Malaria Zoonoses and its Future Challenges

Malaria zoonoses.

The genus Plasmodium includes many species that naturally cause malaria among apes and monkeys. The 2004 discovery of people infected by Plasmodium knowlesi in Malaysian Borneo alerted to the potential for non-human species of plasmodia to cause human morbidity and mortality. Subsequent work revealed what appears to be a surprisingly high risk of infection and relatively severe disease, includi...

Malaria Vector Based VIMTS: Challenges and Future

In the modern world, with regards to the improvements in human life style and breakthroughs in medical sciences, vectorborne diseases such as malaria are still as public health challenge worldwide [1]. The most important reason is related to the movement capability of the vectors. Therefore, pathogens can be transported throughout the world [2]. Malaria is caused by protozoan parasites of the g...

asymptomatic malaria and its challenges in the malaria elimination program in iran: a systematic review

background: the ob­jective of this study was to find an appropriate approach to asymptomatic malaria in elimination setting through a systematic review. methods: a broad search was conducted to find articles with the words ‘malaria’ in their titles and ‘asymptomatic’ or ‘submicroscopic’ in their texts, irrespective of the type of study conducted. the cochrane, medline/pubmed, and scopus databas...

Malaria: Global progress 2000 – 2015 and future challenges

BACKGROUND 2015 was the target year for malaria goals set by the World Health Assembly and other international institutions to reduce malaria incidence and mortality. A review of progress indicates that malaria programme financing and coverage have been transformed since the beginning of the millennium, and have contributed to substantial reductions in the burden of disease. FINDINGS Investme...

EDITORIAL : Emerging Zoonoses : Tackling the Challenges