Malaria Research at Harvard University
Malaria Research at Harvard University
The Harvard University groups listed below -- in alphabetical order, with information on their recent publications -- are currently conducting malaria research. They can be contacted directly, by e-mail, phone, fax, or letter, as indicated. Comments and additional listings for this site can be sent to:
malaria@deas.harvard.edu
This site was established in October 1998, and last updated in February 2001.
Bill Bossert
Related Publications (1995-):
- McKenzie, FE, MU Ferreira, JK Baird, G Snounou and WH Bossert 2001.
Meiotic recombination, cross-reactivity and persistence in Plasmodium falciparum.
Evolution 55: (in press). Abstract
- McKenzie, FE, GF Killeen, JC Beier and WH Bossert 2001.
Seasonality, parasite diversity and local extinctions in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Ecology 82: (in press). Abstract
- McKenzie, FE 2000.
- McKenzie, FE, RC Wong and WH Bossert 1999.
Discrete-event models of mixed-phenotype Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Simulation 73: 213-217. Abstract
- Mason, DP and FE McKenzie 1999.
Blood-stage dynamics and clinical implications of mixed Plasmodium vivax-Plasmodium falciparum infections.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 61: 367-374.
Abstract
- Mason, DP, FE McKenzie and WH Bossert 1999.
The blood-stage dynamics of mixed Plasmodium malariae-Plasmodium falciparum infections.
Journal of Theoretical Biology 198: 549-566.
Abstract
- McKenzie, FE and WH Bossert 1999.
Multispecies Plasmodium infections of humans.
Journal of Parasitology 85: 12-18.
Abstract
- McKenzie, FE, RC Wong and WH Bossert 1998.
Discrete-event simulation models of Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Simulation 71: 250-261.
Abstract
- McKenzie, FE and WH Bossert 1998.
The optimal production of gametocytes by Plasmodium falciparum.
Journal of Theoretical Biology 193: 419-428.
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McKenzie, FE and WH Bossert 1998.
A target for intervention in Plasmodium falciparum infections.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 58: 763-767.
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- McKenzie, FE and WH Bossert 1997.
The dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage infection.
Journal of Theoretical Biology 188: 127-140.
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- McKenzie, FE and WH Bossert 1997.
Mixed-species Plasmodium infections of humans.
Journal of Parasitology 83: 593-600.
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- McKenzie, FE and WH Bossert 1997.
Mixed-species Plasmodium infections of Anopheles (Diptera:
Culicidae).
Journal of Medical Entomology 34: 417-425.
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Andy Spielman
Related Publications (1995-):
- Freeman J, KF Laserson, I Petralanda, A Spielman. 1999. Effect of chemotherapy on malaria transmission among Yanomami Amerindians: simulated consequences of placebo treatment. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 60: 774-780.
- Kiszewski AE, A Spielman. 1998. Spatially explicit model of transposon-based genetic drive mechanisms for displacing fluctuating populations of anopheline vector mosquitoes. Journal of Medical Entomology 35: 584-590.
- Plasai V, A Spielman. 1996. Mefloquine insusceptibility of malaria in Thailand not promoted by nonregulated drug use. Acta Tropica 60: 281-289.
Dyann Wirth
Related Publications (1995-):
- Golightly LM, W Mbacham, J Daily, DF Wirth. 2000. 3' UTR elements enhance expression of Pgs28, an ookinete protein of Plasmodium gallinaceum. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 105: 61-70.
- Laserson KF, I Petralanda, R Almera, RH Barker Jr, A Spielman, JH Maguire, DF Wirth. 1999. Genetic characterization of an epidemic of Plasmodium falciparum malaria among Yanomami Amerindians. Journal of Infectious Diseases 180: 2081-2085.
- Zalis MG, L Pang, MS Silveira, WK Milhous, DF Wirth. 1998. Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum isolated from the Amazon region of Brazil: evidence for quinine resistance. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 58: 630-637.
- Wirth DF. 1998. Malaria: a 21st century solution for an ancient disease. Nature Medicine 4: 1360-1362.
- Olliaro P, J Cattani, DF Wirth. 1996. Malaria, the submerged disease. Journal of the American Medical Association 275: 230-233.