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Tag Archives: fever
What would PCR assessment change in the management of fevers in a malaria endemic area? A school-based study in Benin in children with and without fever
Image via Wikipedia Background: A recent school-based study in Benin showed that applying a policy of anti-malarial prescriptions restricted to parasitologically-confirmed cases on the management of fever is safe and feasible. Additional PCR data were analysed in order to touch … Continue reading
Posted in Malaria
Tagged Africa, benin, Conditions and Diseases, fever, Health, Infectious disease, Malaria, Parasitic
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The majority of fevers in African children are not caused by malaria
In 2007, an estimated 656 million fevers occurred in African children aged 0-4 years, with 78 million children of the 183 million attending a public health care facility likely to have been infected with P. falciparum (range 60-103 million), the … Continue reading
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Tagged atlas project, childhood fevers, combination therapy, diagnostic testing, falciparum, fever, geographical information system, health care facility, international efforts, Malaria, modelling system, multinational team, parasite, prevalence, public clinics, public health care, public health sectors, sub saharan africa, system model, wellcome trust
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The economic costs of malaria in four Kenyan districts: do household costs differ by disease endemicity?
Background: Malaria inflicts significant costs on households and on the economy of malaria endemic countries. There is also evidence that the economic burden is higher among the poorest in a population, and that cost burdens differ significantly between wet and … Continue reading
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Tagged adults, bondo, burdens, conclusions, dry seasons, duration, economic burden, economy, epidemiological, estimation, fever, gap, gucha, household survey, households, illness severity, malaria transmission, perception, perceptions, relationships
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New tool in the fight against mosquito-borne disease: A microbial 'mosquito net'
Earlier this year, researchers showed that they could cut the lives of disease-carrying mosquitoes in half by infecting them with a bacterium they took from fruit flies. Now, a new report in the December 24th issue of Cell, a Cell Press … Continue reading
