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Antimalarial Resistance and What it Means for Global Health

October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 Marinanicole Schultheiss

By: Juliana Sopko Image courtesy of Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata; CC-BY-SA. Malaria is a class of parasites (P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale,

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Outbreak News

Local Malaria Transmission Returns to U.S. After 20 Years

July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 Marinanicole Schultheiss

By: Kelsey Toups Image courtesy of Public Health Image Library. Malaria cases in the United States have primarily been contracted through international travel since 2003.

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Multiple Outbreaks Amidst Crisis in Venezuela

June 7, 2018 Emily Wolfson

  The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning on May 15, 2018 that nonessential travel to Venezuela should be avoided.

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Madrid Reports Locally Transmitted Malaria Case in Infant

March 14, 2018 Jackie Sheridan

  A case of malaria in a three-month old infant was confirmed on Wednesday, February 24th, 2018. The infant was originally admitted to the hospital

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Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Cambodia

January 27, 2016 Colleen Nguyen

An NIH study published in The Lancet Infectious Disease earlier this month indicates that the anti-malarial medication dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine has failed to treat Plasmodium falciparum malaria

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Malaria Ravages South Sudan

January 10, 2016 Colleen Nguyen

South Sudan is experiencing an ‘unprecedented’ outbreak of malaria, with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) stating that this year’s malaria outbreak is the ‘most

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Malaria Ravages South Sudan

January 10, 2016 Colleen Nguyen

South Sudan is experiencing an ‘unprecedented’ outbreak of malaria, with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) stating that this year’s malaria outbreak is the ‘most

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Antibiotic Use and Mosquitoes’ Ability to Transmit Malaria

February 2, 2015January 25, 2023 Emily Cohn

In an article published in Nature Communications in January of 2015, a connection was revealed between the presence of antibiotics in human blood and increased

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Infectious Diseases and the World Cup

June 16, 2014January 25, 2023 Alexandra Thomsen

Over 600,000 people are expected to be traveling from around the world to attend the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which began on June 12 in

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Research & Policy

The P. Vivax Comeback — Is Malaria Beating Natural Defense?

December 9, 2013January 25, 2023 Karen Biala

Africans who were thought to be protected against malaria infection by the Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) parasite now seem to be at risk for the

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