Epidemiology of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale spp. in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Authors: Rachel Sendor, Kristin Banek, Melchior M. Kashamuka, Nono Mvuama, Joseph A. Bala, Marthe Nkalani, Georges Kihuma, Joseph Atibu, Kyaw L. Thwai, W. Matthew Svec, Varun Goel, Tommy Nseka, Jessica T. Lin, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Michael Emch, Margaret Carrel, Jonathan J. Juliano, Antoinette Tshefu, Jonathan B. Parr

Source: Nature Communications, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2023)

Subject Terms: Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723

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The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Authors: Nicholas F. Brazeau, Cedar L. Mitchell, Andrew P. Morgan, Molly Deutsch-Feldman, Oliver John Watson, Kyaw L. Thwai, Pere Gelabert, Lucy van Dorp, Corinna Y. Keeler, Andreea Waltmann, Michael Emch, Valerie Gartner, Ben Redelings, Gregory A. Wray, Melchior K. Mwandagalirwa, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Joris L. Likwela, Jessie K. Edwards, Robert Verity, Jonathan B. Parr, Steven R. Meshnick, Jonathan J. Juliano

Source: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)

Subject Terms: Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723

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A novel CRISPR-based malaria diagnostic capable of Plasmodium detection, species differentiation, and drug-resistance genotyping

Authors: Clark H. Cunningham, Christopher M. Hennelly, Jessica T. Lin, Ratawan Ubalee, Ross M. Boyce, Edgar M. Mulogo, Nicholas Hathaway, Kyaw L. Thwai, Fernandine Phanzu, Albert Kalonji, Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa, Antoinette Tshefu, Jonathan J. Juliano, Jonathan B. Parr

Source: EBioMedicine, Vol 68, Iss , Pp 103415- (2021)

Subject Terms: SHERLOCK, Malaria, CRISPR, Cas13a, Diagnostic, Medicine, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396421002085; https://doaj.org/toc/2352-3964

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Effect of individual and community-level bed net usage on malaria prevalence among under-fives in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Authors: Lauren Levitz, Mark Janko, Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa, Kyaw L. Thwai, Joris L. Likwela, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Michael Emch, Steven R. Meshnick

Source: Malaria Journal, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018)

Subject Terms: Malaria, Mosquito nets, ITNs, LLINs, DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2183-y; https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875

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Individual and household characteristics of persons with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sites with varying endemicities in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Authors: Melchior Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa, Lauren Levitz, Kyaw L. Thwai, Jonathan B. Parr, Varun Goel, Mark Janko, Antoinette Tshefu, Michael Emch, Steven R. Meshnick, Margaret Carrel

Source: Malaria Journal, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)

Subject Terms: Malaria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Longitudinal study, Surveillance, RDT, PCR, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-2110-7; https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875

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Increased risk of low birth weight in women with placental malaria associated with P. falciparum VAR2CSA clade

Authors: Jaymin C. Patel, Nicholas J. Hathaway, Christian M. Parobek, Kyaw L. Thwai, Mwayiwawo Madanitsa, Carole Khairallah, Linda Kalilani-Phiri, Victor Mwapasa, Achille Massougbodji, Nadine Fievet, Jeffery A. Bailey, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Philippe Deloron, Stephanie M. Engel, Steve M. Taylor, Jonathan J. Juliano, Nicaise Tuikue Ndam, Steven R. Meshnick

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2017)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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Surveillance for sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistant malaria parasites in the Lake and Southern Zones, Tanzania, using pooling and next-generation sequencing

Authors: Jeremiah M. Ngondi, Deus S. Ishengoma, Stephanie M. Doctor, Kyaw L. Thwai, Corinna Keeler, Sigsbert Mkude, Oresto M. Munishi, Ritha A. Willilo, Shabbir Lalji, Naomi Kaspar, Chonge Kitojo, Lynn A. Paxton, Nicholas J. Hathaway, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Jonathan J. Juliano, Steven R. Meshnick, Julie Gutman

Source: Malaria Journal, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)

Subject Terms: Plasmodium falciparum, Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, Tanzania, Malaria, Resistance, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1886-9; https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875

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Correction to: Individual and household characteristics of persons with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sites with varying endemicities in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Authors: Melchior Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa, Lauren Levitz, Kyaw L. Thwai, Jonathan B. Parr, Varun Goel, Mark Janko, Antoinette Tshefu, Michael Emch, Steven R. Meshnick, Margaret Carrel

Source: Malaria Journal, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-1 (2018)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2429-8; https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875

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The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Authors: Nicholas F. Brazeau (Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina), Cedar L. Mitchell (Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina), Andrew P. Morgan (Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina), Molly Deutsch-Feldman (Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina), Oliver John Watson (Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London), Kyaw L. Thwai (Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina), Pere Gelabert (Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna), Lucy van Dorp (UCL Genetics Institute, University College London), Corinna Y. Keeler (Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina), Andreea Waltmann (Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina), Michael Emch (epartment of Geography, University of North Carolina), Valerie Gartner (Department of Biology, Duke University), Ben Redelings (Department of Biology, Duke University), Gregory A. Wray (Department of Biology, Duke University), Melchior K. Mwandagalirwa (Kinshasa School of Public Health), Antoinette K. Tshefu (Kinshasa School of Public Health), Joris L. Likwela (Programme National de la Lutte Contre le Paludisme, Kinshasa), Jessie K. Edwards (Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina), Robert Verity (Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London), Jonathan B. Parr (Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina), Steven R. Meshnick (Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina), Jonathan J. Juliano (Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina)

Availability: http://data.europeana.eu/aggregation/europeana/1300/https___phaidra_univie_ac_at_o_1604228

Spatial and epidemiological drivers of Plasmodium falciparum malaria among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Authors: Steven R Meshnick, Molly Deutsch-Feldman, Nicholas F Brazeau, Kyaw L Thwai, Jeremie Muwonga, Melchior Kashamuka, Antoinette Tshefu Kitoto, Ozkan Aydemir, Jeffrey A Bailey, Jessie K Edwards, Robert Verity, Emily W Gower

Source: BMJ Global Health, Vol 5, Iss 6 (2020)

Subject Terms: Medicine (General), R5-920, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/6/e002316.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2059-7908

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