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   1.09.2008

Malaria in the News
Latest articles about malaria from the world's press

RBM to deploy tools for collecting data critical to malaria control in countries
RBM to deploy tools for collecting data
critical to malaria control in countries


 

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Announcements / Press Releases

EDCTP Newsletter, August 2008 [EDCTP] — (English)
Executive Director's Note, News about EDCTP Governance, News about Calls and Grants, Funded projects, Meetings and Visits, Events ...

End Malaria – Blue Ribbon Campaign Engages Families from Lesoma Village in Botswana [MFI] — (English)
Botswana and United States teachers and students are working together with the support of the American Embassy, the Ministry of Health, local government officials, and the Malaria Foundation International (MFI) to engage community leaders and families from the Lesoma Village, Chobe District of Botswana in today's global fight against malaria. A recent village campaign to End Malaria in this village and encourage international leadership among students to help fight the disease globally followed a Malaria Education Workshop held at the Gaborone Secondary School (GSS)....

Current Vacancies at Malaria Consortium [Malaria Consortium] — (English)
Uganda; Advocacy Manager, UK; Consultancy Work: Short-term...

Support to the National Malaria Programme, Nigeria: A DFID-Funded Project 2008-2012 [Malaria Consortium] — (English)
The aim of the project is to manage a package of support DFID is providing to the Government of Nigeria in support of the national effort to control malaria. The project also aims to strengthen the delivery of Nigeria's National Malaria Control effort through improving capacity at all levels and through provision of commodities for effective prevention and treatment of malaria...

Genzyme Corporation and MMV Announce New Collaboration with Advinus Therapeutics to Accelerate Discovery of Novel Therapies for Malaria [MMV Press Release] — (English)
Genzyme Corp., a global leader in biotechnology, and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), a not-for-profit virtual research and development (R&D) organization dedicated to reducing the burden of malaria, announced today a new collaboration with India’s Advinus Therapeutics Ltd. The collaboration seeks to develop new, improved treatments for specific patient groups most at risk for malaria, an often fatal infectious disease of developing countries, particularly affecting pregnant women and infants...

ICMM publishes Guidance on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria [ICMM Press Release] — (English)
ICMM’s Good Practice Guidance on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, which is aimed at managers and health practitioners, provides practical information for disease management...

1.09.2008

 

Monkey Malaria in a European Traveler Returning from Malaysia [EID Journal, Volume 14, Number 9–September 2008] — (English)
In 2007, a Finnish traveler was infected in Peninsular Malaysia with Plasmodium knowlesi, a parasite that usually causes malaria in monkeys. P. knowlesi has established itself as the fifth Plasmodium species that can cause human malaria. The disease is potentially life-threatening in humans; clinicians and laboratory personnel should become more aware of this pathogen in travelers......

 

Utahns work to land funds for malaria nets for Africa [Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA] — (English)
Nets for Africa was started by Brandon Rodman, a Brigham Young University graduate who said there were no Utah-based groups fighting malaria......

 

No sting in AMC's anti-mosquito campaign [Times of India - India] — (English)
According to AMC authorities, out of total 13.38 lakh houses surveyed between August 4 and August 12 for mosquito breeding, 19,694 houses were found to be positive, despite malaria drive by AMC. However, according to AMC officials the slide positivity rate of malaria has shown a decline in comparison with last year......

31.08.2008

 

ADDICKS: Entwicklungsministerium muss endlich notwendige Maßnahmen gegen Malaria ergreifen [FDP - Bundesfraktion - Germany] — (Deutsch)
Anlässlich seines Besuchs verschiedener Malariaprojekte in Tansania erklärt der Sprecher der FDP-Bundestagsfraktion für Entwicklungshilfe......

 

Kenya: Banned Drugs Hinder War On Malaria [The Nation (Nairobi) via allAfrica.com] — (English)
The success of the national malaria policy is being undermined by drug shortages, untrained health personnel and less effective medicines ......

