| informed decision-making before changing to rdt: a comparison of microscopy, rapid diagnostic test and molecular techniques for the diagnosis and identification of malaria parasites in kassala, eastern sudan. | rapid diagnostic tests (rdts) are promoted for the diagnosis of malaria in many countries. the question arises whether laboratories where the current method of diagnosis is microscopy should also switch to rdt. this problem was studied in kassala, sudan where the issue of switching to rdt is under discussion. | 2010 | 20973878 |
| hypoglycaemia and severe plasmodium falciparum malaria among pregnant sudanese women in an area characterized by unstable malaria transmission. | abstract: background: pregnant women are more susceptible to severe plasmodium falciparum malaria, which can lead to poor maternal and fetal outcomes. few data exist on the epidemiology of severe p. falciparum malaria in pregnant women. a hospital-based study was carried out to assess the pattern of severe p. falciparum malaria among pregnant women at the kassala and medani maternity hospitals, which are located in areas of unstable malaria transmission, in eastern and central sudan, respectivel ... | 2011 | 21605445 |
| validation of pcr for detection and characterization of parasitaemia in massive splenomegaly attributed clinically to malaria infection. | in this study, 101 patients with massive splenomegaly (ms) and 41 with moderate splenomegaly (mos) from kassala, eastern sudan, were included. the patients were recruited during a peak and the end of a malaria season and during a dry season between 2007 and 2008. based on clinical findings and exclusion of other causes of ms, the former patients were presumed to be infected with malaria parasite; thus, the condition was termed as massive malarial splenomegaly (mms). rapid diagnostic test (rdt) a ... | 2011 | 21398075 |
| a perspective of the epidemiology of malaria and anaemia and their impact on maternal and perinatal outcomes in sudan. | both malaria and anaemia have adverse effects on maternal and perinatal outcomes. thus there is an urgent need to investigate the co-epidemiology of malaria and anaemia and their combined impact on maternal and perinatal outcomes in the different regions of sudan. | 2011 | 21389586 |
| artesunate plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for treatment of uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria in sudan. | early diagnosis and effective treatment with an appropriate drug form the main components of the world health organization's strategy to reduce malaria related mortality. the few available drugs might be safeguarded if combined with artesunate. the addition of artesunate to a standard antimalarial treatment substantially reduces treatment failure, recrudescence and gametocyte carriage. | 2005 | 16162284 |