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Determinants of Malaria Transmission at the Population Level

Author(s) -

Teun Bousema,

Chris Drakeley

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

cold spring harbor perspectives in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.853

H-Index - 105

eISSN - 2472-5412

pISSN - 2157-1422

DOI - 10.1101/cshperspect.a025510

Subject(s) - malaria , hygiene , transmission (telecommunications) , population , tropical medicine , anthropology , demography , medicine , family medicine , geography , sociology , immunology , pathology , computer science , telecommunications

Transmission of malaria from man to mosquito defines the human infectious reservoir of malaria. At the population level this is influenced by a variety of human, parasite, and mosquito vector factors some or all of which may vary depending on the epidemiological setting. Here, we review our current state of knowledge related to human infectiousness to mosquitoes and how current malaria control strategies might be adapted to focus on reducing this. While much progress has been made in malaria control, we argue that an improved understanding of human infectivity will allow more effective use of current control tools and make elimination a more feasible goal.

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