topnaman | Malaria blog

Check out these blasts from the past. Larry Fillion  has assembled an incredible collection of stamps on all things malaria. Nearly 150 ‘countries’ are represented – though some are colonies, others no longer exist, and many have changed names… Most seem to date from 1950s-70s when they were issued in support of the global malaria [...]

The combined gametocidal effect of primaquine plus artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) to reduce post-treatment transmission of P. falciparum malaria is a key operational research question for malaria treatment (previously discussed here). And the evidence of adding primaquine, particularly in areas of low to medium transmission, keeps piling up. Smithius et al. report results from a massive [...]