Seroprevalence of anti-cysticercus antibodies among the children living in the urban environs of Maputo, Mozambique.

Blood and faecal samples were collected from 269 children (aged 0-15 years) who lived in the urban environs of Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique. Antibodies against Cysticercus cellulosae were detected, at a titre of at least 1:100, in 56 (20.8%) of the blood samples.

Efficacy of dapsone with pyrimethamine (Maloprim) for malaria prophylaxis in Maputo, Mozambique.

In a randomized controlled study of malaria prophylaxis, dapsone-pyrimethamine at a weekly dosage of dapsone 50-100 mg with pyrimethamine 6.25-12.5 mg or placebo was administered to 166 school children for 17 weeks.

Antimalarial activity of some plant remedies in use in Marracuene, southern Mozambique.

Two plants, Spirostachys africana and Bridelia cathartica, were selected for investigation on the basis of a clinical study of four herbal antimalarial remedies used in southern Mozambique. Petroleum ether, ethanol and aqueous extracts were tested for activity in vitro against Plasmodium falciparum. Crude ethanolic and aqueous extracts of the root and the ethanolic extract of the stem of B.

[Antigenic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum and serodiagnosis of tropical malaria].

The importance of antigenic diversity in immunogenicity of population of P. falciparum was studied in regard of immunodiagnosis of tropical malaria. The sera from 42 adult non-immune persons with confirmed infection by P.