University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Wits Research Institute for Malaria, South Africa - Wits scientists artificially infect mosquitoes with human malaria to advance treatment

Title:

Wits scientists artificially infect mosquitoes with human malaria to advance treatment 

 

By:

University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)

Published:

University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), 14 January 2021

https://www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-news/research-news/2021/2021-01/wits-scientists-artificially-infect-mosquitoes-with-human-malaria-to-advance-treatment.html

 

From the article:

Scientists at the Wits Research Institute for Malaria (WRIM) in partnership with the University of Pretoria and colleagues in the US, Spain and Switzerland have identified novel antiplasmodial lead compounds for mass drug administration and vector control to eliminate malaria.

 

PLOS (2020) - A multiphase program for malaria elimination in southern Mozambique (the Magude project): A before-after study

Title:

A multiphase program for malaria elimination in southern Mozambique (the Magude project): A before-after study

 

Authors:

Beatriz Galatas, Francisco Saúte, Helena Martí-Soler, Caterina Guinovart, Lidia Nhamussua, Wilson Simone, Humberto Munguambe, Camilo Hamido, Júlia Montañà, Olinda Muguande, Francois Maartens, Fabião Luis, Krijn Paaijmans, Alfredo Mayor, Quique Bassat, Clara Menéndez, Eusebio Macete, Regina Rabinovich, Pedro L. Alonso, Baltazar Candrinho & Pedro Aide

Published:

PLOS, 14 August 2020

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003227

Background (from the Abstract):

Malaria eradication remains the long-term vision of the World Health Organization (WHO). However, whether malaria elimination is feasible in areas of stable transmission in sub-Saharan Africa with currently available tools remains a subject of debate. This study aimed to evaluate a multiphased malaria elimination project to interrupt Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission in a rural district of southern Mozambique.