Effects of Integrated Vector Management in the Control of Malaria Infection: An Intervention Study in a Malaria Endemic Community in Nigeria.

Background/aim: Malaria is a vector borne disease with high morbidity and mortality in endemic regions. In view to eliminating the disease, integrated vector and environmental hygiene practices have been advocated. There is paucity of studies on the effect of vector control measures on asymptomatic malaria infection which has been observed to be a reflection of malaria transmission.

Current State of Malaria Endemicity in Egor South-South Region, Nigeria.

Background: BACKGROUND:Existing malaria endemicity classification puts Egor, as holoendemic. Some decades after this classification, there is need to determine the current malaria endemicity of the locale using malariometric indices of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia and spleen rates.

Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional survey involved apparently healthy school children aged 2-9 years; using a multi-stage stratified cluster sampling technique.

Haematological Parameters and Spleen Rate of Asymptomatic and Malaria Negative Children in Edo South District, Nigeria.

Background: Malaria is commonly associated with alteration in haematologic cells of infected individuals in both the acute uncomplicated and severe phases. Whether this alteration occurs in the asymptomatic phase of the disease is still being investigated.

Objectives: To examine the haematocrit, thrombocytes, and monocytes levels of children with asymptomatic malaria compared with age/sex-matched controls who are malaria parasite negative and living in a stable malaria endemic region.

Association between serum folate and cardiovascular deaths among adults with hypertension.

Background: A significant shift toward high folate concentrations has been taking place following the mandatory folate fortification. Yet the relationship between folate and health outcomes beyond neural tube defects remains understudied. We longitudinally examined relationships between serum folate and risk of cardiovascular death.

Serum folate levels and fatality among diabetic adults: A 15-y follow-up study of a national cohort.

Objective: Folate is involved in carbohydrate metabolism, a process that can have clinical implications regarding diabetes management. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between serum folate and fatality among adults with diabetes.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted with 532 adults with diabetes who participated in Phase II of NHANES III (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III; 1991-1994).