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Influence of rapid malaria diagnostic tests on treatment and health outcome in fever patients, Zanzibar: a crossover validation study by Msellem, Mwinyi I, Mårtensson, Andreas, Rotllant, Guida, Bhattarai, Achuyt, Strömberg, Johan, Kahigwa, Elizeus, Garcia, Montse, Petzold, Max, Olumese, Peter, Ali, Abdullah, Björkman, Anders

“…The use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for Plasmodium falciparum malaria is being suggested to improve diagnostic efficiency in peripheral health care…”
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Early home treatment of childhood fevers with ineffective antimalarials is deleterious in the outcome of severe malaria by Orimadegun, Adebola E, Amodu, Olukemi K, Olumese, Peter E, Omotade, Olayemi O

“…Early diagnosis and prompt treatment including appropriate home-based treatment of malaria is a major strategy for malaria control. A major determinant of…”
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From chloroquine to artemether-lumefantrine: the process of drug policy change in Zambia by Sipilanyambe, Naawa, Simon, Jonathon L, Chanda, Pascalina, Olumese, Peter, Snow, Robert W, Hamer, Davidson H

“…Following the recognition that morbidity and mortality due to malaria had dramatically increased in the last three decades, in 2002 the government of Zambia…”
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Concentrations of Chloroquine and Malaria Parasites in Blood in Nigerian Children by MOCKENHAUPT, F. P, MAY, J, BERGQVIST, Y, ADEMOWO, O. G, OLUMESE, P. E, FALUSI, A. G, GROSSTERLINDEN, L, MEYER, C. G, BIENZLE, U

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Plasmodium falciparum Infection: Influence on Hemoglobin Levels in α-Thalassemia and Microcytosis by Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Bienzle, Ulrich, May, Jürgen, Falusi, Adeyinka G., Ademowo, Olusegun G., Olumese, Peter E., Meyer, Christian G.

“…Plasmodium falciparum malaria, α-thalassemia, and anemia are frequent in African children. In 494 nonhospitalized Nigerian children, P. falciparum infection…”
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Epidemiology and surveillance: Changing the global picture of malaria—myth or reality? by Olumese, Peter

“…The burden of malaria remains unacceptably high, and the greatest burden is borne by the African continent. There is now wide agreement on the control…”
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Redoubling efforts to sustain seasonal malaria chemoprevention by Uhomoibhi, Perpetua, Malm, Keziah Laurencia, Cisse, Idrissa, Dzibo, Hamza, Poku-Awuku, Abena, Tchouatieu, André-Marie, Olumese, Peter Ehizibue, Van Hulle, Suzanne, Florey, Lia, Filler, Scott, Banerji, Jaya

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Epidemiology and surveillance : Changing the global picture of malaria-myth or reality?: Malaria research in Africa - Multilateral initiative on malaria by OLUMESE, Peter

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Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the WHO: conclusions and recommendations of March 2013 meeting by

“…The Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the World Health Organization met in Geneva, Switzerland from 13 to 15 March, 2013. This article provides a summary of…”
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Role of medicines in malaria control and elimination by Warsame, Marian, Olumese, Peter, Mendis, Kamini

“…Antimalarial medicines constitute important tools to cure and prevent malaria infections, thereby averting death and disability; their role in reducing the…”
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Influence of Rapid Malaria Diagnostic Tests on Treatment and Health Outcome in Fever Patients, Zanzibar--A Crossover Validation Study: e1000070 by Msellem, Mwinyi I, Mårtensson, Andreas, Rotllant, Guida, Bhattarai, Achuyt, Strömberg, Johan, Kahigwa, Elizeus, Garcia, Montse, Petzold, Max, Olumese, Peter, Ali, Abdullah, Björkman, Anders

“…Background The use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for Plasmodium falciparum malaria is being suggested to improve diagnostic efficiency in peripheral health…”
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High rate of mixed and subpatent malarial infections in southwest Nigeria by May, J, Mockenhaupt, F P, Ademowo, O G, Falusi, A G, Olumese, P E, Bienzle, U, Meyer, C G

“…The rate of malarial parasitemia in children and adults was assessed by microscopy and the polymerase chain reaction in a holoendemic area in Nigeria. A high…”
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Red cell glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase status and pyruvate kinase activity in a Nigerian population by May, Jürgen, Meyer, Christian G., Großterlinden, Lars, Ademowo, Olusegun G., Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Olumese, Peter E., Falusi, Adeyinka G., Luzzatto, Lucio, Bienzle, Ulrich

“…Summary Glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase A− (G6PD A−) deficiency is a common enzymopathy in Africa that sporadically leads to manifest haemolytic anaemia. It…”
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Comparative assessment of Plasmodium falciparum sensitivity to chloroquine and amodiaquine in vitro by Oyedeji, SI, Bassi, PU, Awobode, HO, Olumese, P E

“…The in vitro sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum isolates to chloroquine and amodiaquine were assessed in children with symptomatic uncomplicated malaria in…”
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Impact of subpatent multi-species and multi-clonal plasmodial infections on anaemia in children from Nigeria by May, Jürgen, Falusi, Adeyinka G., Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Ademowo, Olusegun G., Olumese, Peter E., Bienzle, Ulrich, Meyer, Christian G.

“…Childhood anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa is often caused by Plasmodium falciparum malaria. The influence of subpatent, multi-species and polyclonal infections…”
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The contribution of α+–thalassaemia to anaemia in a Nigerian population exposed to intense malaria transmission by Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Falusi, Adeyinka G., May, Juergen, Ademowo, Olusegun G., Olumese, Peter E., Meyer, Christian G., Bienzle, Ulrich

“…Summary The proportion to which α‐thalassaemia contributes to anaemia in Africa is not well recognized. In an area of intense malaria transmission in…”
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