From high to low malaria transmission in Zanzibar—challenges and opportunities to achieve elimination

Asymptomatic low-density malaria infections: a parasite survival strategy?

(2018) Anders B Björkman   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Relationship Between Exposure, Clinical Malaria, and Age in an Area of Changing Transmission Intensity

(2018) Wendy P. O’Meara et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Marked Increase in Child Survival after Four Years of Intensive Malaria Control

(2018) Immo Kleinschmidt et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Field Evaluation of a High Throughput Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification Test for the Detection of Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections in Zanzibar

(2017) Berit Aydin-Schmidt et al.   PLoS One

Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections may not be shortened by acquired immunity

(2015) Michael T Bretscher et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Field deployment of loop-mediated isothermal amplification for centralized mass-screening of asymptomatic malaria in Zanzibar: a pre-elimination setting

(2015) Ulrika Morris et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Efficacy, persistence and vector susceptibility to pirimiphos-methyl (Actellic® 300CS) insecticide for indoor residual spraying in Zanzibar

(2015) Khamis A. Haji et al.   Parasites & Vectors

SYBR Green Real-Time PCR-RFLP Assay Targeting the Plasmodium Cytochrome B Gene – A Highly Sensitive Molecular Tool for Malaria Parasite Detection and Species Determination

(2015) Weiping Xu et al.   PLoS One

Mass Screening and Treatment on the Basis of Results of a Plasmodium falciparum-Specific Rapid Diagnostic Test Did Not Reduce Malaria Incidence in Zanzibar

(2014) Jackie Cook et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The changing risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in Africa: 2000–10: a spatial and temporal analysis of transmission intensity

(2014) Abdisalan M Noor et al.   LANCET

The rise and fall of malaria in a west African rural community, Dielmo, Senegal, from 1990 to 2012: a 22 year longitudinal study

(2014) Jean-François Trape et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

High effective coverage of vector control interventions in children after achieving low malaria transmission in Zanzibar, Tanzania

(2013) Netta Beer et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Shifts in malaria vector species composition and transmission dynamics along the Kenyan coast over the past 20 years

(2013) Joseph M Mwangangi et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Challenges for malaria elimination in Zanzibar: pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors and poor performance of long-lasting insecticide nets

(2013) Khamis A Haji et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The dynamics of pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles arabiensis from Zanzibar and an assessment of the underlying genetic basis

(2013) Christopher M Jones et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The Usefulness of Rapid Diagnostic Tests in the New Context of Low Malaria Transmission in Zanzibar

(2013) Delér Shakely et al.   PLoS One

Malaria Hotspots Drive Hypoendemic Transmission in the Chittagong Hill Districts of Bangladesh

(2013) Sabeena Ahmed et al.   PLoS One

Changes in Anopheles funestus Biting Behavior Following Universal Coverage of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets in Benin

(2012) Nicolas Moiroux et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Change in composition of the Anopheles gambiae complex and its possible implications for the transmission of malaria and lymphatic filariasis in north-eastern Tanzania

(2012) Yahya A Derua et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Decreased prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum resistance markers to amodiaquine despite its wide scale use as ACT partner drug in Zanzibar

(2012) Gabrielle Fröberg et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Trends in malaria cases, hospital admissions and deaths following scale-up of anti-malarial interventions, 2000–2010, Rwanda

(2012) Corine Karema et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Impact of pyrethroid resistance on operational malaria control in Malawi

(2012) C. S. Wondji et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Factors determining the occurrence of submicroscopic malaria infections and their relevance for control

(2012) Lucy C. Okell et al.   Nature Communications

Hitting Hotspots: Spatial Targeting of Malaria for Control and Elimination

(2012) Teun Bousema et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Development of a Highly Sensitive Genus-Specific Quantitative Reverse Transcriptase Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection and Quantitation of Plasmodium by Amplifying RNA and DNA of the 18S rRNA Genes

(2011) E. Kamau et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Relation between falciparum malaria and bacteraemia in Kenyan children: a population-based, case-control study and a longitudinal study

(2011) J Anthony G Scott et al.   LANCET

Reductions in malaria and anaemia case and death burden at hospitals following scale-up of malaria control in Zanzibar, 1999-2008

(2011) Maru W Aregawi et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Association of sub-microscopic malaria parasite carriage with transmission intensity in north-eastern Tanzania

(2011) Alphaxard Manjurano et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Serological Markers Suggest Heterogeneity of Effectiveness of Malaria Control Interventions on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

(2011) Jackie Cook et al.   PLoS One

Travel risk, malaria importation and malaria transmission in Zanzibar

(2011) Arnaud Le Menach et al.   Scientific Reports

Shrinking the malaria map: progress and prospects

(2010) Richard GA Feachem et al.   LANCET

System effectiveness of a targeted free mass distribution of long lasting insecticidal nets in Zanzibar, Tanzania

(2010) Netta Beer et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

A large proportion of asymptomatic Plasmodium infections with low and sub-microscopic parasite densities in the low transmission setting of Temotu Province, Solomon Islands: challenges for malaria diagnostics in an elimination setting

(2010) Ivor Harris et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

A progressive declining in the burden of malaria in north-eastern Tanzania

(2010) Bruno P Mmbando et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Anopheles gambiae: historical population decline associated with regional distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets in western Nyanza Province, Kenya

(2010) M Nabie Bayoh et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Continued Decline of Malaria in The Gambia with Implications for Elimination

(2010) Serign J. Ceesay et al.   PLoS One

Pyrethroid resistance in African anopheline mosquitoes: what are the implications for malaria control?

(2010) Hilary Ranson et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Maintaining momentum for malaria elimination

(2009) The Lancet   LANCET

Endemicity response timelines for Plasmodium falciparum elimination

(2009) David L Smith et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Rapid Assessment of Malaria Transmission Using Age-Specific Sero-Conversion Rates

(2009) Laveta Stewart et al.   PLoS One

Substantial Contribution of Submicroscopical Plasmodium falciparum Gametocyte Carriage to the Infectious Reservoir in an Area of Seasonal Transmission

(2009) André Lin Ouédraogo et al.   PLoS One

Adherence to artesunate-amodiaquine combination therapy for uncomplicated malaria in children in Zanzibar, Tanzania

(2009) Netta Beer et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

From malaria control to eradication: The WHO perspective

(2009) Kamini Mendis et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Influence of Rapid Malaria Diagnostic Tests on Treatment and Health Outcome in Fever Patients, Zanzibar—A Crossover Validation Study

(2009) Mwinyi I. Msellem et al.   PLOS MEDICINE