| can source reduction of mosquito larval habitat reduce malaria transmission in tigray, ethiopia? | the development of irrigation schemes by dam construction has led to an increased risk of malaria in tigray, ethiopia. we carried out a pilot study near a microdam to assess whether environmental management could reduce malaria transmission by anopheles arabiensis, the main vector in ethiopia. the study took place in deba village, close to a dam; maisheru village, situated 3-4 km away from the dam, acted as a control. baseline entomological and clinical data were collected in both villages durin ... | 2005 | 16359409 |
| adherence to a six-dose regimen of artemether-lumefantrine among uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum patients in the tigray region, ethiopia. | abstract: background: in 2004, ethiopia switched its first-line treatment of uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria from sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine to a fixed artemisinin-based combination therapy (act), artemether-lumefantrine (al). patient adherence to al regimen is a major determining factor to achieve the desired therapeutic outcome. the aim of this study was to measure patient adherence levels to the six-dose al regimen for the treatment of uncomplicated p. falciparum malaria and to i ... | 2011 | 22141751 |
| in vivo sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine sentitivity study tigray region, southern zone, alamata town, september--november 2001. | the in vivo therapeutic efficacy of sulfadoxine- pyrimethmanine (sp) was assessed in a clinical setting involving 77 falciparum malaria patients diagnosed at alamata sector laboratory, southern tigray in sept--nov. 2001. the objective of the study was to ascertain the continued usefulness of sp in the routine treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria. the patients were selected among 370 patients, aged 6 months and above, presenting for evaluation of febrile illnesses. the 1996 world health ... | 2004 | 15884275 |
| malaria, schistosomiasis, and intestinal helminths in relation to microdams in tigray, northern ethiopia. | a survey was undertaken in tigray, northern ethiopia, to assess the prevalence of malaria, schistosomiasis, and intestinal helminths in relation to microdams. the survey took place from march to june 1995, during the dry season, at 41 microdams. at each site the village nearest the dam (within thirty minutes walk) was selected, ten households were randomly chosen, and all family members were examined for malaria and intestinal parasites. the overall study sample was 2271 people, of all age group ... | 1998 | 10376281 |