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    Characterizing residual malaria transmission in forested areas …

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    07 December 2019

    Characterizing residual malaria transmission in forested areas …

    Excellent article by Hannah Margaret Edwards, Vu Duc Chinh, Bui Le Duy, Pham Vinh Thanh, Ngo Duc Thang, Dao Minh Trang, Irwin Chavez & Jeffrey Hii. Characterizing residual malaria transmission in forested areas with low coverage of core vector control in central Viet Nam. Parasites & Vectors 12, Article number: 454 (2019) . See the pdf in the link https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-019-3695-1. Here is some background: “Despite great success in significantly reducing the malaria burden in Viet Nam over recent years, the ongoing presence of malaria vectors and Plasmodium infection in remote forest areas and among marginalised groups presents a challenge to reaching elimination and a threat to re-emergence of transmission. Often transmission persists in a population despite high reported coverage of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), the mainstay control method for malaria. To investigate what factors may contribute to this, a mixed-methods study was conducted in Son Thai commune, a community in south-central Viet Nam that has ongoing malaria cases despite universal LLIN coverage. A cross-sectional behavioural and net-coverage survey was conducted along with observations of net use and entomological collections in the village, farm huts and forest sites used by members of the community. “