Parasite Removal for Malaria Elimination in Costa Rica.
7-day treatment
Plasmodium vivax
breakpoint
mass drug administration
primaquine
regime shift
Journal
Trends in parasitology
ISSN: 1471-5007
Titre abrégé: Trends Parasitol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100966034
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2019
08 2019
Historique:
received:
23
02
2019
revised:
25
03
2019
accepted:
24
04
2019
pubmed:
28
5
2019
medline:
30
5
2020
entrez:
27
5
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In Costa Rica, malaria parasite removal via treatment shift and focalized mass drug administration (MDA) largely decreased malaria transmission between 2006 and 2009, and led to malaria elimination from 2013 to 2015. These results can help to shape a regional strategy for malaria elimination in Mesoamerica and México.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31129039
pii: S1471-4922(19)30083-2
doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.04.007
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antimalarials
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
585-588Informations de copyright
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