MALARIA

Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:  

7336.   Baheti R; Raddha P; Gehlot RS. Liver involvement in falciparum malaria a histopathological analysis Journal, Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine. 2003 Jan-Mar; 4(1): 34-8.

7337.   Banerjee A, Nayak B. Epidemilogical and entomological correlation of  malaria transmission in an air force station. Med J Armed Forces India 2001, 57 (3), 191-3.

7338.   Barone R, Simpore J, Malaguarnera L, Pignatelli S, Musumeci S.  Plasma chitotriosidase activity in acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria. J Trop Pediatr. 2003 Feb;49(1):63

7339.   Birkholtz L, Joubert F, Neitz AW, Louw AI. Comparative properties of a three-dimensional model of Plasmodium falciparum ornithine decarboxylase. Proteins. 2003 Feb 15;50(3):464-73.

7340.   Cattamanchi A, Kyabayinze D, Hubbard A, Rosenthal PJ, Dorsey G.  Distinguishing recrudescence from reinfection in a longitudinal antimalarial drug efficacy study: comparison of results based on genotyping of msp-1, msp-2, and glurp. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Feb;68(2):133-9.

7341.   Chattopadhyay R, Sharma A, Srivastava VK, Pati SS, Sharma SK, Das BS, Chitnis CE.  Plasmodium falciparum infection elicits both variant-specific and cross-reactive antibodies against variant surface antigens. Infect Immun. 2003 Feb;71(2):597-604.

7342.   Dev V, Ansari M  A, Hira C R, Barman K. An outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria due to Anopheles minimus in central Assam, India. Indian J Malar 2001, 38(1-2), 32-8.

7343.   Dua V K, Gupta N C, Kar P K, Edwards G, Singh N, Sharma V P. Pharmacokinetics of chloroquine in Indian tribal and non-tribal healthy volunteers and patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Curr Sci 2002, 83(9), 1128-31.

7344.   Grau GE, Mackenzie CD, Carr RA, Redard M, Pizzolato G, Allasia C, Cataldo C, Taylor TE, Molyneux ME.  Platelet accumulation in brain microvessels in fatal pediatric cerebral malaria. J Infect Dis. 2003 Feb 1;187(3):461-6.

7345.   Jaganathan C, Khan S A, Ramesh Chandra, Singh H, Srivasrava V, Raju P L N. characterization of malaria vector habitats using  remote sensing and GIS. J Indian Soc Remote Sensing 2001, 29(1-2), 31-6.

7346.   Kamal S, Das S C. Epidemiological observation on malaria in some parts of Darrang district, Assam. Indian J Malar 2001, 38(1-2), 25-31.

7347.   Kamble M B, Raut P P, Hussain Z F. Cerebral malaria in rural India. Indian J Pedeat 2002, 69(8), 659-61.

7348.   Kinyanjui SM, Bull P, Newbold CI, Marsh K.  Kinetics of antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocyte variant surface antigens. J Infect Dis. 2003 Feb 15;187(4):667-74.

7349.   Manish R, Tripathy R, Das BK.  Plasma glucose and tumour necrosis factor-alpha in adult patients with severe falciparum malaria. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Feb;8(2):125-8.

7350.   Mehta S R, Kashyap A S, Thergaonkar R, Dhaliwal H. Management of cerebral malaria in the year 2001. Med J Armed Forces India 2001, 57(4), 317-9.

7351.   Patsoula E, Spanakos G, Sofianatou D, Parara M, Vakalis NC.  A single-step, PCR-based method for the detection and differentiation of Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2003 Jan;97(1):15-21.

7352.   Perandin F, Manca N, Piccolo G, Calderaro A, Galati L, Ricci L, Medici MC, Arcangeletti C, Dettori G, Chezzi C.  Identification of Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale and P. malariae and detection of mixed infection in patients with imported malaria in Italy. New Microbiol. 2003 Jan;26(1):91-100.

7353.   Raut D K, Pandey G K. Childhood malaria and use of bednets in Kolkata. Indian J Malar 2001, 38(1-2), 39-42.

7354.   Rogerson SJ, Pollina E, Getachew A, Tadesse E, Lema VM, Molyneux ME.   Placental monocyte infiltrates in response to Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection and their association with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Jan;68(1):115-9.

7355.   Singh N, Valecha N, Nagpal AC, Mishra SS, Varma HS, Subbarao SK.  The hospital- and field-based performances of the OptiMAL test, for malaria diagnosis and treatment monitoring in central India. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2003 Jan;97(1):5-13.

7356.   Utarini A, Winkvist A, Ulfa FM.  Rapid assessment procedures of malaria in low endemic countries: community perceptions in Jepara district, Indonesia. Soc Sci Med. 2003 Feb;56(4):701-12.

Pathogenesis:

7357.   Boutlis CS, Fagan PK, Gowda DC, Lagog M, Mgone CS, Bockarie MJ, Anstey NM.  Immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses to Plasmodium falciparum glycosylphosphatidylinositols are short-lived and predominantly of the IgG3 subclass.

