title: The Hitchhiking Parasite: Why Human Movement Matters to Malaria Transmission and What We Can Do About It.
abstract: The failure of the Global Malaria Eradication Program (GMEP) during the 1960s highlighted the relevance of human movement to both re-introducing parasites in elimination settings and spreading drug-resistant parasites widely. Today, given the sophisticated surveillance of human movement patterns and key traveler groups, it is hoped that interventions can be implemented to protect and treat travelers, prevent onward transmission in low transmission settings, and eliminate sources of transmission, including sources of drug-resistant parasites.
authors: Divisions of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Electronic address: john.marshall@berkeley.edu.
authors: John M
authors: JM
authors: Marshall
authors: Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Adam
authors: A
authors: Bennett
authors: Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
authors: Samson S
authors: SS
authors: Kiware
authors: Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Hugh J W
authors: HJW
authors: Sturrock
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology; D060740:Disease Eradication / Q000639:trends; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000187:drug effects; D062486:Public Health Surveillance; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials
keywords: forest workers; interventions; malaria elimination; mobile and migrant populations; surveillance; women with children