Malaria control initiatives that have the potential to be gamechangers in India's quest for malaria elimination

M Rahi, A Sharma - The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia, 2022 - thelancet.com
Malaria continues to have devastating effect on people's lives especially in developing
countries. India is slated for malaria elimination by 2030. Though India has sustained a …

[HTML][HTML] Mefloquine as a prophylaxis for malaria needs to be revisited

SS Ahmad, M Rahi, V Ranjan, A Sharma - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
According to WHO, 2019 witnessed 229 million cases of malaria globally, of which Africa
accounted for 94% of cases. Early diagnosis and treatment are the basis of malaria …

Design of ring and cross shaped graphene metasurface sensor for efficient detection of malaria and 2 bit encoding applications

J Wekalao, SK Patel, NK Anushkannan… - Diamond and Related …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the design of a sensor for early stage malaria detection that is highly
sensitive and effective. A potentially fatal illness called malaria is brought on by parasites …

[HTML][HTML] Inference for entomological semi-field experiments: Fitting a mathematical model assessing personal and community protection of vector-control interventions

EL Fairbanks, M Saeung, A Pongsiri, E Vajda… - Computers in Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of vector-control tools is often assessed by experiments as a reduction in
mosquito landings using human landing catches (HLCs). However, HLCs alone only …

[HTML][HTML] Polymerase chain reaction-based malaria diagnosis can be increasingly adopted during current phase of malaria elimination in India

M Rahi, R Sharma, P Saroha… - The American Journal …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite commendable progress in control of malaria in India and other countries, there are
hidden reservoirs of parasites in human hosts that continually feed malaria transmission …

[HTML][HTML] Adverse pregnancy outcomes in maternal malarial infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

P Satapathy, MN Khatib, S Gaidhane… - New microbes and new …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Malaria in pregnancy is a critical public health issue that can lead to severe
adverse outcomes for both mother and fetus. This systematic review and meta-analysis …

Mosquito-borne diseases in India over the past 50 years and their global public health implications: A systematic review

BR Naik, BK Tyagi, RD Xue - Journal of the American …, 2023 - meridian.allenpress.com
Mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs) pose a significant public health concern globally, and
India, with its unique eco-sociodemographic characteristics, is particularly vulnerable to …

Weather integrated malaria prediction system using Bayesian structural time series model for northeast states of India

H Vavilala, N Yaladanda, P Krishna Kondeti… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Malaria is an endemic disease in India and targeted to eliminate by the year 2030. The
present study is aimed at understanding the epidemiological patterns of malaria …

Changes in the associations between malaria incidence and climatic factors across malaria endemic countries in Africa and Asia-Pacific region

C Wang, B Thakuri, AK Roy, N Mondal, Y Qi… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Empirical evidence supporting the associations between malaria incidence and climatic
factors has remained controversial, buffering the progress in the Global Malaria Program …

What India can learn from globally successful malaria elimination programmes

S Sharma, R Verma, B Yadav, A Kumar, M Rahi… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
India is targeting malaria elimination by 2030. Understanding and adopting the strategies
employed by countries that have successfully eliminated malaria can serve as a crucial …