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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
Return of chloroquine antimalarial efficacy in Malawi.
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N Engl J Med
|
2006
|
7.70
|
|
2
|
Molecular markers for failure of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and chlorproguanil-dapsone treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2002
|
5.75
|
|
3
|
Reemergence of chloroquine-sensitive Plasmodium falciparum malaria after cessation of chloroquine use in Malawi.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2003
|
5.21
|
|
4
|
Malarial retinopathy: a newly established diagnostic sign in severe malaria.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2006
|
5.14
|
|
5
|
Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa.
|
Nat Genet
|
2009
|
4.30
|
|
6
|
Effect of Plasmodium falciparum malaria on concentration of HIV-1-RNA in the blood of adults in rural Malawi: a prospective cohort study.
|
Lancet
|
2005
|
3.48
|
|
7
|
Blantyre Malaria Project Epilepsy Study (BMPES) of neurological outcomes in retinopathy-positive paediatric cerebral malaria survivors: a prospective cohort study.
|
Lancet Neurol
|
2010
|
3.47
|
|
8
|
Bacteremia in Malawian children with severe malaria: prevalence, etiology, HIV coinfection, and outcome.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2007
|
3.19
|
|
9
|
Short report: Piloting paperless data entry for clinical research in Africa.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2005
|
2.85
|
|
10
|
Platelet accumulation in brain microvessels in fatal pediatric cerebral malaria.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2003
|
2.70
|
|
11
|
Perfusion abnormalities in children with cerebral malaria and malarial retinopathy.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2009
|
2.69
|
|
12
|
Prognostic significance and course of retinopathy in children with severe malaria.
|
Arch Ophthalmol
|
2004
|
2.60
|
|
13
|
A community-based study of the incidence of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-preventable infections in Malawian adults living with HIV.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2005
|
2.47
|
|
14
|
Loss of endothelial protein C receptors links coagulation and inflammation to parasite sequestration in cerebral malaria in African children.
|
Blood
|
2013
|
2.35
|
|
15
|
Sustained clinical efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Malawi after 10 years as first line treatment: five year prospective study.
|
BMJ
|
2004
|
2.35
|
|
16
|
Impact of HIV-associated immunosuppression on malaria infection and disease in Malawi.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2006
|
2.22
|
|
17
|
Plasma concentrations of parasite histidine-rich protein 2 distinguish between retinopathy-positive and retinopathy-negative cerebral malaria in Malawian children.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2012
|
2.16
|
|
18
|
Angiopoietin-2 levels are associated with retinopathy and predict mortality in Malawian children with cerebral malaria: a retrospective case-control study*.
|
Crit Care Med
|
2012
|
1.97
|
|
19
|
Effects of HIV-1 serostatus, HIV-1 RNA concentration, and CD4 cell count on the incidence of malaria infection in a cohort of adults in rural Malawi.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.88
|
|
20
|
The distribution and intensity of parasite sequestration in comatose Malawian children.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.85
|
|
21
|
Malaria: mechanisms of erythrocytic infection and pathological correlates of severe disease.
|
Annu Rev Pathol
|
2007
|
1.83
|
|
22
|
The neuropathology of fatal cerebral malaria in malawian children.
|
Am J Pathol
|
2011
|
1.79
|
|
23
|
Return of chloroquine-susceptible falciparum malaria in Malawi was a reexpansion of diverse susceptible parasites.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2010
|
1.77
|
|
24
|
Common variation in the ABO glycosyltransferase is associated with susceptibility to severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
|
Hum Mol Genet
|
2007
|
1.72
|
|
25
|
Retinal pathology of pediatric cerebral malaria in Malawi.
|
PLoS One
|
2009
|
1.71
|
|
26
|
Using malarial retinopathy to improve the classification of children with cerebral malaria.
|
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
|
2008
|
1.67
|
|
27
|
Neurologic outcomes in retinopathy-negative cerebral malaria survivors.
|
Neurology
|
2012
|
1.66
|
|
28
|
Circulating endothelial microparticles in malawian children with severe falciparum malaria complicated with coma.
