List of works - Meghna Desai

A cross-sectional study of the availability and price of anti-malarial medicines and malaria rapid diagnostic tests in private sector retail drug outlets in rural Western Kenya, 2013

scientific article published on 12 July 2016

A randomized trial of artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children in western Kenya

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Absence of putative artemisinin resistance mutations among Plasmodium falciparum in Sub-Saharan Africa: a molecular epidemiologic study

scientific article

Access and use of interventions to prevent and treat malaria among pregnant women in Kenya and Mali: a qualitative study

scientific article

Acquired haemophilia A initially diagnosed as angioedema ⬇️

scientific article published on 06 August 2013

Age-specific malaria mortality rates in the KEMRI/CDC health and demographic surveillance system in western Kenya, 2003-2010

scientific article

An analysis of pregnancy-related mortality in the KEMRI/CDC health and demographic surveillance system in western Kenya

scientific article

Assessment of submicroscopic infections and gametocyte carriage of Plasmodium falciparum during peak malaria transmission season in a community-based cross-sectional survey in western Kenya, 2012.

scientific article published on 19 August 2016

Assessment of the safety of antimalarial drug use during early pregnancy (ASAP): protocol for a multicenter prospective cohort study in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Mozambique

scientific article

Availability and utilization of malaria prevention strategies in pregnancy in eastern India

scientific article

Barriers and facilitators to antenatal and delivery care in western Kenya: a qualitative study

scientific article

Burden and impact of Plasmodium vivax in pregnancy: A multi-centre prospective observational study

scientific article

Burden of malaria in pregnancy in Jharkhand State, India

scientific article published on 03 September 2009

Community perceptions of mass screening and treatment for malaria in Siaya County, western Kenya

scientific article published on 6 February 2016

Community-based intermittent mass testing and treatment for malaria in an area of high transmission intensity, western Kenya: study design and methodology for a cluster randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Comparison of anaemia and parasitaemia as indicators of malaria control in household and EPI-health facility surveys in Malawi

scientific article

Economic evaluation of an alternative drug to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy

scientific article

Effectiveness of antenatal clinics to deliver intermittent preventive treatment and insecticide treated nets for the control of malaria in pregnancy in Kenya

scientific article

Effectiveness of the delivery of interventions to prevent malaria in pregnancy in Kenya

scientific article published on 18 April 2016

Effects of malaria and its treatment in early pregnancy

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

Efficacy and Safety of High-Dose Ivermectin for Reducing Malaria Transmission (IVERMAL): Protocol for a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Finding Trial in Western Kenya

scientific article

Epidemiology and burden of malaria in pregnancy

scientific article published on February 2007

Exploring risk perception and attitudes to miscarriage and congenital anomaly in rural Western Kenya

scientific article

Impact of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Resistance on Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Therapy for Malaria in Pregnancy at Clearing Infections and Preventing Low Birth Weight

scientific article published on 20 October 2015

Imported malaria in children in industrialized countries, 1992-2002.

scientific article published on February 2009

Incidence of Malaria among Mosquito Collectors Conducting Human Landing Catches in Western Kenya ⬇️

scientific article published on December 18, 2012

Influenza and malaria coinfection among young children in western Kenya, 2009-2011.

scientific article published on 14 September 2012

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with mefloquine in HIV-infected women receiving cotrimoxazole prophylaxis: a multicenter randomized placebo-controlled trial

scientific article (publication date: September 2014)

Intermittent screening and treatment or intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the control of malaria during pregnancy in western Kenya: an op

scientific article

Knowledge and Adherence to the National Guidelines for Malaria Case Management in Pregnancy among Healthcare Providers and Drug Outlet Dispensers in Rural, Western Kenya

scientific article

Knowledge and Adherence to the National Guidelines for Malaria Diagnosis in Pregnancy among Health-Care Providers and Drug-Outlet Dispensers in Rural Western Kenya

scholarly article by Christina Riley et al published May 2018 in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Large-scale implementation of disease control programmes: a cost-effectiveness analysis of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net distribution channels in a malaria-endemic area of western Kenya-a study protocol

scientific article

Malaria Parasitemia Among Febrile Patients Seeking Clinical Care at an Outpatient Health Facility in an Urban Informal Settlement Area in Nairobi, Kenya

scientific article

Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia: Evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

scientific article

Malaria prevalence among pregnant women in two districts with differing endemicity in Chhattisgarh, India

scientific article

Malaria, malnutrition, and birthweight: A meta-analysis using individual participant data

scientific article published on 08 August 2017

Maternal Malaria and Malnutrition (M3) initiative, a pooled birth cohort of 13 pregnancy studies in Africa and the Western Pacific

scientific article (publication date: 21 December 2016)

