Ecology: A prerequisite for malaria elimination and eradication

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

PLoS Medicine

Name of Author

Heather M. Ferguson, Ifakara Health Institute
Anna Dornhaus, College of Science
Arlyne Beeche, Centre de Recherches Pour Le Développement International
Christian Borgemeister, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
Michael Gottlieb, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Mir S. Mulla, University of California, Riverside
John E. Gimnig, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Durland Fish, Yale University
Gerry F. Killeen, Ifakara Health Institute

Publication Date

8-1-2010

Abstract

Existing front-line vector control measures, such as insecticide-treated nets and residual sprays, cannot break the transmission cycle of Plasmodium falciparum in the most intensely endemic parts of Africa and the Pacific. The goal of malaria eradication will require urgent strategic investment into understanding the ecology and evolution of the mosquito vectors that transmit malaria. Priority areas will include understanding aspects of the mosquito life cycle beyond the blood feeding processes which directly mediate malaria transmission. Global commitment to malaria eradication necessitates a corresponding longterm commitment to vector ecology.

PubMed ID

20689800

Recommended Citation

Ferguson, H., Dornhaus, A., Beeche, A., Borgemeister, C., Gottlieb, M., Mulla, M., Gimnig, J., Fish, D., & Killeen, G. (2010). Ecology: A prerequisite for malaria elimination and eradication. PLoS Medicine, 7 (8) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000303