The history of 20th century malaria control in Peru

Malaria Journal

Review

Dionicia Gamboa¹  Venkatachalam Udhayakumar²  Sean M Griffing³ 

[1] Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt”, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;Departamento de Ciencias Celulares y Moleculares, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru;Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Malaria Branch, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;

关键词: Latin America;    Malaria;    Peru;    Public health;    Plasmodium;    Vivax;    Falciparum;    Disease;    Malaria control;    Malaria eradication;    Drug resistance;    Pesticide resistance;    Habitat change;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2875-12-303

 received in 2013-04-29, accepted in 2013-08-21,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Griffing et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013