ReviewMalaria journal2020
Malaria and COVID-19: unmasking their ties.
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75 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 161 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and associated factors of malaria among the displaced population in refugee camps in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Malaria journal · 2025Pooled it
- Sex-specific hemostatic responses and alterations of Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) and D-dimer in mild COVID-19, Malaria, and co-infection in a tropical setting: A case-control study in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Diagnostic delay inducing severe imported falciparum malaria: a time-sensitivity comparison of two imported cases during COVID-19 co-circulation.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 and anti-Plasmodium falciparum and vivax antibodies in urban and rural zones in the West Region of Cameroon.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Trend of malaria test positivity rate among pregnant women, Savannah Region, Ghana, 2018-2022.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Assessment of Cytokines TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, TGF-beta-1, and IL-10 in Malaria Patients of the River Nile State , Sudan: A critical study of immune response.BMC immunology · 2025Article
- Circulation of SARS-CoV-2 and Co-Infection withInfectious disease reports · 2025Article
- Vector-borne diseases and their role in COVID-19 dynamics and death rates: focus on India.Folia microbiologica · 2025Article
- Influence of Household Roof Types on the Development of Plasmodium vivax in Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Hospital attendance, malaria prevalence and self-medication with an antimalarial drug before and after the start of COVID-19 pandemic in a sentinel site for malaria surveillance in Gabon.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Patients with Trichinella spiralis infection display unmodified antigen-specific immune response to SARS-CoV-2.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2025Article
- Effects of vector control interventions on spatio-temporal changes ofFrontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Effect of the second and third COVID-19 pandemic waves on routine outpatient malaria indicators and case management practices in Uganda: an interrupted time series analysis.Malaria journal · 2024Article
- Cellular immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and clinical presentation in individuals exposed to endemic malaria.Cell reports · 2024Article
- Drivers of autochthonous malaria cases over time: could the Central European present the African future?Malaria journal · 2024Article
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- A retrospective analysis of malaria deaths in the pre- and intra- COVID 19 pandemic era, Ghana, 2016-2021.PloS one · 2024Article
- Exploring the hidden mental health consequences of malaria beyond the fever.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Review
- Malaria control - lessons learned from trends of Malaria indices over three decades in Karnataka, India.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- The burden of the coronavirus disease 2019 virus infection in Burkina Faso: Results from a World Health Organization UNITY population-based, age-stratified sero-epidemiological investigation.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2023Article
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Abstract
The incidence and mortality of COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization reports, shows a noticeable difference between North America, Western Europe, and South Asia on one hand and most African countries on the other hand, especially the malaria-endemic countries. Although this observation could be attributed to limited testing capacity, mitigation tools adopted and cultural habits, many theories have been postulated to explain this difference in prevalence and mortality. Because death tends to occur more in elders, both the role of demography, and how the age structure of a population may contribute to the difference in mortality rate between countries were discussed. The variable distribution of the ACEI/D and the ACE2 (C1173T substitution) polymorphisms has been postulated to explain this variable prevalence. Up-to-date data regarding the role of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ) in COVID-19 have been summarized. The article also sheds lights on how the similarity of malaria and COVID-19 symptoms can lead to misdiagnosis of one disease for the other or overlooking the possibility of co-infection. As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the delivery of malaria services, such as the distribution of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), indoor residual spraying, as well as malaria chemoprevention there is an urgent need for rapid and effective responses to avoid malaria outbreaks.
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