30.08.2008

 

Campaign of spreading insecticide to combat malaria in Mahweet started [Yemen News Agency - Yemen] — (English)
Medical teams in Mahweet governorate started on Saturday a campaign of spreading insecticide to combat malaria......

 

High Quality Anti-Malaria Drugs Will Significantly Reduce Malaria Related Deaths in Africa [Modern Ghana - Ghana] — (English)
One of the groups leading a relentless crusade to turn the tide is Africa Fighting Malaria (AFM), a health advocacy group based in South Africa and the USA.With a mission to make malaria control more transaparent, responsive and effective, AFM is today leading the first grass roots project dedicated to buying high quality malaria drugs for African children and testing markets in Africa to publicize the prevalence of fake sub standard malaria drugs......

 

City is the malaria capital of state [Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India] — (English)
This is one distinction that the civic authorities could have done without. Mumbai has topped the list of malaria-affected districts in Maharashtra and has even defeated Gadchiroli that is usually the worst-affected region in the state......

29.08.2008

 

US, Tanzania Leaders Discuss Malaria [Voice of America - ] — (English)
U.S. President George Bush and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete met Friday at the White House to talk about fighting malaria. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story......

 

We're at war with malaria - Kikwete [IPPmedia - Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania] — (English)
President Jakaya Kikwete has said Tanzania is fighting an all-out war against malaria, adding that the country would kick out the killer disease if effective strategies were put in place......

 

Ghana to hold seminar aimed at increasing NGO capacity to fight HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria [News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia] — (English)
The African Grassroots NGO Capacity Building Seminar -- scheduled for Sept. 15 to Sept. 17 in Accra, Ghana -- aims to increase fundraising and program implementation capacity of 60 nongovernmental organizations in Africa working to address HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria on the continent, This Day reports......

 

Malaria patients rising [Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal] — (English)
outbreak of malaria has gripped the southern VDCs of Nawalparasi district recently......

28.08.2008

 

Deux cas de paludisme autochtone signalés en France [Le Monde - France] — (French)
Deux cas de paludisme autochtone ont été signalés en France par le centre hospitalier de Nice, chez un couple de jeunes Parisiens n'ayant pas voyagé dans une zone de présence du parasite, a annoncé, mercredi 27 août, la Direction générale de la santé (DGS)......

 

Deux cas de «paludisme d'aéroport» signalés en France [Libération - France] — (French)
Cette forme rare de paludisme a été détectée hier chez un couple de parisiens ayant séjourné à proximité de l'aéroport de Roissy......

 

Retour de vacances, attention au paludisme ! [Ouest France - France] — (French)
La France est le pays d'Europe le plus touché par cette maladie. 25 % des crises sont détectées au mois de septembre......

 

Exodus Film Group and "Igor" Join Forces With the "Against Malaria Foundation" and Malaria.com to Fight the Disease, One Bed Net at a Time [MarketWatch - USA] — (English)
Exodus Film Group, Malaria.com, and the Against Malaria Foundation today announced their partnership to help rid the world of the disease with the help of Igor, the title character in Exodus' upcoming animated feature "Igor" opening nationwide on September 19 distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In the movie, Igor lives in the fictional land of Malaria and ends up unwittingly eradicating evil from his world and changing his life......

 

Multiple insecticide resistance mechanisms involving metabolic changes and insensitive target sites selected in anopheline vectors of malaria in Sri Lanka [Malaria Journal 2008, 7:168 (28 August 2008)] — (English)
Article brings a wide range of data on insecticide resistance of several malaria vectors from Sri Lanka......

 

Uganda's Makerere University receives AMANET grant for malaria vaccine trial [News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia] — (English)
The College of Health Sciences at Uganda's Makerere University will receive a grant from the African Malaria Network Trust to begin trials of the malaria vaccine candidate GMZ2 in Uganda's Iganga and Mayuge districts, Wen Kilama, managing trustee of AMANET, said Monday at the opening of the sixth Basic Research Ethics Workshop for African Ethics Committees, the New Vision reports......

