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Malaria and COVID-19

  1. The negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare service utilization has been reported in several countries. In Gabon, data on the preparedness for future pandemic are lacking. The aim of the present stu...

    Authors: Denise Patricia Mawili-Mboumba, Fanny Bertrande Batchy Ognagosso, Noé Patrick M’Bondoukwé, Jacques Mari Ndong Ngomo, Bridy Chesly Moutombi Ditombi, Ahmed Adissa Agbanrin, Tatiana Nymane, Bedrich Pongui Ngondza, Reinne Moutongo Mouandza, Coella Joyce Mihindou, Dimitri Ardin Mabika Moussavou, Ornella Anaïse Mbang Nguema and Marielle Karine Bouyou-Akotet
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2025 24:28
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  2. The most widely used anti-malarial drug artemisinin (ART) is metabolized extensively, but the therapeutic capacity of its major metabolite remains unknown. Whether the major metabolite of ART (ART-M) contribut...

    Authors: Fanping Zhu, Huixiu Mao, Shanshan Du, Hongchang Zhou, Rui Zhang, Pingli Li and Jie Xing
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2024 23:328
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  3. Reports on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of malaria care and burden in sub Saharan Africa have provided a mixed picture to date. The impact of the 2nd (Delta) and 3rd (Omicron) COVID-19 waves ...

    Authors: Pius Mukisa, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Arthur Mpimbaza, Jaffer Okiring, Joan N. Kalyango and Joaniter I. Nankabirwa
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2024 23:323
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  4. The World Health Organization novel malaria vaccine for at-risk children has the potential to greatly reduce the current malaria burden in sub-Saharan Africa. However, most studies have reported contradictory ...

    Authors: Eustes Kigongo, Amir Kabunga, Marc Sam Opollo, Raymond Tumwesigye, Marvin Musinguzi, Anne Ruth Akello, Jannat Nabaziwa, Temesgen Geta Hardido and Sean Steven Puleh
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2024 23:182
    Content type: Review Published on:

  5. Disruptions in malaria control due to COVID-19 mitigation measures were predicted to increase malaria morbidity and mortality in Africa substantially. In Uganda, long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are dist...

    Authors: Jaffer Okiring, Samuel Gonahasa, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Agaba Katureebe, Irene Bagala, Peter Mutungi, Simon P. Kigozi, Jane F. Namuganga, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Moses R. Kamya, Martin J. Donnelly, Thomas S. Churcher, Sarah G. Staedke and Ellie Sherrard-Smith
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2024 23:180
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  6. It was hypothesized that glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency confers a protective effect against malaria infection, however, safety concerns have been raised regarding haemolytic toxicity cause...

    Authors: Usa Boonyuen, Beatriz Aira C. Jacob, Jutamas Wongwigkan, Kamonwan Chamchoy, Natsamon Singha-art, Natnicha Pengsuk, Duantida Songdej, Emily R. Adams, Thomas Edwards, Supat Chamnanchanunt, Syazwani Itri Amran, Nurriza Ab Latif, Naveen Eugene Louis and Shamini Chandran
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2024 23:38
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  7. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected malaria control activities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) resulting in 690,000 excess deaths in the year 2021. The authors hypothesized that COVID-19 affected...

    Authors: Richard Kabaka Mumali, Charles Okolimong, Tonny Kabuuka, Yovani Moses Lubaale, Ambrose Okibure, Francis Okello, David Soita and Peter Olupot-Olupot
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:360
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  8. Entomological surveillance is traditionally conducted by supervised teams of trained technicians. However, it is expensive and limiting in the number of sites visited. Surveillance through community-based coll...

    Authors: Bernard Abong’o, Michelle C. Stanton, Martin J. Donnelly, Eric Ochomo, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Aaron M. Samuels, Simon Kariuki, George Musula, Richard Oxborough, Stephen Munga, Steve J. Torr and John E. Gimnig
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:203
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  9. Control of malaria parasite transmission can be enhanced by understanding which human demographic groups serve as the infectious reservoirs. Because vector biting can be heterogeneous, some infected individual...

