Optimising strategies for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria elimination in Cambodia: Primaquine, mass drug administration and Artemisinin resistance

• Main Authors: Richard J. Maude, Duong Socheat, Chea Nguon, Preap Saroth, Prak Dara, Guoqiao Li, Jianping Song, Shunmay Yeung, Arjen M. Dondorp, Nicholas P. Day, Nicholas J. White, Lisa J. White
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/13453

Background: Malaria elimination requires a variety of approaches individually optimized for different transmission settings. A recent field study in an area of low seasonal transmission in South West Cambodia demonstrated dramatic reductions in malaria parasite prevalence following both mass drug ad...