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iMAGING : a novel automated system for malaria diagnosis by using artificial intelligence tools and a universal low-cost robotized microscope
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Rubio Maturana, Carles (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia) ;
de Oliveira, Allisson Dantas (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ;
Nadal, Sergi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ;
Serrat, Francesc Zarzuela (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca) ;
Sulleiro Igual, Elena (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia) ;
Ruiz, Edurne (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca) ;
Bilalli, Besim (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ;
Veiga, Anna (Probitas Foundation) ;
Espasa, Mateu (Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT)) ;
Abelló, Alberto (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ;
Pumarola Suñé, Tomàs (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia) ;
Segú, Marta (Futbol Club Barcelona Foundation) ;
López-Codina, Daniel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ;
Clols, Elisa Sayrol (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) ;
Joseph-Munné, Joan (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Malaria is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, with 247 million cases reported worldwide in 2021 according to the World Health Organization. Optical microscopy remains the gold standard technique for malaria diagnosis, however, it requires expertise, is time-consuming and difficult to reproduce. [...]
2023 - 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1240936
Frontiers in microbiology, Vol. 14 (november 2023)
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Magnetic Bead Handling Using a Paper-Based Device for Quantitative Point-of-Care Testing
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Arias-Alpízar, Kevin (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Sánchez-Cano, Ana (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Prat-Trunas, Judit (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Sulleiro Igual, Elena (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Bosch-Nicolau, Pau (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Salvador, Fernando (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Oliveira, Inés (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Molina Romero, Israel (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Baldrich Rubio, Eva (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) have been extensively proposed as ideal tools for point-of-care (POC) testing with minimal user training and technical requirements. However, most μPADs use dried bioreagents, which complicate production, reduce device reproducibility and stability, and require transport and storage under temperature and humidity-controlled conditions. [...]
2022 - 10.3390/bios12090680
Biosensors, Vol. 12 (august 2022)
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Advances and challenges in automated malaria diagnosis using digital microscopy imaging with artificial intelligence tools : A review
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Rubio Maturana, Carles (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
de Oliveira, Allisson Dantas (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ;
Nadal, Sergi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ;
Bilalli, Besim (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ;
Serrat, Francesc Zarzuela (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Espasa, Mateu (Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT)) ;
Sulleiro Igual, Elena (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Bosch, Mercedes (Probitas Foundation) ;
Lluch, Anna Veiga (Probitas Foundation) ;
Abelló, Alberto (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ;
López-Codina, Daniel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ;
Pumarola Suñé, Tomàs (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Clols, Elisa Sayrol (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ;
Joseph-Munné, Joan (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Malaria is an infectious disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium spp. It is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. It is the most common disease in resource-poor settings, with 241 million malaria cases reported in 2020 according to the World Health Organization. [...]
2022 - 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1006659
Frontiers in microbiology, Vol. 13 (november 2022)
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Civil Engineering and Malaria Risk : A Descriptive Study in a Rural Area of Cubal, Angola
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Gil Olivas, Eva (Institut de Recerca Sant Pau) ;
Bruguera Riera, Andreu (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Eugenio, Arlete Nindia E. (Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz (Cubal, Angola)) ;
Nunda, João José (Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz (Cubal, Angola)) ;
Tchiyanga, Armindo (Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz (Cubal, Angola)) ;
Ekavo, Fernando Graça (Hospital Municipal, Cubal 615, Angola) ;
Cambali, Adriano (Public Health Department, Cubal 610, Angola) ;
Moreno, Milagros (Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz (Cubal, Angola)) ;
Bocanegra García, Cristina (Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz (Cubal, Angola)) ;
Aznar, Maria Luisa (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas) ;
Salvador, Fernando (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas) ;
Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas) ;
Molina Romero, Israel (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas) ;
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
(1) Background: Angola is among the high-burden countries with malaria cases globally. After 2013, we suspected an increase in the number of malaria cases in Cubal (Angola), previously in decline. Our objective was to evaluate the incidence rate in Cubal, overall and by neighborhood, for 2014, 2015, and 2016. [...]
2023 - 10.3390/tropicalmed8020096
Tropical medicine and infectious disease, Vol. 8 (february 2023)
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The economic burden of malaria : a systematic review
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Andrade, Mônica V. (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Centre of Regional Planning and Development (Cedeplar-UFMG)) ;
Noronha, Kenya (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Centre of Regional Planning and Development (Cedeplar-UFMG)) ;
Diniz, Bernardo P. C. (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Centre of Regional Planning and Development (Cedeplar-UFMG)) ;
Guedes, Gilvan (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Centre of Regional Planning and Development (Cedeplar-UFMG)) ;
Carvalho, Lucas R. (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Centre of Regional Planning and Development (Cedeplar-UFMG)) ;
Silva, Valéria A. (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Centre of Regional Planning and Development (Cedeplar-UFMG)) ;
Calazans, Júlia A. (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ;
Santos, André S. (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Centre of Regional Planning and Development (Cedeplar-UFMG)) ;
Silva, Daniel N. (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Centre of Regional Planning and Development (Cedeplar-UFMG)) ;
Castro, Marcia C. (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Department of Global Health and Population)
Quantifying disease costs is critical for policymakers to set priorities, allocate resources, select control and prevention strategies, and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of interventions. Although malaria carries a very large disease burden, the availability of comprehensive and comparable estimates of malaria costs across endemic countries is scarce. [...]
