Existing theory on competition for hosts between pathogen strains has proposed that immune
selection can lead to the maintenance of strain structure consisting of discrete, weakly …

OBJECTIVE: To explore the policies for, and implementation of, the community case
management (CCM) of childhood illnesses in the 68 countries that were prioritized by the "…

Panels of informative biallelic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been proposed
to be an economical method to fast-track the population genetic analysis of Plasmodium …

Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum is non-sterilising, thus individuals residing in malaria-endemic
areas are at risk of infection throughout their lifetime. Here we seek to find a genomic …

Pathogens compete for hosts through patterns of cross-protection conferred by immune
responses to antigens. In Plasmodium falciparum malaria, the var multigene family encoding for …

In their competition for hosts, parasites with antigens that are novel to the host immune
system will be at a competitive advantage. The resulting frequency-dependent selection can …

Understanding the epidemiology of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections is
critical for countries to move toward malaria elimination. Using different methods for parasite …

At a time when effective tools for monitoring malaria control and eradication efforts are crucial,
the increasing availability of molecular data motivates their application to epidemiology. …

High-malaria burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa are shifting from malaria control towards
elimination. Hence, there is need to gain a contemporary understanding of how indoor …

Malaria remains a major public health problem in many countries. Unlike influenza and HIV,
where diversity in immunodominant surface antigens is understood geographically to inform …