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Open Access 01-12-2015 | Commentary

Global malaria eradication and the importance of Plasmodium falciparum epidemiology in Africa

Author: Robert W Snow

Published in: BMC Medicine | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

The global agenda for malaria has, once again, embraced the possibility of eradication. As history has shown, there will be no single magic bullet that can be applied to every epidemiological setting. Africa has a diverse malaria ecology, lending itself to some of the highest disease burden areas of the world and a wide range of clinical epidemiological patterns making control with our current tools challenging. This commentary highlights why the epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa should not be forgotten when planning an eradication strategy, and why forgetting Africa will, once again, be the single largest threat to any hope for global eradication.

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Title: Global malaria eradication and the importance of Plasmodium falciparum epidemiology in Africa
Author: Robert W Snow
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Medicine / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1741-7015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0254-7

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