7358.   Cot M, Le Hesran JY, Staalsoe T, Fievet N, Hviid L, Deloron P.  Maternally  transmitted antibodies to pregnancy-associated variant antigens on the surface of erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium falciparum: relation to child susceptibility to malaria. Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Feb 1;157(3):203-9.

7359.   Crispe IN.   Hepatic T cells and liver tolerance. Nat Rev Immunol. 2003 Jan;3(1):51-62.

7360.   Gunther A, Grobusch MP, Slevogt H, Abel W, Burchard GD.  Myocardial damage in falciparum malaria detectable by cardiac troponin T is rare. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Jan;8(1):30-2.

7361.   Heales S.  Increased nitric oxide production and protection from malaria. Lancet. 2003 Feb 15;361(9357):609-10

7362.   Juliger S, Bongartz M, Luty AJ, Kremsner PG, Kun JF.   Functional analysis of a promoter variant of the gene encoding the interferon-gamma receptor chain I. Immunogenetics. 2003 Jan;54(10):675-80.

7363.   Khattab A, Kremsner PG, Klinkert MQ. Common surface-antigen var genes of limited diversity expressed by Plasmodium falciparum placental isolates separated by time and space. J Infect Dis. 2003 Feb 1;187(3):477-83.

7364.   Li JL, Cox LS.  Characterisation of a sexual stage-specific gene encoding ORC1 homologue in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Parasitol Int. 2003 Mar;52(1):41-52.

7365.   Li T, Glushakova S, Zimmerberg J.  A new method for culturing Plasmodium falciparum shows replication at the highest erythrocyte densities. J Infect Dis. 2003 Jan 1;187(1):159-62.

7366.   Maier AG, Duraisingh MT, Reeder JC, Patel SS, Kazura JW, Zimmerman PA, Cowman AF.  Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte invasion through glycophorin C and selection for Gerbich negativity in human populations. Nat Med. 2003 Jan;9(1):87-92.

7367.   May J, Meyer CG.  Association of Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter variant T76 with age-related plasma chloroquine levels. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Feb;68(2):143-6.

7368.   Mockenhaupt FP, Mandelkow J, Till H, Ehrhardt S, Eggelte TA, Bienzle U.  Reduced prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection and of concomitant anaemia in pregnant women with heterozygous G6PD deficiency. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Feb;8(2):118-24.

7369.   Ofori MF, Staalsoe T, Bam V, Lundquist M, David KP, Browne EN, Akanmori BD, Hviid L.  Expression of variant surface antigens by Plasmodium falciparum parasites in the peripheral blood of clinically immune pregnant women indicates ongoing placental infection. Infect Immun. 2003 Mar;71(3):1584-6.

7370.   Rogerson SJ, Brown HC, Pollina E, Abrams ET, Tadesse E, Lema VM, Molyneux ME.  Placental tumor necrosis factor alpha but not gamma interferon is associated with placental malaria and low birth weight in Malawian women. Infect Immun. 2003 Jan;71(1):267-70.

7371.   Schmider N, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Restrepo M, Jelinek T.  Short communication: point mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase genes of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Colombia. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Feb;8(2):129-32.

7372.   Schwarzer E, Kuhn H, Valente E, Arese P.  Malaria-parasitized erythrocytes and hemozoin nonenzymatically generate large amounts of hydroxy fatty acids that inhibit monocyte functions. Blood. 2003 Jan 15;101(2):722-8.

7373.   Seoh JY, Khan M, Park SH, Park HK, Shin MH, Ha EH, Lee BE, Yoo K, Han HS, Oh S, Wi JH, Hong CK, Oh CH, Kim YA, Park JW. Serum cytokine profiles in patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria: a comparison between those who presented with and without hyperpyrexia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Jan;68(1):102-6.

7374.   Siekmann JH, Allen LH, Watnik MR, Nestel P, Neumann CG, Shoenfeld Y, Peter JB, Patnik M, Ansari AA, Coppel RL, Gershwin ME.   Titers of antibody to common pathogens: relation to food-based interventions in rural Kenyan schoolchildren. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Jan;77(1):242-9.

Vaccines:

7375.   Boutlis CS, Fagan PK, Gowda DC, Lagog M, Mgone CS, Bockarie MJ, Anstey NM. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses to Plasmodium falciparum glycosylphosphatidylinositols are short-lived and predominantly of the IgG3 subclass. J Infect Dis  2003 Mar 1;187(5):862-5

Therapy:

7376.   Heales S.  Increased nitric oxide production and protection from malaria. Lancet. 2003 Feb 15;361(9357):609-10

7377.   Schmider N, Peyerl-Hoffmann G, Restrepo M, Jelinek T. Short communication: point mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase genes of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Colombia. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Feb;8(2):129-32.

7378.   Siekmann JH, Allen LH, Watnik MR, Nestel P, Neumann CG, Shoenfeld Y, Peter JB, Patnik M, Ansari AA, Coppel RL, Gershwin ME.  Titers of antibody to common pathogens: relation to food-based interventions in rural Kenyan schoolchildren. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Jan;77(1):242-9.

7379.   Urban BC, Roberts DJ.  Inhibition of T cell function during malaria: implications for immunology and vaccinology. J Exp Med. 2003 Jan 20;197(2):137-41.

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