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A research agenda for malaria eradication: vector control

Control, The malERA Consultative Group on Vector

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The malERA Consultative Group on Vector Control



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Abstract

Different challenges are presented by the variety of malaria transmission environments present in the world today. In each setting, improved control for reduction of morbidity is a necessary first step towards the long-range goal of malaria eradication and a priority for regions where the disease burden is high. For many geographic areas where transmission rates are low to moderate, sustained and well-managed application of currently available tools may be sufficient to achieve local elimination. The research needs for these areas will be to sustain and perhaps improve the effectiveness of currently available tools. For other low-to-moderate transmission regions, notably areas where the vectors exhibit behaviours such as outdoor feeding and resting that are not well targeted by current strategies, new interventions that target predictable features of the biology/ecologies of the local vectors will be required. To achieve elimination in areas where high levels of transmission are sustained by very efficient vector species, radically new interventions that significantly reduce the vectorial capacity of wild populations will be needed. Ideally, such interventions should be implemented with a one-time application with a long-lasting impact, such as genetic modification of the vectorial capacity of the wild vector population.

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Control, T. M. C. G. O. V. (2011). A research agenda for malaria eradication: vector control. PLoS Medicine, 8, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000401

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2011
Deposit Date Jul 23, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal PLoS Medicine
Print ISSN 1549-1277
Electronic ISSN 1549-1676
Publisher Public Library of Science
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000401

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Copyright: © 2011 The malERA Consultative Group on Vector Control. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.





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