Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Chipeta, James"
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Distribution of Plasmodium species and assessment of performance of diagnostic tools used during a malaria survey in Southern and Western Provinces of Zambia
Sitali, Lungowe; Miller, John M; Mwenda, Mulenga C; Bridges, Daniel J; Hawela, Moonga B; Hamainza, Busiku; Chizema-Kawesha, Elizabeth; Eisele, Thomas P; Chipeta, James; Lindtjorn, Bernt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-11)Background: Zambia continues to make strides in reducing malaria burden through the use of proven malaria interventions and has recently pledged to eliminate malaria by 2021. Case management services have been scaled up ... -
En-route to the ‘elimination’ of genotypic chloroquine resistance in Western and Southern Zambia, 14 years after chloroquine withdrawal
Sitali, Lungowe; Mwenda, Mulenga C; Miller, John M; Bridges, Daniel J; Hawela, Moonga B; Chizema-Kawesha, Elizabeth; Chipeta, James; Lindtjorn, Bernt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-03)Background: Anti-malarial resistance is, and continues to be a significant challenge in the fight against malaria and a threat to achieving malaria elimination. In Zambia, chloroquine (CQ), a safe, affordable and well-tolerated ... -
Surveillance of molecular markers for antimalarial resistance in Zambia: Polymorphism of Pfkelch 13, Pfmdr1 and Pfdhfr/Pfdhps genes
Sitali, Lungowe; Lindtjørn, Bernt; Mwenda, Mulenga C.; Miller, John M.; Bridges, Daniel J.; Hawela, Moonga B.; Hamainza, Busiku; Mudenda-Chilufya, Mutinta; Chizema-Kawesha, Elizabeth; Daniels, Rachel F.; Eisele, Thomas P.; Nerland, Audun H.; Chipeta, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12)Antimalarial resistance is an inevitable feature of control efforts and a key threat to achieving malaria elimination. Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of several species causing human malaria, has developed resistance ...