 

Uganda: Curtain Mosquito Nets Launched [New Vision (Kampala) via allAfrica.com] — (English)
THE first mosquito net curtains have been launched in the country. Primary health state minister, Emmanuel Otaala, who presided over the launch in Kampala, said Uganda spends 10% of its budget on malaria......

27.08.2008

 

BASF Donate Interceptor Malaria Nets to Cyclone Victims [Azom.com - USA] — (English)
BASF donated 100,000 INTERCEPTOR® malaria nets to the relief efforts following cyclone Nagris in Myanmar. The company channeled 75,000 nets through the well-known U.K. based emergency response agency “The MENTOR Initiative” and another 25,000 nets through the Thailand Red Cross......

 

100.000 Moskitonetze schützen in Myanmar vor sich ausbreitenden Krankheiten [die news - Germany ] — (Deutsch)
BASF spendet im Rahmen der Hilfsaktionen nach dem Zyklon Nargis in Myanmar 100.000 INTERCEPTOR®-Moskitonetze. Das Unternehmen schickte 75.000 Moskitonetze über die bekannte britische Hilfsorganisation The MENTOR Initiative in das Krisengebiet, weitere 25.000 Netze über das thailändische Rote Kreuz......

 

Reduced paediatric hospitalizations for malaria and febrile illness patterns following implementation of community-based malaria control programme in rural Rwanda [Malaria Journal 2008, 7:167] — (English)
A paper presenting interesting data on the effectiveness evaluation of the wide-scale implementation of ITNs and community-based malaria treatment......

 

The economic burden of malaria on the household in south-central Vietnam [Malaria Journal 2008, 7:166] — (English)
This is a cluster-based randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of long-lasting insecticidal hammocks for the control of malaria in the mountainous and forested provinces of south-central Vietnam, inhabited by the Raglay ethnic minority, a largely self-sustaining farming community......

 

Unforeseen misuses of bed nets in fishing villages along Lake Victoria [Malaria Journal 2008, 7:165] — (English)
In this lakeshore fishing community, there is considerable misuse of bed nets for drying fish and fishing. Many villagers are not yet fully convinced of the effectiveness of LLINs for malaria prevention......

 

Integrated vector management: the Zambian experience [Malaria Journal 2008, 7:164] — (English)
A paper describing steps to implement integrated vector management as part of a National Malaria Programme. Itdescribes the historical steps leading to the adoption of IVM and represents a detailed description of how IVM has been developed and employed in Zambia......

 

Insertion polymorphisms of SINE200 retrotransposons within speciation islands of Anopheles gambiae molecular forms [Malaria Journal 2008, 7:163] — (English)
The approach utilized allowed to develop new easy-to-use co-dominant markers for the analysis of genetic differentiation between M and S-forms and opens new perspectives in the study of the speciation process ongoing within A. gambiae......

 

Rwanda: Excitement As Indoor-Spraying to Control Malaria Gets Underway [Rwanda News Agency/Agence Rwandaise d'Information (Kigali) via allAfrica.com] — (English)
Rwanda this week relaunched the indoor-insecticide spraying program to control the spread of malaria in Kigali. For Vestine Mukagasana, the spraying comes at the right time......

 

Angola: Rate of Malaria Deaths Drops [BuaNews (Tshwane)] — (English)
The rate of death associated with malaria in Angola has dropped from 25 000 in 2003 to 7 000 last year as a result of the expansion of the sanitation services network, coupled with the peace the country won in 2002......

 

Sénégal: Paludisme à Bambey - Constat d'une nette régression [Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (Dakar) via allAfrica.com] — (French)
Les nombreuses interventions des Organisations communautaires de base (OCB) ont contribué à diminuer la prévalence du paludisme à Bambey (centre), a appris l'APS auprès du médecin-chef du district sanitaire du département......

