorrhagic fevers and malaria co-infections among febrile patients seeking health care in Tanzania
In recent years there have been reports of viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa where malaria is endemic. VHF and malaria have overlapping clinical presentations making differential diag...
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2022 11:33 -
Malaria epidemiology in Kobeni department, southeastern Mauritania from 2015 to 2017
Plasmodium falciparum malaria is endemic in the southern sahelian zone ... of the study was to assess the recent malaria situation near the Mauritania-Mali border.
Citation: Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2020 9:21
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