Communications Medicine (Feb 2022)

Malaria elimination on Hainan Island despite climate change

  • Huaiyu Tian,
  • Naizhe Li,
  • Yapin Li,
  • Moritz U. G. Kraemer,
  • Hua Tan,
  • Yonghong Liu,
  • Yidan Li,
  • Ben Wang,
  • Peiyi Wu,
  • Bernard Cazelles,
  • José Lourenço,
  • Dongqi Gao,
  • Dingwei Sun,
  • Wenjing Song,
  • Yuchun Li,
  • Oliver G. Pybus,
  • Guangze Wang,
  • Christopher Dye

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00073-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Tian et al. use mathematical modelling to estimate the impact of various interventions on malaria incidence on Hainan Island, also taking into account climate change. They find that although malaria transmission has been exacerbated by climate change, insecticide-treated bed nets and other interventions were effective in controlling the disease.