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#ScienceReadForSunday: Mapping the global prevalence, incidence, and mortality of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria, 2000–22: a spatial and temporal modelling study
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April 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Hide and seek with falsified medicines: Current challenges and physico-chemical and biological approaches for tracing the origin of trafficked products
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May 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Effect of a novel house design (star home) on indoor malaria mosquito abundance in rural Tanzania: secondary outcomes of an open-label, household, randomised controlled trial
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May 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Safety and efficacy of single-dose primaquine to interrupt Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission in children compared with adults: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
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June 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: #ScienceReadForSunday: Automated reporting of primaquine dose efficacy, tolerability and safety for #Plasmodium #vivax #malaria using a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
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Prevalence, intensity, and risk factors of schistosomiasis and intestinal parasitic infections among primary school children in northern Uganda: Implications for public health interventions
Author summary Schistosomiasis and intestinal parasitic infections are significant public health challenges, especially in low-resource settings like Northern Uganda. These infections can lead to…
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January 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: From Plants to Pills: Malaria Treatment Advancements in India
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June 14, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: A longitudinal study of children identifies antibody Fc-mediated functions and antigen targets of immunity to Plasmodium vivax malaria
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A longitudinal study of children identifies antibody Fc-mediated functions and antigen targets of immunity to Plasmodium vivax malaria
Plasmodium vivax is the most widespread cause of malaria with a high burden of disease. Progress in reducing the global malaria burden has stalled wit…
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April 26, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: A data leak shut a top research biobank: lessons from the recovery www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A data leak shut a top research biobank: lessons from the recovery
UK Biobank is imposing new safety measures after a security incident, but safeguarding biomedical data while enabling researcher access remains a challenge.
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September 27, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: A data leak shut a top research biobank: lessons from the recovery
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A data leak shut a top research biobank: lessons from the recovery
UK Biobank is imposing new safety measures after a security incident, but safeguarding biomedical data while enabling researcher access remains a challenge.
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September 27, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Dose-Optimization of a Novel Co-Formulated Triple Combination Antimalarial Therapy: Artemether-Lumefantrine-Amodiaquine
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March 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Population pharmacokinetics of DNDI-6148 in healthy adults journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
Population pharmacokinetics of DNDI-6148 in healthy adults
Author summary Chagas disease and leishmaniasis are neglected tropical diseases that disproportionately affect the world’s poorest populations, causing substantial morbidity and mortality in affected…
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May 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Controlled human malaria infection studies: insights into recent advances and key immunological and ethical implementation lessons
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Frontiers | Controlled human malaria infection studies: insights into recent advances and key immunological and ethical implementation lessons
Controlled human infection studies offer a unique opportunity to study the efficacy of novel interventions, mechanisms of infection and disease, as well as d...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: A Y chromosome-linked genome editor for efficient population suppression in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae
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A Y chromosome-linked genome editor for efficient population suppression in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae
Nature Communications - Genetic control of mosquito vector populations is a key tool for reducing malaria infections. Here, the authors develop a self-limiting strategy where CRISPR-Cas9 is...
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January 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Simplifying medicine dosing for children by harmonising weight bands across therapeutic areas
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May 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: A sustainable house design to improve child health in rural Africa: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
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A sustainable house design to improve child health in rural Africa: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
A cluster-randomized trial in rural Tanzania showed that a sustainable housing design reduced incidences of malaria, diarrhea, acute respiratory infections and stunting in children under 5 years of...
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May 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: A time-varying geospatial model of habitat suitability for Japanese encephalitis virus vectors and vertebrate hosts in Australia
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A time-varying geospatial model of habitat suitability for Japanese encephalitis virus vectors and vertebrate hosts in Australia
Author summary Our work represents a major advance in understanding the distribution of mosquito vectors and vertebrate hosts for Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in Australia. Prior to the summer…
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April 19, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Mapping Plasmodium transitions and interactions in the Anopheles female
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Mapping Plasmodium transitions and interactions in the Anopheles female - Nature
Single-cell transcriptomic analyses of Plasmodium falciparum and Anopheles gambiae reveal key developmental stages, processes and factors in parasite–mosquito interactions and identify potential…
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December 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Assessing soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni infections using parasitological indicators after seven years of preventive chemotherapy among school-age children in Mizan-Aman town
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Assessing soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni infections using parasitological indicators after seven years of preventive chemotherapy among school-age children in Mizan-Aman town
Author summary Soil-transmitted helminthiasis and Schistosoma mansoni (S.mansoni) infections are among the most prevalent parasitic infections in children, typically occurring in communities that…
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June 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Model-guided geospatial surveillance system for antimalarial drug resistance
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Model-guided geospatial surveillance system for antimalarial drug resistance
Disease surveillance activities are usually resource-constrained and should be optimised to generate the most informative scientific findings, and to make the best use of time, finances, and…
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February 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Stable Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 allelic diversity despite decreasing parasitaemia in children with multiple malaria infections
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Stable Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 allelic diversity despite decreasing parasitaemia in children with multiple malaria infections - Malaria Journal
Background Individuals experiencing recurrent malaria infections encounter a variety of alleles with each new infection. This ongoing allelic diversity influences the development of naturally…
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June 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Genetic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum populations following treatment policy revisions in the Greater Mekong Subregion
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Genetic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum populations following treatment policy revisions in the Greater Mekong Subregion - Nature Communications
Genetic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum has been ongoing in the Greater Mekong Subregion since 2017. Here, the authors report data until 2022, and demonstrate changes in drug resistance…
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July 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Scrub and murine typhus seroprevalence among blood donors in Laos journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
Scrub and murine typhus seroprevalence among blood donors in Laos
Author summary Scrub typhus and murine typhus are caused by bacteria that can only survive inside cells, Orientia tsutsugamushi and Rickettsia typhi, respectively. These bacteria are transmitted to…
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April 5, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in people living with #HIV (PLHIV) diagnosed with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum #malaria in #Africa: a WWARN systematic review
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Efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in people living with HIV (PLHIV) diagnosed with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa: a WWARN systematic review - Malaria Journal
Background Africa bears the highest double burden of HIV and malaria worldwide. In 2023, an estimated 25.9 million people were living with HIV (PLHIV), and 246 million malaria cases were diagnosed in…
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July 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Untargeted metabolomics for triaging of cytochrome b inhibitors during Chagas’ disease drug discovery
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Untargeted metabolomics for triaging of cytochrome b inhibitors during Chagas’ disease drug discovery
Author summary Chagas’ disease, a consequence of infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is a severe global health problem. Most of the 6–7 million infected individuals reside in Latin America…
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February 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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#ScienceReadForSunday: Impact of weather extremes on the spatiotemporal dynamics of #VisceralLeishmaniasis in #Brazil journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
Impact of weather extremes on the spatiotemporal dynamics of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil
Author summary Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a life-threatening disease spread to humans by infected sandflies. VL transmission is influenced by weather patterns, land use, and climate change, but…
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August 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM