Falciparum malaria from coastal Tanzania and Zanzibar remains highly connected despite effective control efforts on the archipelago.

Andrew P MorganNicholas F BrazeauBilly NgasalaLwidiko E MhamilawaMadeline DentonMwinyi MsellemUlrika MorrisDayne L FilerOzkan AydemirJeffrey A BaileyJonathan B ParrAndreas MårtenssonAnders BjorkmanJonathan J Juliano

Published in: Malaria journal (2020)

These findings suggest that importation plays an important role for malaria incidence on Zanzibar and demonstrate the value of genomic approaches for identifying corridors of parasite movement to the island.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
risk factors
climate change
heavy metals
copy number
quality improvement
human health
trypanosoma cruzi