Mathematical modelling of the impact of expanding levels of malaria control interventions on Plasmodium vivax

Michael T. White; Patrick Walker; Stephan Karl; Manuel W. Hetzel; Tim Freeman; Andreea Waltmann; Moses Laman; Leanne J. Robinson; Azra Ghani; Ivo Mueller

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05860-8

Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Mathematical modelling of the impact of expanding levels of malaria control interventions on Plasmodium vivax

Michael T. White,
Patrick Walker,
Stephan Karl,
Manuel W. Hetzel,
Tim Freeman,
Andreea Waltmann,
Moses Laman,
Leanne J. Robinson,
Azra Ghani,
Ivo Mueller

Affiliations

Michael T. White: Malaria: Parasites and Hosts, Department of Parasites and Insect Vectors, Institut Pasteur
Patrick Walker: MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London
Stephan Karl: Vector-borne Diseases Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
Manuel W. Hetzel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Tim Freeman: Rotarians Against Malaria
Andreea Waltmann: Division of Population Health and Immunity, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Moses Laman: Vector-borne Diseases Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
Leanne J. Robinson: Vector-borne Diseases Unit, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
Azra Ghani: MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London
Ivo Mueller: Malaria: Parasites and Hosts, Department of Parasites and Insect Vectors, Institut Pasteur

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05860-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Plasmodium vivax poses a unique challenge for malaria elimination worldwide. Here, White et al. develop an individual-based mathematical model of P. vivax transmission and evaluate intervention strategies in Papua New Guinea.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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