Prior to eradication of malaria in the U.S., the spread of malaria and the efforts that evolved to control it were tightly bound with conflict and war. Once malaria transmission was better understood, prevention mechanisms were established to reduce the spread of disease. At the time, the pri...
UNITED Nations. General AssemblyMALARIASeveral efforts are being made now for malaria elimination with a goal for eradication. New tools and strategies are being developed and there is currently renewed political engagement and interest. Several technical groups have produced a guide on elimination for ...
Many of us do not remember that this life-threatening disease was once endemic in the United States. This article reviews the history of malaria and its eradication in the U.S. and discusses methods for laboratory diagnosis.doi:10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2011.03.001Andrea J. Linscott...
Malaria is one of the most lethal and prevalent infectious diseases, which continues to cause the deaths of around half a million people each year.1To achieve the fast-approaching United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of global malaria elimination by 2030,2two processes i.e., accurate (spec...
malaria. We discuss the challenges (and opportunities) to expedite the translation of the technology as a point-of-site tool to assist in the global eradication of malaria infection. Similar content being viewed by others Rapid and quantitative antimalarial drug efficacy testing via the magneto-optic...
CDC’s mission to combat malaria began at its inception on July 1, 1946. The Communicable Disease Center, as CDC was first known, stemmed from MCWA. Thus, much of the early work done by CDC was concentrated on the control and eradication of malaria in the United States. With the success...
Eradication of Malaria Wasn’t malaria eradicated years ago? No, not in all parts of the world. Malaria has been eradicated from many developed countries with temperate climates. However, the disease remains a major health problem in many developing countries, in tropical and subtropical parts of...
Land use and land cover changes, such as deforestation, agricultural expansion and urbanization, are one of the largest anthropogenic environmental changes globally. Recent initiatives to evaluate the feasibility of malaria eradication have highlighted i
Malaria is a complex disease that has been successfully eradicated in some parts of the world, including the United States. However, in other areas, eradication efforts have failed or not been attempted at all. Experts agree that it is important to understand not only the disease and its impac...
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