26.08.2008

 

Host control of malaria infections: constraints on immune and erythropoeitic response kinetics [PLoS Comput Biol. 2008 Aug 22;4(8):e1000149] — (English)
Our results challenge some standard assumptions. For example, we show that tight synchronization of the asexual reproduction of malaria parasites may actually benefit the host by reducing parasitemia. We also demonstrate that properties of host immunity or erythropoiesis that contribute to high parasitemia and severe anemia in P. falciparum malaria would do so in P. vivax infection as well, in line with recent reports indicating that P. vivax can indeed cause “malignant” illness in some patients. This suggests that P. falciparum is more effective overall at immune evasion or suppression than P. vivax......

 

Detection of genome wide polymorphisms in the AT rich Plasmodium falciparum genome using a high density microarray [BMC Genomics. 2008 Aug 25;9(1):398] — (English)
A large number of mSFP were discovered from the P. falciparum genome using a high density microarray, most of which were in clusters of highly polymorphic genes at chromosome ends. Our method for accurate mSFP detection and the mSFP identified will greatly facilitate large scale studies of genome variation in the P. falciparum parasite and provide useful resources for mapping important parasite traits......

 

Genzyme in charitable partnership to end malaria [Boston Herald - USA] — (English)
In an effort to eliminate malaria, Cambridge-based biotechnology company Genzyme Corp. has joined forces with an international disease fighter and another biotech firm. Genzyme, Medicines for Malaria Venture of Switzerland and India-based Advinus Therapeutics Ltd. are developing new treatments for malaria, an often fatal infectious disease that claims up to 2 million lives each year......

 

Malaria vaccine warrants more support [ScienceAlert - Australia] — (English)
In 2002 the World Health Organisation estimated there were ~400000 clinical cases of malaria and 1–2 million deaths annually......

 

Makerere to try out malaria vaccine [New Vision - Kampala,Uganda] — (English)
MAKERERE University Medical School is preparing to carry out trials on a malaria vaccine. The African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET) has announced that the GMZ2 vaccine trials will be carried out in Iganga and Mayuge districts......

 

What Next in Battle against HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria? [This Day] — (English)
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria have been identified as three major pandemics that are ravaging the African continent. Friend Africa, an organisation at the fore-front in the fight against these diseases is stepping up the battle with a summit for various non-governmental organisations on the continent in Ghana next month. Roland Ogbonnaya writes......

 

Genetically manipulated virus could prevent mosquitoes from transmitting malaria, study says [News-Medical.Net] — (English)
A genetically manipulated version of densovirus could prevent Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes from transmitting malaria, according to a study published last week in PLoS Pathogens, the New York Times reports......

 

Indian physicians concerned about malaria drug resistance, recommend combination therapy [News-Medical.Net] — (English)
India has reported an increase in drug-resistant malaria cases this year, leading physicians to express concern and recommend that the disease be treated with a combination of drugs, India's Daily News and Analysis reports......

 

Sénégal: Traitement du Paludisme - Le test de diagnostic rapide pour rationaliser l'Act [Le Soleil (Dakar) via allAfrica.com] — (French)
Les Journées de mobilisation contre le paludisme menées dans la commune de Tambacounda par les nouveaux assistants infirmiers du Centre régional de formation en santé (Crfs) en partenariat avec l'Ong espagnole Enfermera para El Mundo ont été mises à profit pour expliquer le Test diagnostic rapide (Tdr) dans les dix quartiers où des causeries sont prévues avec les populations......

 

Sénégal: Consultations gratuites et don de moustiquaires - Le village de Bambey Sérère et environ ciblé [Le Soleil (Dakar) via allAfrica.com] — (French)
L'université de Bambey a organisé le 23 août 2008 à l'intention des populations de Bambey Sérère et villages environnants, une journée de consultations gratuites et de remise de moustiquaires imprégnées......

