Scale-up of malaria control interventions has resulted in a substantial decline in global
malaria morbidity and mortality. Despite this achievement, there is evidence that current …

Background Infectious diseases encompass a large spectrum of diseases that threaten
human health, and coinfection is of particular importance because pathogen species can …

Some new cassava accessions have been developed and released because of their high
yield, resistance to disease, adaptability to wider ecological environment, and less cost of …

Infections with helminths and Plasmodium spp. overlap in their geographical distribution. It
has been postulated that helminth infections may influence malarial transmission by altering …

Background Urogenital schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma haematobium affects
approximately 110 million people globally, with the majority of cases in low-and middle …

Abstract Based on Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) from
strain 3D7, the malaria vaccine candidate FMP2. 1/AS02 A showed strain-specific efficacy in …

Naturally acquired immunity to malaria develops over several years and can be
compromised by concomitant infections. This study explored the influence of chronic …

A reductionist approach to the study of infection does not lend itself to an appraisal of the
interactions that occur between 2 or more organisms that infect a host simultaneously. In …

Polyparasitism is common in the developing world. We have previously demonstrated that
schistosomiasis-positive (SP) Malian children, aged 4–8 years, are protected from malaria …

Mushrooms are traditionally consumed as food and are known to possess nutritional and
medicinal properties. However, the choice of processing methods for mushrooms are often …