Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
CHAPTER SIX
Control and Elimination
of Plasmodium vivax
G. Dennis Shanks * ,
* Army Malaria Institute, Enoggera, Queensland, Australia
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Contents
1. Why Controlling P. vivax is Difficult
302
1.1. Geographic Range and Temperature Tolerance
303
1.2. Different Types of Vivax Malaria
304
1.3. Hypnozoites and Implications for Elimination
305
1.4. P. vivax in Africa
306
2. Established Anti-transmission Measures
307
2.1. Residual Insecticide Spraying of Houses
307
2.2. Insecticide Impregnated Bed Nets
308
2.3. Example of Solomon Islands
309
3. Drugs for Control of Relapsing Malaria
311
3.1. Mass Drug Administration as Public Health Tool
311
3.2. Historical Use of Drugs for Malaria Control/Elimination
312
3.3. Primaquine and Other 8-Aminoquinolines
313
3.4. Role of MDA in Future Malaria Elimination Efforts
314
3.5. China's Use of MDA
319
3.6. Kyrgyzstan's Use of MDA
319
4. Difficulty Going from Low to No Malaria Transmission
320
4.1. Malaria Elimination in Taiwan
320
4.2. Malaria Elimination in Mexico
321
5. Surveillance as Key Intervention for Malaria Elimination
322
5.1. Korea
322
5.2. Aneityum
323
6. Problems of Malaria Reintroduction into Eliminated Areas
323
6.1. Trans-national Malaria Control
325
6.2. USA Post-Second World War and Korean Conflict
325
6.3. Former Soviet Union Post Afghan War
326
7. Prospects for Improved Drugs for Control/Elimination
327
7.1. Tafenoquine
328
7.2. Methylene Blue
328
7.3. Other Medications Still in Pre-clinical Stages
329
8. Prospects for Improved Anti-transmission Measures
329
8.1. Anti-transmission Vaccine
330
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