Articles requiring subscription

Structure of the DBL3x domain of pregnancy-associated malaria protein VAR2CSA complexed with chondroitin sulfate A [Nature Struct Mol Biol. 2008 Aug 24] — (English)
Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes bind to chondroitin sulfate A (CSA) in the placenta via the VAR2CSA protein, a member of the P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein-1 family, leading to life-threatening malaria in pregnant women with severe effects on their fetuses and newborns. Here we describe the structure of the CSA binding DBL3x domain, a Duffy binding-like (DBL) domain of VAR2CSA. By forming a complex of DBL3x with CSA oligosaccharides and determining its structure, we have identified the CSA binding site to be a cluster of conserved positively charged residues on subdomain 2 and subdomain 3. Mutation or chemical modification of lysine residues at the site markedly diminished CSA binding to DBL3x. The location of the CSA binding site is an important step forward in the molecular understanding of pregnancy-associated malaria and offers a new target for vaccine development...

Plasmodium falciparum and Helminth Coinfection in a Semiurban Population of Pregnant Women in Uganda [The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2008;198:920–927] — (English)
Hookworm–P. falciparum coinfection and M. perstans–P. falciparum coinfection among pregnant women in Entebbe is more common than would be expected by chance. Further studies are needed to elucidate the mechanism of this association. A helminth-induced increase in susceptibility to P. falciparum could have important consequences for pregnancy outcome and responses to P. falciparum infection in infancy...

Pregnancy-Associated Malaria Affects Toll-Like Receptor Ligand–Induced Cytokine Responses in Cord Blood [The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2008;198:928–936] — (English)
P. falciparum infection history during pregnancy appears to have a pronounced effect on neonatal innate immune responses. The observed effects may have profound implications for the outcome of newly encountered infections in early life...

Potential use of birthweight indicators in rural Tanzania for monitoring malaria control in pregnancy [Public Health, Volume 122, Issue 9, September 2008, Pages 923-932 ] — (English)
Birthweight indicators show that malaria control in pregnancy is poor in this population, deteriorates with distance of place of birth from the main hospital location, and is worst in adolescent primigravidae. Greater attention should be given to the use of birthweight indicators in rural areas of Tanzania for monitoring malaria control in pregnancy...

A study on pathogenicity and mosquito transmission success in the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi adami [International Journal for Parasitology, 2008 Aug 8] — (English)
We investigated the parasitology, pathogenicity (virulence) and infectivity to mosquitoes of blood infections in mice, of two strains, DS and DK, of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium chabaudi adami. Blood infections of DS were found to be highly pathogenic; the asexual parasites in these infections were fast-growing and showed no evidence of selectivity in their infection of host erythrocytes...

Microfluidic approaches to malaria pathogenesis [Cellular Microbiology, 27 Aug 2008] — (English)
Here we review the recent introduction of microfluidic technology to study malaria pathogenesis, including the fabrication processes. The devices are cheap, versatile, portable and require very small patient samples. With greater use in research laboratories and field sites, we eventually expect microfluidic methods to play important roles in malaria diagnosis, as well as prognosis...

Artemisinins: their growing importance in medicine [Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2008 Aug 25] — (English)
In this review, we discuss recent advances in defining the role of artemisinins in medicine, with particular focus on their controversial mechanisms of action. This safe and cheap drug class that saves lives at risk from malaria can also have important potential in oncology...

Sickle Cell Trait is Associated with a Delayed Onset of Malaria: Implications for Time-to-Event Analysis in Clinical Studies of Malaria [The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2008;198:000–000 ] — (English)
Given the delay in the time to first malaria episode associated with HbAS, it would be advisable for clinical trials and observational studies that use this end point to include Hb typing in the design of studies conducted in areas where HbAS is prevalent...

