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Current Malaria Situation in Asia-Oceania

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Malaria Control and Elimination

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Asia-Oceania is a diverse region that comprises roughly 65% of the global population at risk for malaria. In 2016 WHO estimated the number of malaria cases across the Asia-Oceania to be 17 million, which is only a small part (8%) of the total global malaria burden, and the number of cases is shrinking rapidly. Most countries have brought their cases down to the point where elimination is in sight. Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) is becoming the dominant malaria species in many of those countries, where malaria occurs in hot spots of transmission frequently along international borders. The challenge is now to concentrate on those areas. This chapter reviews the situation in various areas of the Region and focuses on a number of important issues, including the prevalence of P. vivax and drug-resistant malaria.

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Acknowledgments

The following individuals have contributed to this manuscript: Ghasem Zamani, Mohammad Sami Nahzat, Mya S. Ngon, Preecha Prempree, Dysoley Lek, and Akira Kaneko. We are also grateful to the Bureau of Vector Borne Disease Control, Department of Disease Control, Thai Ministry of Public Health, for their support.

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  1. Independent Scholar, Bangkok, Thailand

    Chansuda Wongsrichanalai

  2. Independent Scholar, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Rossitza Kurdova-Mintcheva

  3. Department of Tropical Medicine and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Kevin Palmer

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  1. INSERM 1016 Institut Cochin, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Université Paris Descartes, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France

    Frédéric Ariey

  2. Faculté de Médecine, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France

    Frédérick Gay

  3. Malaria Infection and Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

    Robert Ménard

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Wongsrichanalai, C., Kurdova-Mintcheva, R., Palmer, K. (2019). Current Malaria Situation in Asia-Oceania. In: Ariey, F., Gay, F., Ménard, R. (eds) Malaria Control and Elimination. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2013. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9550-9_3

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