Optimal health and disease management using spatial uncertainty: A geographic characterization of emergent artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum distributions in Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Eric P.M. Grist, Jennifer A. Flegg, Georgina Humphreys, Ignacio Suay Mas, Tim J.C. Anderson, Elizabeth A. Ashley, Nicholas P.J. Day, Mehul Dhorda, Arjen M. Dondorp, M. Abul Faiz, Peter W. Gething, Tran T. Hien, Tin M. Hlaing, Mallika Imwong, Jean Marie Kindermans, Richard J. Maude, Mayfong Mayxay, Marina McDew-White, Didier Menard, Shalini Nair, Francois Nosten, Paul N. Newton, Ric N. Price, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Shannon Takala-Harrison, Frank Smithuis, Nhien T. Nguyen, Kyaw M. Tun, Nicholas J. White, Benoit Witkowski, Charles J. Woodrow, Rick M. Fairhurst, Carol Hopkins Sibley, Philippe J. Guerin
• Other Authors: WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN)
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Business, Management and Accounting; Computer Science; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/43233
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2016 The Author(s). Background: Artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites are now present across much of mainland Southeast Asia, where ongoing surveys are measuring and mapping their spatial distribution. These efforts require substantial resources. Here we propose a generic &...