|
JAMA
|
2004
|
1.60
|
|
29
|
Ethical jurisdictions in biomedical research.
|
Trends Parasitol
|
2002
|
1.58
|
|
30
|
Association of intraleukocytic Plasmodium falciparum malaria pigment with disease severity, clinical manifestations, and prognosis in severe malaria.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2003
|
1.58
|
|
31
|
Identification of malaria retinopathy improves the specificity of the clinical diagnosis of cerebral malaria: findings from a prospective cohort study.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2010
|
1.56
|
|
32
|
Differential antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum merozoite proteins in Malawian children with severe malaria.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2008
|
1.51
|
|
33
|
Positive selection of a CD36 nonsense variant in sub-Saharan Africa, but no association with severe malaria phenotypes.
|
Hum Mol Genet
|
2009
|
1.50
|
|
34
|
Neuroimaging findings in children with retinopathy-confirmed cerebral malaria.
|
Eur J Radiol
|
2009
|
1.47
|
|
35
|
Endothelium-based biomarkers are associated with cerebral malaria in Malawian children: a retrospective case-control study.
|
PLoS One
|
2010
|
1.43
|
|
36
|
Supraorbital postmortem brain sampling for definitive quantitative confirmation of cerebral sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum parasites.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2012
|
1.42
|
|
37
|
Redefining cerebral malaria by including malaria retinopathy.
|
Future Microbiol
|
2011
|
1.40
|
|
38
|
Malaria control in Malawi: current status and directions for the future.
|
Acta Trop
|
2011
|
1.38
|
|
39
|
Proposed tenets of osteopathic medicine and principles for patient care.
|
J Am Osteopath Assoc
|
2002
|
1.38
|
|
40
|
Socially marketed insecticide-treated nets effectively reduce Plasmodium infection and anaemia among children in urban Malawi.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2006
|
1.37
|
|
41
|
Brain swelling and death in children with cerebral malaria.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2015
|
1.37
|
|
42
|
Reduction of childhood malaria by social marketing of insecticide-treated nets: a case-control study of effectiveness in Malawi.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2005
|
1.36
|
|
43
|
Association between the pharmacokinetics and in vivo therapeutic efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Malawian children.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2005
|
1.35
|
|
44
|
The prognostic value of measures of acid/base balance in pediatric falciparum malaria, compared with other clinical and laboratory parameters.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.30
|
|
45
|
Tissue distribution of migration inhibitory factor and inducible nitric oxide synthase in falciparum malaria and sepsis in African children.
|
Malar J
|
2003
|
1.28
|
|
46
|
Differential var gene expression in the organs of patients dying of falciparum malaria.
|
Mol Microbiol
|
2007
|
1.22
|
|
47
|
Tumor necrosis factor and lymphotoxin-alpha polymorphisms and severe malaria in African populations.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2009
|
1.17
|
|
48
|
NeuroInterp: a method for facilitating neuroimaging research on cerebral malaria.
|
Neurology
|
2013
|
1.13
|
|
49
|
Timing of malaria infection during pregnancy has characteristic maternal, infant and placental outcomes.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
1.12
|
|
50
|
Developmental outcomes in Malawian children with retinopathy-positive cerebral malaria.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2010
|
1.11
|
|
51
|
Genetic analysis of circulating and sequestered populations of Plasmodium falciparum in fatal pediatric malaria.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.08
|
|
52
|
Observational cohort study of HIV-infected African children.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2006
|
1.07
|
|
53
|
Submicroscopic malaria infection during pregnancy and the impact of intermittent preventive treatment.
|
Malar J
|
2014
|
1.07
|
|
54
|
Liver pathology in Malawian children with fatal encephalopathy.
|
Hum Pathol
|
2011
|
1.06
|
|
55
|
Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV-positive adults, Malawi.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2007
|
1.04
|
|
56
|
Clinical manifestations of new versus recrudescent malaria infections following anti-malarial drug treatment.
