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Mapping the potential use of endectocide-treated cattle to
                reduce malaria transmission

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Treating cattle with endectocide is a longstanding
                veterinary practice to reduce the load of endo and
                ectoparasites, but has the potential to be added to the malaria
                control and elimination toolbox, as it also kills malaria
                mosquitoes feeding on the animals. Here we used openly available
                data to map the areas of the African continent where high
                malaria prevalence in 2-10 year old children coincides with a
                high density of cattle and high density of the partly zoophilic
                malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis. That is, mapping the areas
                where treating cattle with endectocide would potentially have
                the greatest impact on reducing malaria transmission. In regions
                of Africa that are not dominated by rainforest nor desert, the
                map shows a scatter of areas in several countries where this
                intervention shows potential, including central and eastern
                sub-Saharan Africa. The savanna region underneath the Sahel in
                West Africa appears as the climatic block that would benefit to
                the largest extent from this intervention, encompassing several
                countries. West Africa currently presents the highest under-10
                malaria prevalence and elimination within the next twenty years
                cannot be contemplated there with currently available
                interventions alone, making the use of endectocide treated
                cattle as a complementary intervention highly appealing.

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Mapping the potential use of endectocide-treated cattle to
                reduce malaria transmission