Globally, there are an estimated 13.3 million cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) annually.
Although infections are a common cause of AKI globally, most infection-associated AKI …

While challenges remain in malaria control towards elimination, new guidelines and recently
approved vaccines offer hope. Monitoring for continued vaccine and chemoprevention …

Background Recent data indicate that non-Plasmodium falciparum species may be more
prevalent than thought in sub-Saharan Africa. Although Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium …

P. malariae and P. ovale with and without P. falciparum, 4-8 cases of P. vivax have been
thought to be absent in sSA due to the erythrocyte silent Duffy-negative phenotype across a …

Background Recent studies point to the need to incorporate the detection of non-falciparum
species into malaria surveillance activities in sub-Saharan Africa, where 95% of the world's …

As part of malaria nationwide monitoring and evaluation initiatives, there is an increasing
trend of incorporating malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) in surveys conducted within …

Summary Background Mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum dhfr gene confer resistance
to pyrimethamine, which is widely used for malaria chemoprevention in Africa. We aimed to …

Background: Malaria remains a major cause of morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. Undetected
asymptomatic falciparum malaria results in a large transmission reservoir and there is …

Plasmodium ovale curtisi (Poc) and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri (Pow) are relapsing malaria
parasites endemic to Africa and Asia that were previously thought to represent a single …

P malariae (median, 3.8 parasites/µL; IQR, 0.9–28.9) were in the same range of P
falciparum. Our findings indicate that in areas of low transmission intensity, densities of non …