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A comparative study of gastrointestinal infections in United States soldiers receiving doxycycline or mefloquine for malaria prophylaxis

scientific article published in December 1990

A large proportion of asymptomatic Plasmodium infections with low and sub-microscopic parasite densities in the low transmission setting of Temotu Province, Solomon Islands: challenges for malaria diagnostics in an elimination setting.

scientific article

A new primaquine analogue, tafenoquine (WR 238605), for prophylaxis against Plasmodium falciparum malaria

scientific article (publication date: 15 December 2001)

A retrospective analysis of the protective efficacy of tafenoquine and mefloquine as prophylactic anti-malarials in non-immune individuals during deployment to a malaria-endemic area.

scientific article published on 06 February 2014

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia among US Military personnel deployed in or near Iraq

scientific article published in December 2004

Age-specific measles mortality during the late 19th-early 20th centuries

scientific article published on 13 April 2015

Age-specific mortality during the 1918-19 influenza pandemic and possible relationship to the 1889-92 influenza pandemic

scientific article published on 27 March 2014

An improved high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous measurement of halofantrine and desbutylhalofantrine in human serum

scientific article published in January 1991

An outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in U.S. Marines deployed to Liberia

scientific article

Anaerobic pulmonary abscesses. Hematogenous spread from head and neck infections

scientific article published on 1 October 1986

Anomalies of the 1919 influenza pandemic remain unexplained after 100 years

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Are studies on severe malaria still possible?

scientific article published in September 2009

Atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride for prophylaxis of malaria

scientific article published in May 1999

Back to the future: lethal respiratory pandemics in New Guinea

scientific article published on 21 January 2022

COVID-19 versus the 1918 influenza pandemic: different virus, different age mortality patterns

scientific article published on 2 June 2020

CYP450 phenotyping and metabolite identification of quinine by accurate mass UPLC-MS analysis: a possible metabolic link to blackwater fever.

scientific article published on 21 June 2013

Causal prophylactic and radical curative activity of WR182393 (a guanylhydrazone) against Plasmodium cynomolgi in Macaca mulatta

scientific article published in October 1993

Changing patterns of clinical malaria since 1965 among a tea estate population located in the Kenyan highlands

scientific article

Characterization of the Preclinical Pharmacology of the New 2-Aminomethylphenol, JPC-3210, for Malaria Treatment and Prevention

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Climate change and the resurgence of malaria in the East African highlands

scientific article

Climate variability and malaria epidemics in the highlands of East Africa

scientific article published on February 2005

Contributions of the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System Network to global health security in 2011

scientific article published on April 1, 2013

Control and Elimination of Plasmodium vivax

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Could Ross River Virus Be the Next Zika?

scientific article published on 1 June 2019

Deaths from bacterial pneumonia during 1918-19 influenza pandemic.

scientific article

Decreased Mortality of falciparum Malaria in Anemic Prisoners of War?

scientific article published on 8 September 2020

Department of Defense influenza and other respiratory disease surveillance during the 2009 pandemic.

scientific article

Determinants of mortality in naval units during the 1918-19 influenza pandemic.

scientific article

Did coronaviruses cause 'influenza epidemics' prior to 1918?

scientific article published on 4 November 2020

Differential mortality rates by ethnicity in 3 influenza pandemics over a century, New Zealand

scientific article

Drug-free holidays: pre-travel versus during travel malaria chemoprophylaxis

scientific article

Drugs for malaria elimination: what do we have now and what do we need?

scientific article published on 22 September 2014

Efficacy and tolerance of extended-dose halofantrine for drug-resistant falciparum malaria in Thailand

scientific article published in February 1994

Enhanced risk of illness during the 1918 influenza pandemic after previous influenza-like illnesses in three military populations

scientific article

Epidemic dysentery in western Kenya

scientific article published in September 1997

Epidemiological isolation causing variable mortality in Island populations during the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic

scientific article

Epidemiology of highland malaria in western Kenya

scientific article

Etiology of interepidemic periods of mosquito-borne disease

scientific article

Evaluation of WR250417 (a proguanil analog) for causal prophylactic activity in the Plasmodium cynomolgi-Macaca mulatta model

scientific article published in February 1994

Evaluation of the safety and tolerability of a short higher-dose primaquine regimen for presumptive anti-relapse therapy in healthy subjects.

scientific article

Evolution from double to triple-antimalarial drug combinations

scientific article published on 30 December 2014

Exceptionally high mortality rate of the 1918 influenza pandemic in the Brazilian naval fleet.

scientific article

Extreme mortality after first introduction of measles virus to the polynesian island of Rotuma, 1911.

