Mathematical models for a new era of malaria eradication

PLoS Med. 2008 Nov 25;5(11):e231. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050231.

Abstract

Maciej Boni and colleagues discuss a new model exploring how a switch in antimalarial drug use to artemisinin-based combination therapies will affect malaria prevalence and incidence in endemic regions.

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Communicable Disease Control*
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / prevention & control*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / transmission*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Mosquito Control*

Substances

  • Antimalarials