Prospects for malaria elimination in non-Amazonian regions of Latin America

Mateus, J.C.; Soto, E.; Beier, J.C.; Calzada, J.E.; Quiñones, M.L.; Quintero, J.P.; Arévalo-Herrera, M.; Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro; Corredor, V.; Alonso, P.; Carrasquilla, G.; Wu, Y.; Gutierrez, J.B.; Fuller, D.O.; Herrera, S.; Menendez, C.; Galinski, M.

dc.contributor.author	Herrera, S.
dc.contributor.author	Quiñones, M.L.
dc.contributor.author	Quintero, J.P.
dc.contributor.author	Corredor, V.
dc.contributor.author	Fuller, D.O.
dc.contributor.author	Mateus, J.C.
dc.contributor.author	Calzada, J.E.
dc.contributor.author	Gutierrez, J.B.
dc.contributor.author	Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro
dc.contributor.author	Soto, E.
dc.contributor.author	Menendez, C.
dc.contributor.author	Wu, Y.
dc.contributor.author	Alonso, P.
dc.contributor.author	Carrasquilla, G.
dc.contributor.author	Galinski, M.
dc.contributor.author	Beier, J.C.
dc.contributor.author	Arévalo-Herrera, M.
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-18T19:26:45Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-18T19:26:45Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10837
dc.description.abstract	Latin America contributes 1-1.2 million clinical malaria cases to the global malaria burden of about 300 million per year. In 21 malaria endemic countries, the population at risk in this region represents less than 10% of the total population exposed worldwide. Factors such as rapid deforestation, inadequate agricultural practices, climate change, political instability, and both increasing parasite drug resistance and vector resistance to insecticides contribute to malaria transmission. Recently, several malaria endemic countries have experienced a significant reduction in numbers of malaria cases. This is most likely due to actions taken by National Malaria Control Programs (NMCP) with the support from international funding agencies. We describe here the research strategies and activities to be undertaken by the Centro Latino Americano de Investigación en Malaria (CLAIM), a new research center established for the non-Amazonian region of Latin America by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Throughout a network of countries in the region, initially including Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, and Peru, CLAIM will address major gaps in our understanding of changing malaria epidemiology, vector biology and control, and clinical malaria mainly due to Plasmodium vivax. In close partnership with NMCPs, CLAIM seeks to conduct research on how and why malaria is decreasing in many countries of the region as a basis for developing and implementing new strategies that will accelerate malaria elimination.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Acta Tropica
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Peru	en_US
dc.subject	article	en_US
dc.subject	Animals	en_US
dc.subject	nonhuman	en_US
dc.subject	pathogen	en_US
dc.subject	polymerase chain reaction	en_US
dc.subject	diagnostic test	en_US
dc.subject	disease control	en_US
dc.subject	epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Malaria	en_US
dc.subject	malaria control	en_US
dc.subject	medical research	en_US
dc.subject	parasite transmission	en_US
dc.subject	Plasmodium	en_US
dc.subject	Plasmodium vivax	en_US
dc.subject	population research	en_US
dc.subject	vector control	en_US
dc.subject	\|Socioeconomic Factors	en_US
dc.subject	agriculture	en_US
dc.subject	Anopheles (genus)	en_US
dc.subject	Anopheles mosquitoes	en_US
dc.subject	antimalarial drug resistance	en_US
dc.subject	Colombia	en_US
dc.subject	deforestation	en_US
dc.subject	Delivery of Health Care	en_US
dc.subject	Disease Eradication	en_US
dc.subject	drug indication	en_US
dc.subject	Drug Resistance	en_US
dc.subject	glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency	en_US
dc.subject	Guatemala [Central America]	en_US
dc.subject	Imidazoles	en_US
dc.subject	Insect Vectors	en_US
dc.subject	insecticide resistance	en_US
dc.subject	International Cooperation	en_US
dc.subject	Latin America	en_US
dc.subject	Malaria elimination	en_US
dc.subject	Malaria pathogenesis	en_US
dc.subject	Malaria Vaccines	en_US
dc.subject	National Health Programs	en_US
dc.subject	Niacin	en_US
dc.subject	Non-Amazon regions	en_US
dc.subject	Panama [Central America]	en_US
dc.subject	political system	en_US
dc.subject	rapid diagnostic test	en_US
dc.subject	South and Central America	en_US
dc.title	Prospects for malaria elimination in non-Amazonian regions of Latin America	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.06.018
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn	1873-6254