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The history of 20th century malaria control in Peru

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dc.contributor.author Griffing, Sean M.
dc.contributor.author Gamboa Vilela, Dionicia Baziliza
dc.contributor.author Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-04T20:31:45Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-04T20:31:45Z
dc.date.issued 2013
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10599
dc.description.abstract Malaria has been part of Peruvian life since at least the 1500s. While Peru gave the world quinine, one of the first treatments for malaria, its history is pockmarked with endemic malaria and occasional epidemics. In this review, major increases in Peruvian malaria incidence over the past hundred years are described, as well as the human factors that have facilitated these events, and concerted private and governmental efforts to control malaria. Political support for malaria control has varied and unexpected events like vector and parasite resistance have adversely impacted morbidity and mortality. Though the ready availability of novel insecticides like DDT and efficacious medications reduced malaria to very low levels for a decade after the post eradication era, malaria reemerged as an important modern day challenge to Peruvian public health. Its reemergence sparked collaboration between domestic and international partners towards the elimination of malaria in Peru. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher BioMed Central
dc.relation.ispartofseries Malaria Journal
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Latin America en_US
dc.subject unclassified drug en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject public health en_US
dc.subject insecticide en_US
dc.subject parasite vector en_US
dc.subject pyrethroid en_US
dc.subject Drug resistance en_US
dc.subject infection control en_US
dc.subject incidence en_US
dc.subject malaria control en_US
dc.subject Plasmodium vivax en_US
dc.subject Plasmodium vivax malaria en_US
dc.subject epidemic en_US
dc.subject morbidity en_US
dc.subject methodology en_US
dc.subject health care policy en_US
dc.subject malaria falciparum en_US
dc.subject Plasmodium falciparum en_US
dc.subject Antimalarials en_US
dc.subject chloroquine en_US
dc.subject Malaria en_US
dc.subject primaquine en_US
dc.subject malaria en_US
dc.subject history en_US
dc.subject History, 20th Century en_US
dc.subject antimalarial agent en_US
dc.subject clindamycin en_US
dc.subject population dynamics en_US
dc.subject tetracycline en_US
dc.subject Communicable Disease Control en_US
dc.subject Health Policy en_US
dc.subject artemisinin en_US
dc.subject artesunate en_US
dc.subject chlorphenotane en_US
dc.subject Disease en_US
dc.subject domestic partnership en_US
dc.subject drug therapy en_US
dc.subject Drug Therapy en_US
dc.subject eradication therapy en_US
dc.subject Falciparum en_US
dc.subject Habitat change en_US
dc.subject Malaria control en_US
dc.subject Malaria eradication en_US
dc.subject mefloquine en_US
dc.subject mepacrine en_US
dc.subject Pesticide resistance en_US
dc.subject Plasmodium en_US
dc.subject plasmoquine en_US
dc.subject political system en_US
dc.subject Public health en_US
dc.subject quinine en_US
dc.subject Quinine en_US
dc.subject Vivax en_US
dc.title The history of 20th century malaria control in Peru en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-303
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.08
dc.relation.issn 1475-2875


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