Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, achievable, and necessary

RGA Feachem, I Chen, O Akbari, A Bertozzi-Villa… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Executive summary 50 years after a noble but flawed attempt to eradicate malaria in the mid-
20th century, the global malaria community is once again seriously considering eradication …

New developments in anti-malarial target candidate and product profiles

JN Burrows, S Duparc, WE Gutteridge… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
A decade of discovery and development of new anti-malarial medicines has led to a
renewed focus on malaria elimination and eradication. Changes in the way new anti …

Mapping the global prevalence, incidence, and mortality of Plasmodium falciparum, 2000–17: a spatial and temporal modelling study

DJ Weiss, TCD Lucas, M Nguyen, AK Nandi… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Since 2000, the scale-up of malaria control interventions has substantially
reduced morbidity and mortality caused by the disease globally, fuelling bold aims for …

Changes in malaria epidemiology in Africa and new challenges for elimination

IN Nkumama, WP O'meara, FHA Osier - Trends in parasitology, 2017 - cell.com
Although the burden of Plasmodium falciparum malaria is gradually declining in many parts
of Africa, it is characterized by spatial and temporal variability that presents new and …

malERA: an updated research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication

RN Rabinovich, C Drakeley, AA Djimde, BF Hall… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Achieving a malaria-free world presents exciting scientific challenges as well as
overwhelming health, equity, and economic benefits. WHO and countries are setting …

Growing evidence of Plasmodium vivax across malaria-endemic Africa

KA Twohig, DA Pfeffer, JK Baird, RN Price… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Effective malaria control strategies require an accurate understanding of the epidemiology of
locally transmitted Plasmodium species. Compared to Plasmodium falciparum infection …

Evaluation of malaria diagnostic methods as a key for successful control and elimination programs

A Mbanefo, N Kumar - Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2020 - mdpi.com
Malaria is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. According to the World Health
Organization's (WHO's) world malaria report for 2018, there were 228 million cases and …

Preventive malaria treatment among school-aged children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analyses

LM Cohee, C Opondo, SE Clarke… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The burden of malaria infection in sub-Saharan Africa among school-aged
children aged 5–15 years is underappreciated and represents an important source of …

The Relative Contribution of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum Infections to the Infectious Reservoir in a Low-Endemic …

FG Tadesse, HC Slater, W Chali… - Clinical infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The majority of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum
infections in low-endemic settings are asymptomatic. The relative contribution to the …

Plasmodium Genomics and Genetics: New Insights into Malaria Pathogenesis, Drug Resistance, Epidemiology, and Evolution

X Su, KD Lane, L Xia, JM Sá… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Protozoan Plasmodium parasites are the causative agents of malaria, a deadly disease that
continues to afflict hundreds of millions of people every year. Infections with malaria …