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Remote sensing-based time series models for malaria early warning in the highlands of Ethiopia

Author(s): 
Midekisa A, Senay G, Henebry GM, Semuniguse P, Wimberly MC
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2012, 11:165 (14 May 2012)

MalariaWorldMalaria risk indicators such as satellite-based rainfall estimates, LST, EVI, and ETa exhibited significant lagged associations with malaria cases in the Amhara region and improved model fit and prediction accuracy.

Open Access | Clinical Study: Therapeutic Efficacy of Artemether-Lumefantrine for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Northern Ethiopia

Author(s): 
G Kinfu, S Gebre-Selassie, N Fikrie
Reference: 
Malaria Research and Treatment, Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 548710, 6 pages

MalariaWorldThe result showed that the drug could continue as first line for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the study area.

Open Access | Assessment of the effect of insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying for malaria control in three rural kebeles of Adami Tulu District, South Central Ethiopia

Author(s): 
Bekele D, Belyhun Y, Petros B, Deressa W
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2012, 11:127 (25 April 2012)
Contact email: 
damtish99@yahoo.com

MalariaWorldThe present study has provided some evidence for the success of ITNs/IRS combined malaria control measures in Aneno Shisho kebele in Adami Tulu District.

Open Access | Prevalence of malaria infection in Butajira area, south-central Ethiopia

Author(s): 
Woyessa A, Deressa W, Ali A, Lindtjorn B
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2012, 11:84 (23 March 2012)
Contact email: 
woyessaa@yahoo.com

MalariaWorldThis study documented a low prevalence of malaria that varied with season and altitudinal zone in a highland-fringe area of Ethiopia.

Document heading: Comparison of Paracheck Pf® test with conventional light microscopy for the diagnosis of malaria in Ethiopia

Author(s): 
Zinaye Tekeste, Meseret Workineh, Beyene Petros
Reference: 
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 1–3
Contact email: 
zinzn98@yahoo.com

MalariaWorldTo assess the accuracy of Paracheck Pf® in reference to the conventional light microscopy.

Open Access | The effect of household heads training about the use of treated bed nets on the burden of malaria and anaemia in under-five children: a cluster randomized trial in Ethiopia

Author(s): 
Deribew A, Birhanu Z, Sena L, Dejene T, Reda AA, Sudhakar M, Alemseged F, Tessema F, Zeynudin A, Biadgilign S, Deribe K
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2012, 11:8 (6 January 2012)
Contact email: 
amare_deribew@yahoo.com

MalariaWorldTraining of household heads on the utilization of LLITN significantly reduces the burden of malaria in under-five children.

Open Access | Fresh, dried or smoked? Repellent properties of volatiles emitted from ethnomedicinal plant leaves against malaria and yellow fever vectors in Ethiopia

Author(s): 
Dube F, Tadesse K, Birgersson G, Seyoum E, Tekie H, Ignell R, Hill SR
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2011, 10:375 (19 December 2011)
Contact email: 
fitsumfikru@gmail.com

MalariaWorldVolatiles in the smoke of burning as well as fresh leaves of Co. citriodora and Oc. suave have significant repellent properties against host seeking An. arabiensis and Ae. aegypti mosquitoes.

Open Access | Factors associated with mosquito net use by individuals in households owning nets in Ethiopia

Author(s): 
Graves PM, Ngondi JM, Hwang J, Getachew A, Gebre T, Mosher AW, Patterson AE, Shargie EB, Tadesse Z, Wolkon A, Reithinger R, Emerson PM, Richards FO
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2011, 10:354 (13 December 2011)
Contact email: 
pgraves.work@gmail.com

http://www.pnas.org/content/108/50/20113.abstractIn both surveys, net use was more likely by women, if nets had fewer holes and were at higher net per person density within households.

Ethnobotanical study of antimalarial plants in Shinile District, Somali Region, Ethiopia, and in vivo evaluation of selected ones against Plasmodium berghei

Author(s): 
Akalu Mesfin, Mirutse Giday, Abebe Animut, Tilahun Teklehaymanot
Reference: 
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 139, Issue 1, 6 January 2012, Pages 221-227
Contact email: 
mirutseg@yahoo.com

MalariaWorldResults of this study can be used as a basis for further phytochemical and pharmacological investigations in the effort for search of new and locally affordable antimalarial agents.

Open Access | Adherence to a six-dose regimen of artemether-lumefantrine among uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum patients in the Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Author(s): 
Lemma H, Lofgren C, San Sebastian M
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2011, 10:349 (5 December 2011)
Contact email: 
hailelm@gmail.com

MalariaWorldThe very low adherence to AL found in this study raises serious concerns for the malaria control in the region.

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