Microsatellite Genotyping of Plasmodium vivax Isolates from Pregnant Women in Four Malaria Endemic Countries

scientific article

Persistently high estimates of late night, indoor exposure to malaria vectors despite high coverage of insecticide treated nets

scientific article

Perspectives of men on antenatal and delivery care service utilisation in rural western Kenya: a qualitative study

scientific article

Pharmacokinetics of mefloquine and its effect on sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim steady-state blood levels in intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) of pregnant HIV-infected women in Kenya

scientific article

Placental infections with histologically confirmed Plasmodium falciparum are associated with adverse birth outcomes in India: a cross-sectional study

scientific article

Plasmodium vivax congenital malaria in an area of very low endemicity in Guatemala: implications for clinical and epidemiological surveillance in a malaria elimination context

scientific article published on 8 December 2012

Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter and multidrug resistance 1 genes: parasite risk factors that affect treatment outcomes for P. falciparum malaria after artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate-amodiaquine

scientific article

Pregnancy-related mortality in Africa and Asia: Evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

scientific article

Pregnant Women's Intentions and Subsequent Behaviors Regarding Maternal and Neonatal Service Utilization: Results from a Cohort Study in Nyanza Province, Kenya

scientific article

Prevention of Malaria in Pregnancy

scholarly article by Meghna Desai et al published June 2018 in Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Prevention of malaria in pregnancy

scientific article

Profile: the KEMRI/CDC Health and Demographic Surveillance System--Western Kenya

scientific article published in August 2012

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

scientific article published on 20 June 2018

Reduced Nevirapine Concentrations Among HIV-Positive Women Receiving Mefloquine for Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria Control During Pregnancy

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Resisting and tolerating P. falciparum in pregnancy under different malaria transmission intensities

scientific article

Risks of miscarriage and inadvertent exposure to artemisinin derivatives in the first trimester of pregnancy: a prospective cohort study in western Kenya

scientific article

Socioeconomic health inequality in malaria indicators in rural western Kenya: evidence from a household malaria survey on burden and care-seeking behaviour

scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Temporal trends of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) drug-resistance molecular markers in Plasmodium falciparum parasites from pregnant women in western Kenya

scientific article

The effect of dosing strategies on the therapeutic efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine for uncomplicated malaria: a meta-analysis of individual patient data

scientific article published on 31 March 2015

The impact of hotspot-targeted interventions on malaria transmission: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 2 February 2013

Updated CDC Recommendations for Using Artemether-Lumefantrine for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Pregnant Women in the United States

scientific article published on 13 April 2018

Uptake of skilled attendance along the continuum of care in rural Western Kenya: selected analysis from Global Health initiative survey-2012.

scientific article published on 16 May 2018

User and Provider Acceptability of Intermittent Screening and Treatment and Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine to Prevent Malaria in Pregnancy in Western Kenya

scientific article

Weekly miscarriage rates in a community-based prospective cohort study in rural western Kenya

scientific article published on 15 April 2016

What is the burden of submicroscopic malaria in pregnancy in central India?

scientific article published on 28 January 2015

List of works by Meghna Desai

A cross-sectional study of the availability and price of anti-malarial medicines and malaria rapid diagnostic tests in private sector retail drug outlets in rural Western Kenya, 2013

A randomized trial of artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria among children in western Kenya

Absence of putative artemisinin resistance mutations among Plasmodium falciparum in Sub-Saharan Africa: a molecular epidemiologic study

Access and use of interventions to prevent and treat malaria among pregnant women in Kenya and Mali: a qualitative study

Acquired haemophilia A initially diagnosed as angioedema ⬇️

Age-specific malaria mortality rates in the KEMRI/CDC health and demographic surveillance system in western Kenya, 2003-2010

An analysis of pregnancy-related mortality in the KEMRI/CDC health and demographic surveillance system in western Kenya

Assessment of submicroscopic infections and gametocyte carriage of Plasmodium falciparum during peak malaria transmission season in a community-based cross-sectional survey in western Kenya, 2012.

Assessment of the safety of antimalarial drug use during early pregnancy (ASAP): protocol for a multicenter prospective cohort study in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Mozambique

Availability and utilization of malaria prevention strategies in pregnancy in eastern India

Barriers and facilitators to antenatal and delivery care in western Kenya: a qualitative study

Burden and impact of Plasmodium vivax in pregnancy: A multi-centre prospective observational study

Burden of malaria in pregnancy in Jharkhand State, India

Community perceptions of mass screening and treatment for malaria in Siaya County, western Kenya

Community-based intermittent mass testing and treatment for malaria in an area of high transmission intensity, western Kenya: study design and methodology for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Comparison of anaemia and parasitaemia as indicators of malaria control in household and EPI-health facility surveys in Malawi

