Monday 31 December 2012

MALARIA: Malaria Nexus weekly update -- Dec 31 2012


Elsevier's Global Malaria Resource

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Malaria Nexus is Elsevier’s Global Malaria Resource: A major hub for scientists working in all aspects of malaria research. The website aims to provide free access to some of the latest research on malaria published in Elsevier’s many journals. Articles are regularly uploaded on the site and made freely available to registered members for a period of 3 months. News items and podcast interviews with key leaders in the field are also frequently posted and available for free to registrants. A host of new areas will soon be introduced, so keep an eye on the new developments of the website!

Latest News

Malaria Nexus review of 2012: Top ten most popular news stories!Posted on 20 December 2012

Malaria Nexus review of 2012: Top ten most popular news stories!

As 2012 comes close to its end, the Malaria Nexus team looks back on the most popular news stories covered in 2012.

Other News

Posted on 20 December 2012

Malaria Nexus review of 2012: Top ten most popular articles!

The Malaria Nexus team assembled the list of the most popular articles posted on the webportal in 2012. All articles from the list will be freely available for the coming 3 months.
Posted on 19 December 2012

The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes its World Malaria Report 2012.

The WHO recently announced the publication of its World Malaria Report 2012 which summarizes information received from 104 malaria-endemic countries.
Posted on 13 December 2012

Application deadline for the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Tropical Infectious Diseases: From Bench to Field is fast approaching!

The application deadline for the GRC on Tropical Infectious Diseases: From Bench to Field is January 13, 2013.
Posted on 13 December 2012

A novel tetracycline-repressible system allows the study of essential genes in Plasmodium sp

A study published in the latest issue of Cell Host & Microbe describes a novel inducible gene expression system that allows the generation of conditional knockouts in Plasmodium sp.

Feature Articles

Posted on 20 December 2012

MALARIA NEXUS TOP TEN MOST POPULAR ARTICLES IN 2012: # 1 Malaria's deadly secret: a skin stage

Trends in Parasitology, Volume 28, Issue 4, April 2012, Pages 142-150
D Lys Guilbride, Patrick DL Guilbride, Pawel Gawlinski
Posted on 20 December 2012

MALARIA NEXUS TOP TEN MOST POPULAR ARTICLES IN 2012: # 2 Global challenges of changing epidemiological patterns of malaria

Acta Tropica, Volume 121, Issue 3, March 2012, Pages 158-165
Walther H. Wernsdorfer
Posted on 20 December 2012

MALARIA NEXUS TOP TEN MOST POPULAR ARTICLES IN 2012: # 3 Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis

The Lancet , Volume 379, Issue 9814, 4–10 February 2012, Pages 413-431
Christopher JL Murray, Lisa C Rosenfeld, Stephen S Lim, Kathryn G Andrews, Kyle J Foreman, Diana Haring, Nancy Fullman, Mohsen Naghavi, Rafael Lozano, Alan D Lopez
Posted on 20 December 2012

MALARIA NEXUS TOP TEN MOST POPULAR ARTICLES IN 2012: # 4 High resolution 3D perspective of Plasmodium biology: advancing into a new era

Trends in Parasitology, Volume 27, Issue 12, December 2011, Pages 548-554
Shiri Eshar, Noa Dahan-Pasternak, Allon Weiner, Ron Dzikowski

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