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malERA: An updated research agenda for diagnostics, drugs,
                vaccines, and vector control in malaria elimination and
                eradication

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malERA Refresh Consultative Panel on Tools for Malaria Elimination

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Since the turn of the century, a remarkable expansion has been
                achieved in the range and effectiveness of products and
                strategies available to prevent, treat, and control malaria,
                including advances in diagnostics, drugs, vaccines, and vector
                control. These advances have once again put malaria elimination
                on the agenda. However, it is clear that even with the means
                available today, malaria control and elimination pose a
                formidable challenge in many settings. Thus, currently available
                resources must be used more effectively, and new products and
                approaches likely to achieve these goals must be developed. This
                paper considers tools (both those available and others that may
                be required) to achieve and maintain malaria elimination. New
                diagnostics are needed to direct treatment and detect
                transmission potential; new drugs and vaccines to overcome
                existing resistance and protect against clinical and severe
                disease, as well as block transmission and prevent relapses; and
                new vector control measures to overcome insecticide resistance
                and more powerfully interrupt transmission. It is also essential
                that strategies for combining new and existing approaches are
                developed for different settings to maximise their longevity and
                effectiveness in areas with continuing transmission and
                receptivity. For areas where local elimination has been recently
                achieved, understanding which measures are needed to maintain
                elimination is necessary to prevent rebound and the
                reestablishment of transmission. This becomes increasingly
                important as more countries move towards elimination.

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Reproducció del document publicat a:
                http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002455

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cc by (c) malERA Refresh Consultative Panel on Tools for Malaria Elimination, 2017

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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malERA: An updated research agenda for diagnostics, drugs,
                vaccines, and vector control in malaria elimination and
                eradication