|
Malar J
|
2012
|
1.03
|
|
57
|
A longitudinal trial comparing chloroquine as monotherapy or in combination with artesunate, azithromycin or atovaquone-proguanil to treat malaria.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.02
|
|
58
|
Metabolites of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism in the cerebrospinal fluid of Malawian children with malaria.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2003
|
1.01
|
|
59
|
Sampling of supraorbital brain tissue after death: improving on the clinical diagnosis of cerebral malaria.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2005
|
0.99
|
|
60
|
Blood folate concentrations and in vivo sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine failure in Malawian children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2005
|
0.98
|
|
61
|
Detection of raised intracranial pressure by ultrasound measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter in African children.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2008
|
0.96
|
|
62
|
A histological method for quantifying Plasmodium falciparum in the brain in fatal paediatric cerebral malaria.
|
Malar J
|
2013
|
0.95
|
|
63
|
Persistent endothelial activation and inflammation after Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Malawian children.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.91
|
|
64
|
Assessment of a simplified method for counting leukocytic malaria pigment.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2005
|
0.90
|
|
65
|
Histidine-rich protein 2 plasma levels predict progression to cerebral malaria in Malawian children with Plasmodium falciparum infection.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2013
|
0.90
|
|
66
|
Malaria elimination in Malawi: research needs in highly endemic, poverty-stricken contexts.
|
Acta Trop
|
2011
|
0.90
|
|
67
|
Malaria treatment efficacy among people living with HIV: the role of host and parasite factors.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2007
|
0.90
|
|
68
|
Elevated plasma von Willebrand factor and propeptide levels in Malawian children with malaria.
|
PLoS One
|
2011
|
0.89
|
|
69
|
MRI findings in a cohort of brain injured survivors of pediatric cerebral malaria.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
70
|
Human cerebral malaria and Plasmodium falciparum genotypes in Malawi.
|
Malar J
|
2012
|
0.88
|
|
71
|
Association of the GNAS locus with severe malaria.
|
Hum Genet
|
2008
|
0.87
|
|
72
|
TLR9 polymorphisms in African populations: no association with severe malaria, but evidence of cis-variants acting on gene expression.
|
Malar J
|
2009
|
0.86
|
|
73
|
The effect of quinine on the electroretinograms of children with pediatric cerebral malaria.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2003
|
0.85
|
|
74
|
Pregnant women are a reservoir of malaria transmission in Blantyre, Malawi.
|
Malar J
|
2014
|
0.85
|
|
75
|
The genetic risk of acute seizures in African children with falciparum malaria.
|
Epilepsia
|
2013
|
0.84
|
|
76
|
Malarial retinopathy and fluorescein angiography findings in a Malawian child with cerebral malaria.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2010
|
0.82
|
|
77
|
Further evidence supporting a role for gs signal transduction in severe malaria pathogenesis.
|
PLoS One
|
2010
|
0.81
|
|
78
|
Transcriptional profiling of Plasmodium falciparum parasites from patients with severe malaria identifies distinct low vs. high parasitemic clusters.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
0.81
|
|
79
|
Magnetic resonance imaging during life: the key to unlock cerebral malaria pathogenesis?
|
Malar J
|
2014
|
0.80
|
|
80
|
Lack of association of interferon regulatory factor 1 with severe malaria in affected child-parental trio studies across three African populations.
|
PLoS One
|
2009
|
0.80
|
|
81
|
Magnetic resonance imaging research in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and satellite-based networking implementation.
|
J Digit Imaging
|
2011
|
0.80
|
|
82
|
Prevalence of raised intracranial pressure in cerebral malaria detected by optic nerve sheath ultrasound.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2012
|
0.80
|
|
83
|
Pentoxifylline as an adjunct therapy in children with cerebral malaria.
|
Malar J
|
2010
|
0.79
|
|
84
|
Expression of merozoite surface protein markers by Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes in peripheral blood and tissues of children with fatal malaria.
|
Infect Immun
|
2006
|
0.78
|
|
85
|
Evoked potentials in pediatric cerebral malaria.
|
Neurol Int
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
86
|
Seasonal differences in retinopathy-negative versus retinopathy-positive cerebral malaria.
|
Am J Trop Med Hyg
|
2012
|
0.75
|