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New and Noteworthy
     
October 2008
 
September 2008
 
General Reports
         

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Effect of Placental Malaria and HIV Infection on the Antibody Responses to Plasmodium falciparum in Infants.
 Ned RM, Price AE, Crawford SB,et al  
J Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 17.
Abstract
 
Using malarial retinopathy to improve the classification of children with cerebral malaria.
 Lewallen S, Bronzan RN, Beare NA, et al  
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Aug 27.
 Abstract
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Defining Childhood Severe Falciparum Malaria for Intervention Studies.
Bejon P, Berkley JA, Mwangi T, et al 
PLoS Med. 2007 Aug 21;4(8):e251
Paper
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Age-adjusted Plasmodium falciparum antibody levels in school-aged children are a stable marker
of microgeographical variations in exposure to Plasmodium infection.
Wilson S, Booth M, Jones FM, et al
BMC Infect Dis. 2007 Jun 29;7:67.
Paper
 
Anti-malaria humoral responses in children exposed to Plasmodium falciparum and
Schistosoma haematobium.
Mutapi F, Roussilhon C, Mduluza T, Druilhe P.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2007 Jun;102(3):405-9.
 Abstract
 
Bacteremia in Malawian Children with Severe Malaria: Prevalence, Etiology, HIV Coinfection,
and Outcome.
 Bronzan RN, Taylor TE, Mwenechanya J, et al 
J Infect Dis. 2007 Mar 15;195(6):895-904.
 Abstract
 
Effects of acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria on body weight in children in an endemic
area.
 Sowunmi A, Gbotosho GO, Adedeji AA. et al
Parasitol Res. 2007 Feb 25;
 Abstract
 
Suppression of RANTES in children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Were T, Ouma C, Otieno RO, et al  
Haematologica. 2006 Oct;91(10):1396-9
 Abstract
 
Increased Levels of Inflammatory Mediators in Children with Severe Plasmodium falciparum
Malaria with Respiratory Distress.
Awandare GA, Goka B, Boeuf P, et al 
J Infect Dis. 2006 Nov 15;194(10):1438-46.
 Abstract
 
Suppression of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Children with Severe
Malarial Anemia: Role of Monocyte-acquired Hemozoin.
Awandare GA, Ouma Y, Ouma C, et al 
Infect Immun. 2006 Oct 23;
 Abstract
 
Genetic analysis of circulating and sequestered populations of Plasmodium falciparum in
fatal pediatric malaria.
Montgomery J, Milner DA Jr, Tse MT, et al
J Infect Dis. 2006 Jul 1;194(1):115-22.
 Abstract
 
Evaluation of Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) scoring in African children with falciparum
malaria.
Gerardin P, Rogier C, Leteurtre S, et al 
Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2006 Jan;7(1):45-47
 Abstract
 
High-level cerebellar expression of cytokines and adhesion molecules in fatal, paediatric,
cerebral malaria.
Armah H, Dodoo AK, Wiredu EK
Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2005 Oct;99(7):629-47.
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The prognostic value of measures of acid/base balance in pediatric falciparum malaria,
compared with other clinical and laboratory parameters.
Newton CR, Valim C, Krishna S, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Oct 1;41(7):948-57.
 Paper
 
Variatin in the relationship between anti-MSP-1(19) antibody response and age in children
infected with Plasmodium falciparum during the dry and rainy seasons.
Omosun YO, Anumudu CI, Adoro S, et al
Acta Trop. 2005 Sep;95(3):233-47
 Abstract
 
Pediatric malaria in the developing world.
Summer AP, Stauffer WM, Fischer PR.
Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2005 Apr;16(2):105-15
 Abstract
 
Fibrinolytic activity in children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Omoigberale AI, Abiodun PO, Famodu AA.
East Afr Med J. 2005 Feb;82(2):103-5.
 Abstract
 
Increased prevalence of epilepsy associated with severe falciparum malaria in children.
Carter JA, Neville BG, White S, et al
Epilepsia. 2004 Aug;45(8):978-81.
 Abstract
 
