How can the complex epidemiology of malaria in India impact its elimination?

N Khan, G Awasthi, A Das - Trends in parasitology, 2023 - cell.com
Malaria is a human health hazard in the tropical and subtropical zones of the globe and is
poised to be eliminated by the year 2030. Despite a decrease in incidence in the past two …

A systematic review and meta-analysis on sub-microscopic Plasmodium infections in India: different perspectives and global challenges

N Deora, CP Yadav, V Pande, A Sinha - The Lancet Regional Health …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The long-term maintenance of parasite biomass below the detection threshold
of microscopy may stymie malaria elimination. Variation in microscopists' competencies to …

Attributed causes of excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in a south Indian city

JA Lewnard, G Kang, R Laxminarayan - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Globally, excess deaths during 2020–21 outnumbered documented COVID-19
deaths by 9.5 million, primarily driven by deaths in low-and middle-income countries …

Prevalence and risk factors associated with asymptomatic malaria among school children: repeated cross-sectional surveys of school children in two ecological zones …

BA Mensah, JL Myers-Hansen, E Obeng Amoako… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Asymptomatic Plasmodium infections significantly drive malaria
transmission and impact control and elimination strategies, but are largely uncharacterized …

[HTML][HTML] The global burden of Plasmodium vivax malaria is obscure and insidious

KE Battle, JK Baird - PLoS Medicine, 2021 - journals.plos.org
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Vivax malaria in Duffy-negative patients shows invariably low asexual parasitaemia: implication towards malaria control in Ethiopia

A Abate, I Bouyssou, S Mabilotte, C Doderer-Lang… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background The increase in detections of Plasmodium vivax infection in Duffy-negative
individuals in Africa has challenged the dogma establishing the unique P. vivax Duffy …

Schoolchildren with asymptomatic malaria are potential hotspot for malaria reservoir in Ethiopia: implications for malaria control and elimination efforts

A Biruksew, A Demeke, Z Birhanu, L Golassa, M Getnet… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Schoolchildren with asymptomatic malaria infections often go undiagnosed and
untreated, serving as reservoirs for infection that hamper malaria control and elimination …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitemia in Odisha, India: a challenge to malaria elimination

P Kumari, S Sinha, R Gahtori, CP Yadav… - The American Journal …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The prevalence of malaria in India is decreasing, but it remains a major concern for public
health administration. The role of submicroscopic malaria and asymptomatic malaria …

Mass screening and treatment (MSaT) for identifying and treating asymptomatic cases of malaria-malaria elimination demonstration project (MEDP), Mandla, Madhya …

A Singh, H Rajvanshi, MP Singh, S Bhandari, S Nisar… - Malaria journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Mass screening and treatment (MSaT) aims at reducing the spread of malaria in
communities by identifying and treating infected persons regardless of the symptoms. This …

[HTML][HTML] Polymerase chain reaction-based malaria diagnosis can be increasingly adopted during current phase of malaria elimination in India

M Rahi, R Sharma, P Saroha… - The American Journal …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite commendable progress in control of malaria in India and other countries, there are
hidden reservoirs of parasites in human hosts that continually feed malaria transmission …