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View article: Scientific Findings of the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research: Ten Years of Malaria Control Impact Assessments in Hypo-, Meso-, and Holoendemic Transmission Zones in Zambia and Zimbabwe
Scientific Findings of the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research: Ten Years of Malaria Control Impact Assessments in Hypo-, Meso-, and Holoendemic Transmission Zones in Zambia and Zimbabwe Open
For a decade, the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research has operated with local partners across study sites in Zambia and Zimbabwe that range from hypo- to holoendemic and vary ecologically and…
View article: Policy Implications of the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research: Ten Years of Malaria Control Impact Assessments in Hypo-, Meso-, and Holoendemic Transmission Zones in Zambia and Zimbabwe
Policy Implications of the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research: Ten Years of Malaria Control Impact Assessments in Hypo-, Meso-, and Holoendemic Transmission Zones in Zambia and Zimbabwe Open
The International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR) were established by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases more than a decade ago to provide multidisciplinary research support to malaria control prog…
Is France Once Again Looking for a Scapegoat? Open
On September 10, 2021, a special tribunal established by the French government launched an inquiry into the activities of former health minister Dr. Agnes Buzyn who was charged with “endangering the lives of others”. It is surprising to le…
View article: Functional Analysis of Aquaporin-1 Deficient Red Cells: THE COLTON-NULL PHENOTYPE
Functional Analysis of Aquaporin-1 Deficient Red Cells: THE COLTON-NULL PHENOTYPE Open
The aquaporin-1 (AQP1) water transport protein contains a polymorphism corresponding to the Colton red blood cell antigens. To define the fraction of membrane water permeability mediated by AQP1, red cells were obtained from human kindreds…
Oscillations in U.S. COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality Data Reflect Diagnostic and Reporting Factors Open
The incidence and mortality data for the COVID-19 data in the United States show periodic oscillations, giving the curve a distinctive serrated pattern. In this study, we show that these periodic highs and lows in incidence and mortality d…
Oscillations in USA COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality Data reflect societal factors Open
The COVID-19 pandemic currently in process differs from other infectious disease calamities that have previously plagued humanity in the vast amount of information that is produces each day, which includes daily estimates of the disease in…
Human Plasmodium vivax mosquito experimental transmission Open
Plasmodium vivax bench research greatly lags behind Plasmodium falciparum because of an inability to culture in vitro. A century ago, intentionally inducing a malaria infection was a strategy commonly used to cure late-stage syphilis. Thes…
Bridging the Divide: US and Cuban Scientists Speak Up Open
This roundtable began with world-renowned US and Cuban experts in arboviruses (particularly those transmitted by mosquitoes) but was quickly transformed with the participation of globally recognized scientists in other fields. All have con…
Driving mosquito refractoriness to <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> with engineered symbiotic bacteria Open
Getting to the guts of mosquito control Malaria persistently evades our best efforts to eliminate it. Pike et al. genetically modified malaria vector mosquitoes to be more immune-resistant to infection by the parasite, which altered the co…
Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Malaria Open
Aquaporin (AQP) water channel proteins enable high water permeability of certain biological membranes. Discovered in human red cells but expressed in multiple tissues, AQP1 has been thoroughly characterized and its atomic structure is know…
Aquaglyceroporin function in the malaria mosquito <i>Anopheles gambiae</i> Open
Background information Anopheles gambiae is the major mosquito vector for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sub‐Saharan Africa, where it survives in stressful climates. Aquaporin water channels are expressed in all life forms, where they pr…
Training the next generation of biomedical investigators in glycosciences Open
This position statement originated from a working group meeting convened on April 15, 2015, by the NHLBI and incorporates follow-up contributions by the participants as well as other thought leaders subsequently consulted, who together rep…