Economic evaluation of an alternative drug to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy

Effectiveness of antenatal clinics to deliver intermittent preventive treatment and insecticide treated nets for the control of malaria in pregnancy in Kenya

Effectiveness of the delivery of interventions to prevent malaria in pregnancy in Kenya

Effects of malaria and its treatment in early pregnancy

Efficacy and Safety of High-Dose Ivermectin for Reducing Malaria Transmission (IVERMAL): Protocol for a Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Finding Trial in Western Kenya

Epidemiology and burden of malaria in pregnancy

Exploring risk perception and attitudes to miscarriage and congenital anomaly in rural Western Kenya

Impact of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Resistance on Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Therapy for Malaria in Pregnancy at Clearing Infections and Preventing Low Birth Weight

Imported malaria in children in industrialized countries, 1992-2002.

Incidence of Malaria among Mosquito Collectors Conducting Human Landing Catches in Western Kenya ⬇️

Influenza and malaria coinfection among young children in western Kenya, 2009-2011.

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with mefloquine in HIV-infected women receiving cotrimoxazole prophylaxis: a multicenter randomized placebo-controlled trial

Intermittent screening and treatment or intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the control of malaria during pregnancy in western Kenya: an op

Knowledge and Adherence to the National Guidelines for Malaria Case Management in Pregnancy among Healthcare Providers and Drug Outlet Dispensers in Rural, Western Kenya

Knowledge and Adherence to the National Guidelines for Malaria Diagnosis in Pregnancy among Health-Care Providers and Drug-Outlet Dispensers in Rural Western Kenya

Large-scale implementation of disease control programmes: a cost-effectiveness analysis of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net distribution channels in a malaria-endemic area of western Kenya-a study protocol

Malaria Parasitemia Among Febrile Patients Seeking Clinical Care at an Outpatient Health Facility in an Urban Informal Settlement Area in Nairobi, Kenya

Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia: Evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

Malaria prevalence among pregnant women in two districts with differing endemicity in Chhattisgarh, India

Malaria, malnutrition, and birthweight: A meta-analysis using individual participant data

Maternal Malaria and Malnutrition (M3) initiative, a pooled birth cohort of 13 pregnancy studies in Africa and the Western Pacific

Microsatellite Genotyping of Plasmodium vivax Isolates from Pregnant Women in Four Malaria Endemic Countries

Persistently high estimates of late night, indoor exposure to malaria vectors despite high coverage of insecticide treated nets

Perspectives of men on antenatal and delivery care service utilisation in rural western Kenya: a qualitative study

Pharmacokinetics of mefloquine and its effect on sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim steady-state blood levels in intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) of pregnant HIV-infected women in Kenya

Placental infections with histologically confirmed Plasmodium falciparum are associated with adverse birth outcomes in India: a cross-sectional study

Plasmodium vivax congenital malaria in an area of very low endemicity in Guatemala: implications for clinical and epidemiological surveillance in a malaria elimination context

Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter and multidrug resistance 1 genes: parasite risk factors that affect treatment outcomes for P. falciparum malaria after artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate-amodiaquine

Pregnancy-related mortality in Africa and Asia: Evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

Pregnant Women's Intentions and Subsequent Behaviors Regarding Maternal and Neonatal Service Utilization: Results from a Cohort Study in Nyanza Province, Kenya

Prevention of Malaria in Pregnancy

Prevention of malaria in pregnancy

Profile: the KEMRI/CDC Health and Demographic Surveillance System--Western Kenya

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

Reduced Nevirapine Concentrations Among HIV-Positive Women Receiving Mefloquine for Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria Control During Pregnancy

Resisting and tolerating P. falciparum in pregnancy under different malaria transmission intensities

Risks of miscarriage and inadvertent exposure to artemisinin derivatives in the first trimester of pregnancy: a prospective cohort study in western Kenya

Socioeconomic health inequality in malaria indicators in rural western Kenya: evidence from a household malaria survey on burden and care-seeking behaviour

Temporal trends of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) drug-resistance molecular markers in Plasmodium falciparum parasites from pregnant women in western Kenya

The effect of dosing strategies on the therapeutic efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine for uncomplicated malaria: a meta-analysis of individual patient data

The impact of hotspot-targeted interventions on malaria transmission: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Updated CDC Recommendations for Using Artemether-Lumefantrine for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Pregnant Women in the United States

Uptake of skilled attendance along the continuum of care in rural Western Kenya: selected analysis from Global Health initiative survey-2012.

User and Provider Acceptability of Intermittent Screening and Treatment and Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine to Prevent Malaria in Pregnancy in Western Kenya

Weekly miscarriage rates in a community-based prospective cohort study in rural western Kenya

What is the burden of submicroscopic malaria in pregnancy in central India?