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had more than three DVS) and ranked the DVS by their importance. Where
there was great variation within countries (e.g. Indonesia), more detailed
spatial information regarding the DVS was gathered. The rankings were
then used to determine the order in which the species-specific distribution
maps were layered to generate global-scale maps for the
Anopheles
vectors
of greatest public health importance.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ACT
Artemisinin-based combination therapy
ADMIN
Administrative unit
Africa+
Africa, Yemen and Saudi Arabia
Asia
Mainland Asia excluding the Malaysian Peninsula
Asia-Pacific
The Malaysian Peninsula and the islands of Asia and the Pacific
CSE Asia
Central and South East Asia
DVS
Dominant vector species or species complexes
ELISA
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
G6PD
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
GRUMP
Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project
IQR
Inter-quartile range
Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Korea DPR
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
MAP
Malaria Atlas Project
MBG
Model-based geostatistics
MCMC
Markov chain Monte Carlo
PAR
Populations at risk
Pv
API
P. vivax
annual parasite incidence
Pv
MEC
P. vivax
malaria endemic country
Pv
PR
P. vivax
parasite rate
Pv
PR
1-99
P. vivax
parasite rate in 1-99-year olds
RDT
Rapid diagnostic test
s.l.
sensu lato
s.s.
sensu stricto
TAG
Technical advisory group
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The large global assembly of parasite prevalence data was critically dependent on the gen-
erous contributions of data made by a large number of people in the malaria research and
control communities and these individuals are listed on the MAP website (
http://www.map.
ac.uk/acknowledgements
). We thank David Pigott and Jennie Charlton for proofreading
the manuscript. SIH is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust
(#095066), which also supports PWG, CAG and KEB. IRFE is funded by grants from the
University of Oxford—Li Ka Shing Foundation Global Health Program and the Oxford
Tropical Network. CLM is funded by a Biomedical Resources Grant from the Wellcome
