Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

11057.  Cisse S. Diagnosis of malaria should be considered by U.S. physicians. Am Fam Physician. 2004 Jul 15;70(2):260-1.

11058.  Dev V. Relative utility of dipsticks for diagnosis of malaria in mesoendemic area for Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax in northeastern India. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2004 Summer;4(2):123-30.

11059.  Djimde AA, Dolo A, Ouattara A, Diakite S, Plowe CV, Doumbo OK. Molecular diagnosis of resistance to antimalarial drugs during epidemics and in war zones. J Infect Dis. 2004 Aug 15;190(4):853-5.

11060.  Kumar KA, Oliveira GA, Edelman R, Nardin E, Nussenzweig V. Quantitative Plasmodium sporozoite neutralization assay (TSNA). J Immunol Methods. 2004 Sep;292(1-2):157-64.

11061.  Nandwani S. Evaluation of the direct acridine orange staining method for diagnosis of malaria [letter]. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2004 Jan; 22(1): 68. 

11062.  Rawat DS, Sharma I, Jalah R, Lomash S, Kothekar V, Pasha ST, Sharma YD. Identification, expression, modeled structure and serological characterization of Plasmodium vivax histone 2B. Gene. 2004 Aug 4;337:25-35.

Pathogenesis:

11063.  Cameron A, Read J, Tranter R, Winter VJ, Sessions RB, Brady RL, Vivas L, Easton A, Kendrick H, Croft SL, Barros D, Lavandera JL, Martin JJ, Risco F, Garcia-Ochoa S, Gamo FJ, Sanz L, Leon L, Ruiz JR, Gabarro R, Mallo A, Gomez de las Heras F.  Identification and activity of a series of azole-based compounds with lactate dehydrogenase-directed anti-malarial activity. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jul 23;279(30):31429-39.

11064.  Hermsen CC, de Vlas SJ, van Gemert GJ, Telgt DS, Verhage DF, Sauerwein RW. Testing vaccines in human experimental malaria: statistical analysis of parasitemia measured by a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Aug;71(2):196-201.

11065.  Keller CC, Kremsner PG, Hittner JB, Misukonis MA, Weinberg JB, Perkins DJ. Elevated nitric oxide production in children with malarial anemia: hemozoin-induced nitric oxide synthase type 2 transcripts and nitric oxide in blood mononuclear cells. Infect Immun. 2004 Aug;72(8):4868-73.

11066.  Mockenhaupt FP, Ehrhardt S, Cramer JP, Otchwemah RN, Anemana SD, Goltz K, Mylius F, Dietz E, Eggelte TA, Bienzle U. Hemoglobin C and resistance to severe malaria in Ghanaian children. J Infect Dis. 2004 Sep 1;190(5):1006-9.

11067.  Nanda R, Mishra PK, Das UK, Rout SB, Mohapatra PC, Panda A. Evaluating role of oxidative stress in determining the pathogenesis of falciparum malaria induced acute renal failure.  Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry. 2004 Jan; 19(1): 93-6. 

11068.  Smith TG, Kain KC. Inactivation of Plasmodium falciparum by photodynamic excitation of heme-cycle intermediates derived from delta-aminolevulinic acid. J Infect Dis. 2004 Jul 1;190(1):184-91.

Vaccines:

11069.  Ballou WR, Arevalo-Herrera M, Carucci D, Richie TL, Corradin G, Diggs C, Druilhe P, Giersing BK, Saul A, Heppner DG, Kester KE, Lanar DE, Lyon J, Hill AV, Pan W, Cohen JD. Update on the clinical development of candidate malaria vaccines. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Aug;71(2 Suppl):239-47.

Therapy:

11070.  Ntoumi F, Djimde AA, Mbacham W, Egwang T.  The importance and future of malaria research in Africa. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Aug;71(2 Suppl):IV.