Malaria remains a major challenge to global public health, with morbidity and mortality rates
being highest in African children infected with Plasmodium falciparum. All four species of …

Background To identify the factors that account for differences in clinical outcomes of malaria
as well as its relationship with ethnicity, transmission intensity and parasite density. Methods …

Introduction: Severe malaria is a rare life threatening illness. Only a small proportion of
patients with clinical malaria progress to this medical emergency. On reviewing 61 malaria …

Introduction Global progress in reducing malaria has stalled since 2015. Analysis of the
situation is particularly needed in Nigeria, the country with by far the largest share of the …

Background Monitoring and evaluation of malaria programmes may require a combination
of approaches to detect any effects of control. This is particularly true at lower transmission …

Malaria kills> 1 million children aged< 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa annually. Current
control efforts are hampered by increasing drug resistance, unreliable diagnostics …

Abstract Background Malaria transmission in African highland areas can be prone to
epidemics, with minor fluctuations in temperature or altitude resulting in highly …

Abstract Background In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), malaria remains a public health problem
despite recent reports of declining incidence. Severe malaria is a multiorgan disease with …

Background Although malaria disease in urban and peri-urban areas of sub-Saharan Africa
is a growing concern, the epidemiologic patterns and drivers of transmission in these …

Malaria transmission intensity in Africa varies over several log orders, from less than one
infected bite per year to more than one thousand. In this review we examine the …