The interruption of malaria transmission worldwide is one of the greatest challenges for
international health and development communities. The current expert view suggests that …

Mathematical models of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission originated in the early
twentieth century to provide insights into how to most effectively combat malaria. The …

Since the year 2000, a concerted campaign against malaria has led to unprecedented levels
of intervention coverage across sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the effect of this control …

Background Malaria control has not been routinely informed by the assessment of
subnational variation in malaria deaths. We combined data from the Malaria Atlas Project …

Background Transmission intensity affects almost all aspects of malaria epidemiology and
the impact of malaria on human populations. Maps of transmission intensity are necessary to …

Background Current understanding of the spatial epidemiology and geographical
distribution of Plasmodium vivax is far less developed than that for P. falciparum …

Background Over the past decade malaria intervention coverage has been scaled up across
Africa. However, it remains unclear what overall reduction in transmission is achievable …

Background The phase 3 trial of the RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine candidate showed
modest efficacy of the vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but was not powered …

The renewed effort to eliminate malaria and permanently remove its tremendous burden
highlights questions of what combination of tools would be sufficient in various settings and …

Background The control and elimination of malaria requires expanded coverage of and
access to effective malaria control interventions such as insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) …