Malaria in 2018 : looking to the past and moving into the future

• Main Authors: Chia, Po Ying, Hsu, Li Yang, Yeo, Tsin Wen
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Disease; Science::Medicine; Malaria
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83666; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49127
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

World Malaria Day is observed and commemorated annually on 25 April in recognition of the ongoing global burden and the efforts to control it. Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites, of which 5 species are known to cause disease in humans, namely P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae and...