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Charlotte I.E.A. van’t Klooster
Researcher at Leiden University Medical Center
Publications - 8
Citations - 338
Charlotte I.E.A. van’t Klooster is an academic researcher from Leiden University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Creolization. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 8 publications receiving 278 citations. Previous affiliations of Charlotte I.E.A. van’t Klooster include University of Amsterdam.
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Medicinal plants used by traditional healers for the treatment of malaria in the Chipinge district in Zimbabwe
Talkmore Ngarivhume,Charlotte I.E.A. van’t Klooster,Joop T. V. M. de Jong,Jan H. van der Westhuizen +3 more
TL;DR: Local knowledge of medicinal plants in the treatment of malaria still exists in all four villages surveyed and traditional healers appear to play an important role in primary health care services in this remote rural area in Zimbabwe.
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Local plant names reveal that enslaved Africans recognized substantial parts of the New World flora
Tinde van Andel,Tinde van Andel,Charlotte I.E.A. van’t Klooster,Diana Quiroz,Diana Quiroz,Alexandra M. Towns,Alexandra M. Towns,Sofie Ruysschaert,Margot van den Berg +8 more
TL;DR: This study traces the origin of 2,350 Afro-Surinamese vernacular plant names to those plant names used by local Amerindians, Europeans, and related groups in West and Central Africa and confirms the role of Africans as significant agents of environmental knowledge in the New World.
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Ethnobotanical study of plants used against malaria in Sélingué subdistrict, Mali.
Nouhoum Diarra,Charlotte I.E.A. van’t Klooster,Adiaratou Togola,Drissa Diallo,Merlin Willcox,Joop T. V. M. de Jong +5 more
TL;DR: The general aim of this research was to document how traditional healers conceptualize and diagnose malarial disease and to collect and identify medicinal plants or other substances used for their health and well-being in Sélingué subdistrict.
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Traditional health practitioners' perceptions, herbal treatment and management of HIV and related opportunistic infections.
Denver Davids,Tarryn Blouws,Oluwaseyi M. Aboyade,Diana Gibson,Joop T. V. M. de Jong,Charlotte I.E.A. van’t Klooster,Gail D Hughes +6 more
TL;DR: This study explored the THPs’ perspectives on HIV and commonly associated OIs and their herbal treatment methods and explored the treatment methods used by THPs for HIV and OIs while also contributing to the documentation of South African medicinal plants for future conservation.