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Malaria 50 & 100 years ago: Antigua island

Submitted by Bart Knols on February 10, 2010 - 13:53
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In the Lancet of 5 February 1910 I discovered a most interesting little article about malaria on Antigua island (Carribean)...
 

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Perspective: The long shadow of malaria interventions in tropical Africa

Submitted by patrick sampao on December 10, 2009 - 08:52
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James LA Webb Jr
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The Lancet, Volume 374, Issue 9705, 5 December 2009-11 December 2009, Pages 1883-1884
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No abstract. 

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Behavioural and insecticidal effects of organophosphate-, carbamate- and pyrethroid-treated mosquito nets against African malaria vectors

Submitted by Inga on December 7, 2009 - 12:11
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R. C. MALIMA, R. M. OXBOROUGH, P. K. TUNGU, C. MAXWELL, I. LYIMO, V. MWINGIRA , F. W. MOSHA, J. MATOWO, S. M. MAGESA and M. W. ROWLAND
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology Volume 23 Issue 4, Pages 317 - 325
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Three insecticides – the pyrethroid deltamethrin, the carbamate carbosulfan and the organophosphate chlorpyrifos-methyl – were tested on mosquito nets in experimental huts to determine their potential for introduction as malaria control measures.

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CLOSED: Family Health International: Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor

Submitted by Inga on November 28, 2009 - 15:26
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Family Health International (FHI) is dedicated to improving lives, knowledge, and understanding worldwide through a highly diversified program of research, education, and services in family health and HIV/AIDS prevention and care.

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CLOSED: Family Health International: Project Director

Submitted by Inga on November 28, 2009 - 15:22
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Family Health International (FHI) is dedicated to improving lives, knowledge, and understanding worldwide through a highly diversified program of research, education, and services in family health and HIV/AIDS prevention and care.
 

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Efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria in African infants: a pooled analysis of six randomised, placebo-controlled trials

Submitted by Inga on November 13, 2009 - 10:24
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John J Aponte et al.
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The Lancet, Volume 374, Issue 9700, 31 October 2009-6 November 2009, Pages 1533-1542
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Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) is a promising strategy for previous termmalarianext term control in infants. We undertook a pooled analysis of the safety and efficacy of IPT in infants (IPTi) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Africa.

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