Low levels of RANTES are associated with mortality in children with cerebral malaria.
John CC, Opika-Opoka R, Byarugaba J, et al
J Infect Dis. 2006 Sep 15;194(6):837-45.
Abstract
 
The entomological inoculation rate and Plasmodium falciparum infection in African children.
Smith DL, Dushoff J, Snow RW, Hay SI.
Nature. 2005 Nov 24;438(7067):492-5.
Abstract
 
Immune complex levels in children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Mibei EK, Orago AS, Stoute JA, et al
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005 May;72(5):593-9.
Abstract
 
Circulating epstein-barr virus in children living in malaria-endemic areas.
Rasti N, Falk KI, Donati D, et al
Scand J Immunol. 2005 May;61(5):461-5.
 Abstract
 
Pediatric malaria in the developing world.
Summer AP, Stauffer WM, Fischer PR.
Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2005 Apr;16(2):105-15.
 Abstract

Special Challenges in the Prevention and Treatment of Malaria in Children.
Stauffer WM, Kamat D.
Curr Infect Dis Rep 2003 Feb;5(1):43-52
 Abstract

Platelet accumulation in brain microvessels in fatal pediatric cerebral malaria.
Grau GE, Mackenzie CD, Carr RA, et al
 J Infect Dis 2003 Feb 1;187(3):461-6
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Anemia
         

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Epidemiological factors that promote the development of severe malaria anaemia in children
in Ibadan.
Anumudu CI, Okafor CM, Ngwumohaike V, et al
Afr Health Sci. 2007 Jun;7(2):80-5.
 Paper
 
Algorithm for the diagnosis of anaemia without laboratory facilities among small children in
a malaria endemic area of rural Tanzania.
Mogensen CB, Soerensen J, Bjorkman A, Montgomery SM.
Acta Trop. 2006 Oct 3;
 Abstract
 
Increased severe anemia in HIV-1-exposed and HIV-1-positive infants and children during
acute malaria.
Otieno RO, Ouma C, Ong'echa JM, et al
AIDS. 2006 Jan 9;20(2):275-80.
 Abstract
 
Anemia and Thrombocytopenia in Children with Plasmodium vivax Malaria.
Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Sanchez E, et al
J Trop Pediatr. 2005 Jun 24; 2005
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Bone marrow suppression and severe anaemia associated with persistent Plasmodium
falciparum infection in African children with microscopically undetectable parasitaemia.
Helleberg M, Goka BQ, Akanmori BD,
Malar J. 2005 Dec 1;4(1):56.
Paper
 
Factors associated with severe anaemia in Zambian children admitted with Plasmodium
falciparum malarial anaemia.
Mulenga M, Malunga P, Bennett S, et al
Ann Trop Paediatr. 2005 Jun;25(2):87-90.
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Diagnosis/Monitoring
         

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Full blood count and haemozoin-containing leukocytes in children with malaria: diagnostic value
and association with disease severity.
 Hänscheid T, Längin M, Lell B, et al 
Malar J. 2008 Jun 12;7:109.
 Paper
 
Congenital malaria, an important differential diagnosis to consider when evaluating febrile
infants of immigrant mothers.
 Hagmann S, Khanna K, Niazi M, et al
Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007 May;23(5):326-9.
 Abstract
 
Algorithm for the diagnosis of anaemia without laboratory facilities among small children
in a malaria endemic area of rural Tanzania.
Mogensen CB, Soerensen J, Bjorkman A, Montgomery SM.
Acta Trop. 2006 Oct 3;
 Abstract 
 
Delay in diagnosis of imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children.
Chalumeau M, Holvoet L, Cheron G, et al
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2006 Mar;25(3):186-9.
Abstract 

Combination of drug level measurement and parasite genotyping data for improved
assessment of amodiaquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine efficacies in treating
 Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Gabonese children.
Aubouy A, Bakary M, Keundjian A, et al.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2003 Jan;47(1):231-7
 Abstract 

 

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