Human Genetics and Malaria: Relevance for the Design of Clinical Trials [The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2008;198:000–000] — (English)
Concern about genetic factors and study outcomes should extend beyond vaccine studies. Genetics can affect treatment outcomes, as was demonstrated in a recent study that showed sulfadoxinepyrimethamine treatment to be approximately half as likely to fail in children with sickle cell trait, compared with children who had normal hemoglobin. Adding extensive genetic assessments to all malaria treatment efficacy studies may be impractical. Nonetheless, recent characterizations of the impact of human genetics on malaria outcomes, including the report in this issue, remind us of the powerful impact of falciparum malaria on human evolution and therefore of the need to consider human genetics as one assesses malaria outcomes...

Computer-Aided Design and Synthesis of Nonpeptidic Plasmepsin II and IV Inhibitors [ChemMedChem. 2008 Aug 27] — (English)
Plasmepsins (Plm) II (EC number: 3.4.23.39) and IV (EC number: 3.4.23.B14) are aspartic proteases present in the food vacuole of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and are involved in host hemoglobin degradation. Based on our established efficient synthetic sequence, a series of inhibitors for Plm II and IV has been synthesized bearing a 2,3,4,7-tetrahydro-1H-azepine scaffold as the core structural element...

Apoptosis of endothelial cells in bacterial sepsis and severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria: do we know enough to consider clinical trials? [Crit Care Med. 2008 Sep;36(9):2690-2] — (English)
By Mzayek F, Ylöstalo J, Krogstad DJ....

Recombinant scorpine: a multifunctional antimicrobial peptide with activity against different pathogens [Cell Mol Life Sci. 2008 Aug 23] — (English)
The recombinantly expressed scorpine (RScp) in Anopheles gambie cells showed antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis and Klebsiella pneumoniae, at 5 and 10 μM, respectively. It also produced 98% mortality in sexual stages of Plasmodium berghei at 15 μM and 100% reduction in Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia at 5 μM. RScp also inhibited virus dengue-2 replication in C6/36 mosquito cells...

Arginine, nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, and endothelial function in severe malaria [Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2008 Oct;21(5):468-75] — (English)
Replenishment of arginine and restoration of nitric oxide production in clinical malaria should diminish parasitized red blood cells adherence to endothelium and reduce the sequelae of these interactions (e.g. cerebral malaria). Arginine therapy given in addition to conventional antimalaria treatment may prove to be beneficial in severe malaria...

Imaging effector functions of human cytotoxic CD4(+) T cells specific for Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein [Int J Parasitol. 2008 Aug 6] — (English)
these findings suggest that CD4+ CTLs trigger target cell apoptosis via classical perforin/granzyme-mediated cytotoxicity, similar to CD8+ CTLs, and these multifunctional sporozoite- and peptide-induced CD4+ T cells have the potential to play a direct role as effector cells in targeting the exoerythrocytic forms within the liver...

Isolation and characterization of Plasmodium falciparum UAP56 homolog: Evidence for the coupling of RNA binding and splicing activity by site-directed mutations [Arch Biochem Biophys. 2008 Aug 9] — (English)
Using the parasite extract we report that PfU52 is involved in splicing reaction. Site-directed mutagenesis studies indicate that the conserved residues glycine 181, isoleucine 182 and arginine 206 are involved in RNA binding and this activity is required for the enzymatic activities of PfU52. PfU52 is expressed in all the intraerythrocytic developmental stages of the parasite. In the present study we have reported the detailed characterization of PfU52 from P. falciparum and these results advance the knowledge regarding the function of UAP56 in general...

Molecular markers of in vivo Plasmodium vivax resistance to amodiaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine: mutations in pvdhfr and pvmdr1 [The Journal of Infectious Diseases 2008;198:409–417] — (English)
The present study identified a new molecular marker in pvmdr1 that is associated with the in vivo response to AQ+SP. We suggest suitable marker sets with which to monitor P. vivax resistance against AQ+SP in countries where these drugs are used...

 

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