Background: Poor knowledge on the afebrile Plasmodium falciparum biology limits elimination approaches to target asymptomatic malaria. Therefore, the association of parasite factors involved in cytoadhesion, parasite multiplication and gametocyte maturation with afebrile malaria was assessed.
Methods: Pl...
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Background: Diarrheal disease remains a leading cause of illness and death, particularly in low-income countries. Its burden, microbiological causes and risk factors were examined in children aged 0-59 months living in Manhiça, rural southern Mozambique.
Methods: Trends of diarrhea-related burd...
Vários fatores ambientais e do hospedeiro contribuem para o desfecho da tuberculose, curiosamente polimorfismos de nucleotídeo único (SNPs) em genes candidatos têm sido avaliados em populações com diferentes etnias e infecção por TB. No presente estudo, focamos em SNPs em citocinas e genes mediad...
There are no large-scale ex vivo studies addressing the contribution of Plasmodium falciparum in the bone marrow to anaemia. The presence of malaria parasites and haemozoin were studied in bone marrows from 290 anaemic children attending a rural hospital in Mozambique. eripheral blood infections were det...
