Malaria Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Malaria, including details on prevention, treatment, causes, mosquitoes.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 5 (May)

1. High prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum pfcrt K76T mutation in pregnant women taking chloroquine prophylaxis in Senegal.
   J Antimicrob Chemother, 55(5): 788-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Testosterone responsiveness of spleen and liver in female lymphotoxin beta receptor-deficient mice resistant to blood-stage malaria.
   Microbes Infect, 7(3): 399-409. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Inter-rater and test-retest reliability of three contingent valuation question formats in south-east Nigeria.
   Health Econ, 14(5): 529-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Peptides inducing short-lived antibody responses against Plasmodium falciparum malaria have shorter structures and are read in a different MHC II functional register.
   Biochemistry, 44(18): 6745-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Alterations in the profile of blood cell types during malaria in previously unexposed primigravid monkeys.
   J Infect Dis, 191(11): 1940-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Case definitions of clinical malaria under different transmission conditions in Kilifi District, Kenya.
   J Infect Dis, 191(11): 1932-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Neonatal measles immunity in rural Kenya: the influence of HIV and placental malaria infections on placental transfer of antibodies and levels of antibody in maternal and cord serum samples.
   J Infect Dis, 191(11): 1854-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. The population genetics of the alpha-2 globin locus of orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus).
   J Mol Evol, 60(3): 400-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Plasmodium (Haemamoeba) cathemerium gene sequences for phylogenetic analysis of malaria parasites.
   Parasitol Res, 96(2): 90-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Real-time PCR for detection and identification of Plasmodium spp.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(5): 2435-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Retrospective study of malaria prevalence and Anopheles genus in the area of influence of the Binational Itaipu Reservoir.
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo, 47(2): 81-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Circulating epstein-barr virus in children living in malaria-endemic areas.
    Scand J Immunol, 61(5): 461-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Thalidomide influences the function of macrophages and increases the survival of Plasmodium berghei-infected CBA mice.
    Acta Trop, 94(2): 128-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Brain macrophage activation in murine cerebral malaria precedes accumulation of leukocytes and CD8+ T cell proliferation.
    J Neuroimmunol, 163(1): 73-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Building better T-cell-inducing malaria vaccines.
    Immunology, 115(2): 163-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Erythrocyte variants and the nature of their malaria protective effect.
    Cell Microbiol, 7(6): 753-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Elongating modified conserved peptides eliminates their immunogenicity and protective efficacy against P. falciparum malaria.
    J Struct Biol, 150(3): 245-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Fas has a role in cerebral malaria, but not in proliferation or exclusion of the murine parasite in mice.
    Immunogenetics, 57(3): 293-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Functional and biochemical modifications in skeletal muscles from malarial mice.
    Exp Physiol, 90(3): 417-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Impairment of protective immunity to blood-stage malaria by concurrent nematode infection.
    Infect Immun, 73(6): 3531-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Distinct Th1- and Th2-Type prenatal cytokine responses to Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte invasion ligands.
    Infect Immun, 73(6): 3462-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Differential antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors in patients with cerebral and mild malaria.
    Microbes Infect, 7(4): 682-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. A sensitivity analysis of a randomized controlled trial of zinc in treatment of falciparum malaria in children.
    Contemp Clin Trials, 26(3): 281-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Drug resistance models for malaria.
    Acta Trop, 94(3): 207-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Public health impact of drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
    Acta Trop, 94(3): 163-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Population biology and antimalarial resistance: The transmission of antimalarial drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum.
    Acta Trop, 94(3): 230-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. The origins and spread of antimalarial drug resistance: lessons for policy makers.
    Acta Trop, 94(3): 269-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Antimalarial efficacy of chloroquine, amodiaquine, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, and the combinations of amodiaquine + artesunate and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine + artesunate in Huambo and Bie provinces, central Angola.
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 99(7): 485-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Contribution of the pfmdr1 gene to antimalarial drug-resistance.
    Acta Trop, 94(3): 181-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Positive control wells: a potential answer to remote-area quality assurance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests.
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 99(7): 493-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Identification of three members of the Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae) group and their role in malaria transmission in two ecological zones in Nigeria.
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 99(7): 525-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Malaria in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan: baseline genotypic resistance and efficacy of the artesunate plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and artesunate plus amodiaquine combinations.
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 99(7): 548-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. pfcrt is more than the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance gene: a functional and evolutionary perspective.
    Acta Trop, 94(3): 170-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum in an area of seasonal transmission.
    Acta Trop, 94(3): 260-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Intensity of malaria transmission and the evolution of drug resistance.
    Acta Trop, 94(3): 218-29. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Exploring the folate pathway in Plasmodium falciparum.
    Acta Trop, 94(3): 191-206. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Fitness of drug-resistant malaria parasites.
    Acta Trop, 94(3): 251-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Population structure of malaria parasites: the driving epidemiological forces.
    Acta Trop, 94(3): 241-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Virulence and competitive ability in genetically diverse malaria infections.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(21): 7624-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Efficacy of amodiaquine in uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Nigeria in an area with high-level resistance to chloroquine and sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine.
    Parasitol Res, 96(3): 162-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. PfEMP1 expression is reduced on the surface of knobless Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes.
    J Cell Sci, 118: 2507-18. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Comparative folate metabolism in humans and malaria parasites (part I): pointers for malaria treatment from cancer chemotherapy.
    Trends Parasitol, 21(6): 292-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Modulation of immune responses during HIV-malaria co-infection in pregnancy.
    Trends Parasitol, 21(6): 284-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Real-time PCR methods for monitoring antimalarial drug resistance.
    Trends Parasitol, 21(6): 278-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Exploiting a basic chemosensitizing pharmacophore hypothesis. Part 1: synthesis and biological evaluation of novel arylbromide and bicyclic chemosensitizers against drug-resistant malaria parasites.
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 15(12): 3024-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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