scientific article published on 15 April 2011

For severe malaria, artesunate is the answer

scientific article

Geographical origin of post-landmine injury malaria infections

scientific article published on 8 October 2014

Geographical variation in Plasmodium vivax relapse

scientific article

Global warming and malaria: a call for accuracy

scientific article

Halofantrine for the treatment of mefloquine chemoprophylaxis failures in Plasmodium falciparum infections

scientific article published in October 1991

High Rates of Asymptomatic, Sub-microscopic Plasmodium vivax Infection and Disappearing Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in an Area of Low Transmission in Solomon Islands

scientific article published on 21 May 2015

Historical Review: Problematic Malaria Prophylaxis with Quinine

scientific article

Historical review: Does falciparum malaria destroy isolated tribal populations?

scientific article

Historical review: does stress provoke Plasmodium falciparum recrudescence?

scientific article published on 26 April 2015

Host Immunological Factors Enhancing Mortality of Young Adults during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

scientific article published in 2015

Host and environmental factors reducing mortality during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic.

scientific article

Host and viral genetic diversity can help explain mortality during the 1918-21 influenza pandemic in the Pacific region - Authors' reply

scholarly article

Hot topic or hot air? Climate change and malaria resurgence in East African highlands

scientific article

How World War 1 changed global attitudes to war and infectious diseases

scientific article

Hypothesis: dynamics of classical malaria epidemics show Plasmodium falciparum's survival strategy

scientific article

Implications of Plasmodium vivax Biology for Control, Elimination, and Research

scientific article

In Vivo Efficacy and Tolerability of Artesunate-Azithromycin for the Treatment of Falciparum Malaria in Vietnam

scientific article published on 23 May 2016

Influenza Before the 1890 and 1918 Pandemics in the US Army and at the US Military Academy

scientific article published on 6 May 2019

Insights from unusual aspects of the 1918 influenza pandemic

scientific article

Island fever: the historical determinants of malaria in the Andaman Islands.

scientific article published on 5 September 2009

JPC-2997, a new aminomethylphenol with high in vitro and in vivo antimalarial activities against blood stages of Plasmodium

scientific article

Lead Selection of a New Aminomethylphenol, JPC-3210, for Malaria Treatment and Prevention

scientific article published on 8 February 2016

Lethality of First Contact Dysentery Epidemics on Pacific Islands

scientific article

Liver Enzyme Elevations in Plasmodium falciparum Volunteer Infection Studies: Findings and Recommendations

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Low but highly variable mortality among nurses and physicians during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919.

scientific article

Malaria Death in an Isolated Island Garrison on New Guinea 1915

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Malaria and other vector-borne infection surveillance in the U.S. Department of Defense Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance program: review of 2009 accomplishments.

scientific article

Malaria blood stage parasites activate human plasmacytoid dendritic cells and murine dendritic cells through a Toll-like receptor 9-dependent pathway

scientific article published in April 2004

Malaria early warning in Kenya

scientific article

Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, achievable, and necessary

scientific article published on 08 September 2019

Malaria in Kenya's western highlands.

scientific article published in September 2005

Malaria's indirect contribution to all-cause mortality in the Andaman Islands during the colonial era

scientific article published on July 2008

Malaria-Associated Mortality in the Australian Defence Force during the Twentieth Century

scientific article

Mass drug administration for the control and elimination of Plasmodium vivax malaria: an ecological study from Jiangsu province, China

scientific article

Measles epidemics of variable lethality in the early 20th century

scientific article published on 26 November 2013

Medical care of U.S. military personnel deployed to Honduras

scientific article published on 1 November 1988

Mefloquine - its 20 years in the Thai Malaria Control Program

scientific article

Mefloquine prophylaxis

scientific article published in April 1990

Meteorologic influences on Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Highland Tea Estates of Kericho, Western Kenya.

scientific article published on December 2002

Modern malaria chemoprophylaxis

scientific article

Mortality risk factors during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the Australian army

scientific article

Mortality risk factors for pandemic influenza on New Zealand troop ship, 1918

scientific article

Neonatal herpes simplex infection

scholarly article

New options for the prevention and treatment of malaria: focus on the role of atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride

scientific article published in May 1999

No evidence of 1918 influenza pandemic origin in Chinese laborers/soldiers in France

scientific article

Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions and Military Hygiene at the United States Military Academy between 1890 and 1910

scientific article published on 1 September 2020

OR Nurse Day activities stimulate public awareness

scientific article published on 1 October 1989

OR Nurse Day: skill and compassion combine

scientific article published on 1 October 1988

Open label randomized comparison of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine and artesunate-amodiaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in central Vietnam

scientific article published on 19 March 2009

Operational research to inform a sub-national surveillance intervention for malaria elimination in Solomon Islands

scientific article

Pacific islands which escaped the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic and their subsequent mortality experiences

scientific article

Pathogenic responses among young adults during the 1918 influenza pandemic.