    Authors: Rex B. Mbewe, John B. Keven, Charles Mangani, Mark L. Wilson, Themba Mzilahowa, Don P. Mathanga, Clarissa Valim, Miriam K. Laufer, Edward D. Walker and Lauren M. Cohee
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:115
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  10. For a country such as South Africa which is targeting malaria elimination, mobile and migrant populations pose a substantial risk to importation of malaria parasites. It has been hypothesized that halting cros...

    Authors: Rajendra Maharaj, Abigail Ward, Bradley Didier, Ishen Seocharan, Nina Firas, Ryleen Balawanth, Dominic Lucero, Natashia Morris, Mbavhalelo Shandukani, Eric Raswiswi, Gillian Malatjie, Erik Mabunda and Devanand Moonasar
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:107
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  11. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted malaria control activities globally. Notably, high levels of excess malaria morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) were reported. Although it is...

    Authors: Jiwook Park, Seungwoo Kang, Dayoung Seok, Yae Jee Baek, Se Young An, Junga Lee, Alina Jun and Sun-Young Kim
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:41
    Content type: Review Published on:

  12. Malaria‐endemic areas are not spared from the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), leading to co-infection scenarios where overlapping symptoms impose serious diagnostic challenges. Current knowledge...

    Authors: Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, Daniela L. Mendoza-Millán, Óscar D. Omaña-Ávila, Sinibaldo R. Romero, Augusto Moncada-Ortega, Mary Lopez-Perez, Jaime R. Torres, Óscar Noya-González and David A. Forero-Peña
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:11
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  13. The COVID-19 pandemic and its collateral damage severely impact health systems globally and risk to worsen the malaria situation in endemic countries. Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in G...

    Authors: Anna-Katharina Heuschen, Alhassan Abdul-Mumin, Martin Adokiya, Guangyu Lu, Albrecht Jahn, Oliver Razum, Volker Winkler and Olaf Müller
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2022 21:149
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  14. Rwanda has achieved impressive reductions in malaria morbidity and mortality over the past two decades. However, the disruption of essential services due to the current Covid-19 pandemic can lead to a reversal...

    Authors: Dieudonne Hakizimana, Christian Ntizimira, Aimable Mbituyumuremyi, Emmanuel Hakizimana, Hani Mahmoud, Pascal Birindabagabo, Clarisse Musanabaganwa and Diane Gashumba
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2022 21:48
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  15. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented challenges to health systems worldwide, including the control of non-COVID-19 diseases. Malaria cases and deaths may increase due to the direct and indirect ...

    Authors: Anna-Katharina Heuschen, Guangyu Lu, Oliver Razum, Alhassan Abdul-Mumin, Osman Sankoh, Lorenz von Seidlein, Umberto D’Alessandro and Olaf Müller
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2021 20:339
    Content type: Review Published on:

  16. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a unique challenge to health care systems globally. To curb COVID-19 transmission, mitigation measures such as travel restrictions, border closures, c...

    Authors: Samuel Gavi, Oscar Tapera, Joseph Mberikunashe and Mufaro Kanyangarara
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2021 20:233
    Content type: Case study Published on:

  17. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in massive global disruptions with considerable impact on the delivery of health services and national health programmes. Since the detection of the first COVID-19 case on 5t...

    Authors: Kinley Penjor, Tobgyal, Tandin Zangpo, Archie C. A. Clements, Darren J. Gray and Kinley Wangdi
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2021 20:20
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  18. The incidence and mortality of COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization reports, shows a noticeable difference between North America, Western Europe, and South Asia on one hand and most African cou...

    Authors: Mogahed Ismail Hassan Hussein, Ahmed Abdalazim Dafallah Albashir, Omer Ali Mohamed Ahmed Elawad and Anmar Homeida
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2020 19:457
    Content type: Review Published on:

  19. The global COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting the maintenance of various disease control programmes, including malaria. In some malaria-endemic countries, funding and personnel reallocations were executed fr...

    Authors: Ajib Diptyanusa and Karen Nelwin Zablon
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2020 19:411
    Content type: Opinion Published on: