Malaria Bulletin – August 2009

The latest issue of the Malaria Bulletin is now on the Environmental Health at USAID website at:
http://www.ehproject.org/PDF/ehkm/malariabulletin-aug09.pdf (pdf, 315KB)

It contains citations and abstracts to approximately 60 malaria studies published in August 2009.

Below are titles to some of the studies in this issue:

Acta Trop. 2009 Aug 13.
- Plasmodium falciparum parasite infection prevalence from a household survey in Zambia using
- Distribution and larval habitat characterization of Anopheles moucheti, Anopheles nili, and
- Species B of Anopheles culicifacies (Diptera: Culicidae) is reproductively less fit than species A and C
AIDS. 2009 Aug 1.
- Impact of HIV infection on severity of imported malaria is restricted to patients with CD4 cell counts

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Aug;81(2):366-9.
- Quantitative determination of Plasmodium vivax gametocytes by real-time quantitative nucleic acid
- Common genotypic polymorphisms in glutathione S-transferases in mild and severe falciparum malaria
- Use of a histidine-rich protein 2-based rapid diagnostic test for malaria by health personnel during
Ann Bot (Lond). 2009 Aug;104(2):315-23.
- Enhancement of artemisinin concentration and yield in response to optimization of nitrogen and potassium supply to Artemisia annua.

Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis. 2009;2009:617954.
- The Impact of HIV and Malaria Coinfection: What Is Known and Suggested Venues for Further Study.

J Community Health. 2009 Aug;34(4):288-94.
- Malaria prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa: a field study in rural Uganda.