Using parasite genetic and human mobility data to infer local and cross-border malaria connectivity in Southern Africa

S Tessema, A Wesolowski, A Chen, M Murphy… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Local and cross-border importation remain major challenges to malaria elimination and are
difficult to measure using traditional surveillance data. To address this challenge, we …

Increasing globalization and the movement of antimicrobial resistance between countries

AE Berndtson - Surgical Infections, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: The threat of antimicrobial resistance continues to grow worldwide,
exacerbated by poor antibiotic stewardship practices, limited development of new …

Malaria after international travel: a GeoSentinel analysis, 2003–2016

KM Angelo, M Libman, E Caumes, DH Hamer, KC Kain… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
Background More than 30,000 malaria cases are reported annually among international
travellers. Despite improvements in malaria control, malaria continues to threaten travellers …

Human mobility patterns and malaria importation on Bioko Island

CA Guerra, SY Kang, DT Citron, DEB Hergott… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Malaria burden on Bioko Island has decreased significantly over the past 15 years.
The impact of interventions on malaria prevalence, however, has recently stalled. Here, we …

Mathematical models of human mobility of relevance to malaria transmission in Africa

JM Marshall, SL Wu, HM Sanchez C, SS Kiware… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
As Africa-wide malaria prevalence declines, an understanding of human movement patterns
is essential to inform how best to target interventions. We fitted movement models to trip data …

Identifying individual, household and environmental risk factors for malaria infection on Bioko Island to inform interventions

GA García, M Janko, DEB Hergott, OT Donfack… - Malaria journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Since 2004, malaria transmission on Bioko Island has declined significantly as
a result of the scaling-up of control interventions. The aim of eliminating malaria from the …

Investigation of mosquito larval habitats and insecticide resistance in an area with a high incidence of mosquito-borne diseases in Jining, Shandong Province

Y Wang, P Cheng, B Jiao, X Song, H Wang, H Wang… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background To investigate mosquito larval habitats and resistance to common insecticides
in areas with high incidence rates of mosquito-borne diseases in Jining, Shandong …

Temporal and spatial analysis of Plasmodium falciparum genomics reveals patterns of parasite connectivity in a low-transmission district in Southern Province …

AA Fola, KA Moser, O Aydemir, C Hennelly… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Understanding temporal and spatial dynamics of malaria transmission will help
to inform effective interventions and strategies in regions approaching elimination. Parasite …

Characterising malaria connectivity using malaria indicator survey data

CA Guerra, DT Citron, GA García, DL Smith - Malaria journal, 2019 - Springer
Malaria connectivity describes the flow of parasites among transmission sources and sinks
within a given landscape. Because of the spatial and temporal scales at which parasites are …

Out of the net: An agent-based model to study human movements influence on local-scale malaria transmission

F Pizzitutti, W Pan, B Feingold, B Zaitchik, CA Álvarez… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Though malaria control initiatives have markedly reduced malaria prevalence in recent
decades, global eradication is far from actuality. Recent studies show that environmental …