A brief history of malaria

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dc.contributor.authorNosten F.
dc.contributor.otherMahidol University
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-20T05:26:48Z
dc.date.available2023-06-20T05:26:48Z
dc.date.issued2022-09-01
dc.description.abstractFor millions of years, invertebrates and malaria parasites have coexisted and to date, malaria remains the most important human parasitic disease. This co-evolution had profound impacts on the movements of early hominids and on the genome of modern humans. Over the past two centuries, progress has been made with the discovery of the parasite, its transmission, and medicines, paving the way to the control of the disease and its elimination in some countries. However, the Plasmodium parasite is a formidable foe capable of developing resistance to drugs, and the mosquito vector has adapted to insecticides, foiling all attempts to eradicate the disease. Over recent years the economic and social costs of malaria have been recognized and more funds have been mobilized than ever before, however further efforts are needed. National programs, international institutions and researchers will need to do better if the preventable deaths of hundreds of thousands of mostly African children are to be averted.
dc.identifier.citationPresse Medicale Vol.51 No.3 (2022)
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.lpm.2022.104130
dc.identifier.issn07554982
dc.identifier.pmid35667599
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85135319819
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14594/87260
dc.rights.holderSCOPUS
dc.subjectMedicine
dc.titleA brief history of malaria
dc.typeShort Survey
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oaire.citation.issue3
oaire.citation.titlePresse Medicale
oaire.citation.volume51
oairecerif.author.affiliationFaculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
oairecerif.author.affiliationCentre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire de Tours
oairecerif.author.affiliationHôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière
oairecerif.author.affiliationNuffield Department of Medicine
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