2022 - 10.1186/s12936-022-04303-6
Malaria journal, Vol. 21 (october 2022)
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Controlled human malaria infection by intramuscular and direct venous inoculation of cryopreserved Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites in malaria-naïve volunteers : effect of injection volume and dose on infectivity rates
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Gómez-Pérez, Gloria P. (University of Amsterdam) ;
Legarda, Almudena (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Muñoz Gutiérrez, José (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Sim, B. Kim Lee (Sanaria Inc, Rockville, MD USA) ;
Ballester, Maria Rosa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Farmacologia, de Terapèutica i de Toxicologia) ;
Dobaño, Carlota (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Moncunill, Gemma (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Campo, Joseph J. (Antigen Discovery, Inc, Irvine, USA) ;
Cisteró, Pau (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Jimenez, Alfons (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Barrios, Diana (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Mordmüller, Benjamin (Institut für Tropenmedizin, Tübingen, Germany) ;
Pardos, Josefina (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Navarro, Mireia (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Zita, Cecilia Justino (Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique) ;
Nhamuave, Carlos Arlindo (Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique) ;
García-Basteiro, Alberto L.. (Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique) ;
Sanz, Ariadna (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Aldea, Marta (Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique) ;
Manoj, Anita (Sanaria Inc, Rockville, USA) ;
Gunasekera, Anusha (Sanaria Inc, Rockville, USA) ;
Billingsley, Peter F. (Sanaria Inc, Rockville, USA) ;
Aponte, John J. (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
James, Eric R. (Sanaria Inc, Rockville, MD USA) ;
Guinovart, Caterina (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Antonijoan Arbós, Rosa Ma. (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ;
Kremsner, Peter G. (Institut für Tropenmedizin, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Centre for Infection Research, 72074 Tübingen, Germany) ;
Hoffman, Stephen L. (Sanaria Inc, Rockville, USA) ;
Alonso, Pedro L.. (Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça, Maputo, Mozambique)
Controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) by mosquito bite is a powerful tool for evaluation of vaccines and drugs against Plasmodium falciparum malaria. However, only a small number of research centres have the facilities required to perform such studies. [...]
2015 - 10.1186/s12936-015-0817-x
Malaria journal, Vol. 14 (august 2015)
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Direct venous inoculation of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites for controlled human malaria infection : a dose-finding trial in two centres
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Mordmüller, Benjamin (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Center for Infection Research) ;
Supan, Christian (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Center for Infection Research) ;
Sim, Kim Lee (Sanaria Inc, Rockville) ;
Gómez-Pérez, Gloria P. (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Ospina Salazar, Carmen Lucelly (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Center for Infection Research) ;
Held, Jana (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Center for Infection Research) ;
Bolte, Stefanie (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Center for Infection Research) ;
Esen, Meral (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Center for Infection Research) ;
Tschan, Serena (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Center for Infection Research) ;
Joanny, Fanny (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Center for Infection Research) ;
Lamsfus Calle, Carlos (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Center for Infection Research) ;
Löhr, Sascha J. Z. (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Center for Infection Research) ;
Lalremruata, Albert (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Center for Infection Research) ;
Gunasekera, Anusha (Sanaria Inc, Rockville) ;
James, Eric R. (Sanaria Inc, Rockville) ;
Billingsley, Peter F. (Sanaria Inc, Rockville) ;
Richman, Adam (Sanaria Inc, Rockville) ;
Chakravarty, Sumana (Sanaria Inc, Rockville) ;
Legarda, Almudena (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Muñoz Gutiérrez, José (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Antonijoan Arbós, Rosa Ma. (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ;
Ballester, Maria Rosa (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ;
Hoffman, Stephen L. (Sanaria Inc, Rockville) ;
Alonso, Pedro L.. (Institut de Salut Global de Barcelona) ;
Kremsner, Peter G. (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and German Center for Infection Research) ;
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) accelerates development of anti-malarial interventions. So far, CHMI is done by exposure of volunteers to bites of five mosquitoes carrying Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites (PfSPZ), a technique available in only a few centres worldwide. [...]
2015 - 10.1186/s12936-015-0628-0
Malaria journal, Vol. 14 (march 2015)
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ATP2, The essential P4-ATPase of malaria parasites, catalyzes lipid-stimulated ATP hydrolysis in complex with a Cdc50 β-subunit
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Lamy, Anaïs (Umeå University) ;
Macarini-Bruzaferro, Ewerton (University of São Paulo) ;
Dieudonné, Thibaud (Aarhus University) ;
Peralvarez-Marin, Alex (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Medicina) ;
Lenoir, Guillaume (Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS) ;
Montigny, Cédric (Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS) ;
le Maire, Marc (Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS) ;
Vázquez-Ibar, José Luis (Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS)
Gene targeting approaches have demonstrated the essential role for the malaria parasite of membrane transport proteins involved in lipid transport and in the maintenance of membrane lipid asymmetry, representing emerging oportunites for therapeutical intervention. [...]
2021 - 10.1080/22221751.2020.1870413
Emerging microbes & infections, Vol. 10 (january 2021) , p. 132-147
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Epidemiological and clinical features of the emergency visits in a rural hospital in Cubal, Angola
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Turbau Valls, Miquel (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ;
Gil Olivas, Eva (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ;
López García, Teresa (Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz (Cubal, Angola)) ;
Piedade, Domingas (Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz (Cubal, Angola)) ;
Pessela, Agostinho (Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz (Cubal, Angola)) ;
Moreno Nicasio, Milagros (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
There is scarce information on the profiles of patients attended in the Emergency Departments (ED) in rural Angola. Retrospective descriptive study including all the patients treated in the ED in Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz (Cubal) during 6 months (December 2014- May 2015). [...]
2018 - 10.11604/pamj.2018.29.143.13780
The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol. 29 (march 2018)
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