Sustainable malaria control: transdisciplinary approaches for translational applications

Malaria Journal

Review

Lyn-Marie Birkholtz¹  Walter Focke²  Christiaan de Jager³  Riana Bornman³  Clifford Mutero⁴ 

[1]Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, Private Bag x20, 0028, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

[2]Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, Private Bag x20, 0028, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

[3]University of Pretoria Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC), University of Pretoria, Private Bag x323, 0001, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

[4]University of Pretoria Centre for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP CSMC), University of Pretoria, Private Bag x323, 0001, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

[5]International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O. Box 30772, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya

关键词: Plasmodium;    Anopheles;    DDT;    Vector control;    Anti-malarial drugs;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2875-11-431

 received in 2012-10-30, accepted in 2012-12-14,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

With the adoption of the Global Malaria Action Plan, several countries are moving from malaria control towards elimination and eradication. However, the sustainability of some of the approaches taken may be questionable. Here, an overview of malaria control and elimination strategies is provided and the sustainability of each in context of vector- and parasite control is assessed. From this, it can be concluded that transdisciplinary approaches are essential for sustained malaria control and elimination in malaria-endemic communities.

【 授权许可】

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© Birkholtz et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.