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
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

585-588

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Rodrigo Marín Rodríguez (R)

Dirección de Vigilancia de la Salud, Ministerio de Salud, San José, San José, Costa Rica.

Luis Fernando Chaves (LF)

Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud (INCIENSA), Tres Ríos, Cartago, Costa Rica. Electronic address: lfchavs@gmail.com.

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