scientific article

Pharmacokinetics and Ex Vivo Antimalarial Activity of Artesunate-Amodiaquine plus Methylene Blue in Healthy Volunteers

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

Pneumococcal sepsis in a neonate

scientific article published on 1 April 1982

Population genetics of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax and asymptomatic malaria in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands.

scientific article

Possible options for malaria chemoprophylaxis on the horizon

scientific article published on May 1, 1999

Protection of Military Personnel Against Vector-Borne Diseases: A Review of Collaborative Work of the Australian and US Military Over the Last 30 Years

scientific article published in October 2016

Pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine for falciparum malaria

scientific article published on September 14, 1991

Quantifying primaquine effectiveness and improving adherence: a round table discussion of the APMEN Vivax Working Group.

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

Rapid mortality transition of Pacific Islands in the 19th century

scientific article published on 9 September 2016

Reemergence of epidemic malaria in the highlands of western Kenya.

scientific article published on October 1998

Regional warming and malaria resurgence

scientific article published in Nature

Relationship between "purulent bronchitis" in military populations in Europe prior to 1918 and the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic

scientific article

Response to Bogaert

scientific article published in April 2016

Reversal of chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria

scientific article published in May 1990

Review of key knowledge gaps in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency detection with regard to the safe clinical deployment of 8-aminoquinoline treatment regimens: a workshop report

scientific article

Review of mass drug administration for malaria and its operational challenges

scientific article

Safety and efficacy of high-dose sodium stibogluconate therapy of American cutaneous leishmaniasis

scientific article published in July 1987

Seizures after mefloquine

scientific article (publication date: June 1991)

Sequential infections with influenza and novel respiratory bacteria.

scientific article

Severe impact of the 1918-19 pandemic influenza in a national military force

scientific article

Severe malaria studies: challenge to balance clinical medicine and public health

scientific article published in January 2010

Simultaneous epidemics of influenza and malaria in the Australian Army in Palestine in 1918

scientific article

Single dose of azithromycin or three-day course of ciprofloxacin as therapy for epidemic dysentery in Kenya. Acute Dysentery Study Group

scientific article published in October 1999

Spatio-temporal investigation of the 1918 influenza pandemic in military populations indicates two different viruses

scientific article

Spatiotemporal patterns of pandemic influenza-related deaths in Allied naval forces during 1918

scientific article published on January 16, 2013

Standby therapy to prevent Plasmodium falciparum infections?

scientific article published on 19 November 2013

Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome After Herniorrhaphy

scientific article published on May 1, 1981

Synergistic Mortality Caused by Plasmodium falciparum During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

scientific article

Temperature and malaria trends in highland East Africa.

scientific article

The 'Influenza' Vaccine Used during the Samoan Pandemic of 1918

scholarly article

The Dynamics of Liver Function Test Abnormalities after Malaria Infection: A Retrospective Observational Study

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

The Multifactorial Epidemiology of Blackwater Fever

scientific article published on 2 October 2017

The activation of vivax malaria hypnozoites by infectious diseases

scientific article

The conundrum of malaria chemoprophylaxis

scientific article published in June 2016

The efficacy and tolerability of artemisinin-piperaquine (Artequick®) versus artesunate-amodiaquine (Coarsucam™) for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in south-central Vietnam

scientific article

The unusually diverse mortality patterns in the Pacific region during the 1918-21 influenza pandemic: reflections at the pandemic's centenary

scientific article

Toxoplasma encephalitis in an infant with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

scientific article published on 1 January 1987

Travel as a risk factor for malaria requiring hospitalization on a highland tea plantation in western Kenya

scientific article published in November 2004

Travel as a risk factor for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the highlands of western Kenya.

scientific article

Treating malaria: new drugs for a new era

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Vaccine-associated enhanced respiratory disease is influenced by haemagglutinin and neuraminidase in whole inactivated influenza virus vaccines

scientific article

Variable Mortality From the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic During Military Training

scientific article

Variable mortality during the 1918 influenza pandemic in Chicago

scientific article published on 6 April 2017

WR 238605, chloroquine, and their combinations as blood schizonticides against a chloroquine-resistant strain of Plasmodium vivax in Aotus monkeys

scientific article published on May 1997

Was the First Malaria Vaccine Tested in 1898?

scientific article published on 1 August 2019

What really happened during the 1918 influenza pandemic? The importance of bacterial secondary infections

scientific article published in December 2007

Why did many more diamond miners than gold miners die in South Africa during the 1918 influenza pandemic?

scientific article