Article
Falciparum malaria from coastal Tanzania and Zanzibar remains highly connected despite effective control efforts on the archipelago.
Malaria journal - 28 Jan 2020
Morgan Andrew P, Brazeau Nicholas F, Ngasala Billy, Mhamilawa Lwidiko E, Denton Madeline, Msellem Mwinyi, Morris Ulrika, Filer Dayne L, Aydemir Ozkan, Bailey Jeffrey A, Parr Jonathan B, Mårtensson Andreas, Bjorkman Anders, Juliano Jonathan J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tanzania's Zanzibar archipelago has made significant gains in malaria control over the last decade and is a target for malaria elimination. Despite consistent implementation of effective tools since 2002, elimination has not been achieved. Importation of parasites from outside of the archipelago is thought to be an important cause of malaria's persistence, but this paradigm has not been studied using...
Topics
- Cohort Studies
- Demography
- Gene Library
- Genetic Variation
- Haploidy
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Incidence
- Islands
- Malaria, Falciparum