Malaria epidemiology

Wernsdorfer, W. H. 1994. Epidemiology of drug resistance in malaria. Acta Tropical, 56 143-156. 

Jalloh A, Tantular IS, Pusarawati S, et al. Rapid epidemiologic assessment of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in malaria-endemic areas in Southeast Asia using a novel diagnostic kit. Trap Med Int Health. 2004 9 615-623. 

Several species and populations from other Anopheles complexes have been discriminated based on CHC patterns. Examples include all five species of the An. quad-rimaculus complex (Carlson et al., 1997), some species of the An. maculipennis complex (Phillips et al., 1990a), malaria-vector and non-vector forms of the An. maculates complex (Kittayapong et al., 1990, 1993), and An. Stephensi strains susceptible or resistant to DDT and malathion (Anyanwu et al., 1993, 1997). CHCs have been used in combination with isoenzyme analysis to successfully differentiate populations of An. darlingi (Rosa-Freitas et al., 1992). All these findings demonstrate that hydrocarbon analysis is a powerful tool for distinguishing mosquito species and populations. This is particularly important for disease vectors, since it can facilitate interpretation of epidemiological data and assist implementation of control measures. 

Wongsrichanalai, C., Rickard, A. L., Wernsdorfer, W. H., Meshnick, S. R. Epidemiology of drug-resistant malaria. Lancet Infect. Diseases 2002, 2, 209-218. 

Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRi/University of Oxford/ Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya... 

It would be interesting to know whether there is any (say, epidemiologic) connection between malarial immunity and cancer immunity. Thus, many native inhabitants of the tropical areas fortunately develop immunity to malaria, which may or may not be related to the inhibition of the malarial enzyme lactate dehydrogenase or other critical malarial enzymes. 

Rapid epidemiologic assessment of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in malaria-endemic areas in Southeast Asia using a novel diagnostic kit. 

Niemand J, Louw Al, Birkholtz L, Kirk K (2012) Polyamine uptake by the intraerythrocytic malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. Int J Parasitol 42(10) 921-929 Nunes MC, Dones W, Morillo CA, Encina JJ, Ribeiro AL (2013) Chagas disease an overview of clinical and epidemiological aspects. J Am CoU Cardiol 62(9) 767-776 Oza SL, Tetaud E, Ariyanayagam MR, Warnon SS, Fairlamb AH (2002) A single enzyme catalyses formation of trypanothione from glutathione and spermidine in Trypanosoma cruzi. J Biol Chem 277 35853-35861... 

K. Macintyre, S. Sosler, F. LetipUa, M. Lochigan, S. Hassig, S. A. Omar, and J. Githure. A new tool for malaria prevention Results of a trial of permethrin-impregnated bedsheets (shukas) in an area of unstable transmission. International Journal of Epidemiology, 32,1, 157-160, 2003. 

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