The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on malaria elimination
SARS-CoV-2 has spread throughout the world and become the cause of the infectious coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As low- and middle-income countries shift increasingly to focus on identifying and treating COVID-19, questions are emerging about the impact this shift in focus will have on ongoin...
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| author | Ayat Zawawi Maimonah Alghanmi Isra Alsaady Hattan Gattan Haytham Zakai Kevin Couper |
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| description | SARS-CoV-2 has spread throughout the world and become the cause of the infectious coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As low- and middle-income countries shift increasingly to focus on identifying and treating COVID-19, questions are emerging about the impact this shift in focus will have on ongoing efforts to control other infectious diseases, such as malaria. This review discusses how the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in low- and middle-income countries might impact these efforts, focusing in particular on the effects of co-infection and the use of antimalarial drugs used to treat malaria as therapeutic interventions for COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b71a82cbb974fa98eccff6dd526a33f2022-12-21T22:41:01ZengElsevierParasite Epidemiology and Control2405-67312020-11-0111e00187The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on malaria eliminationAyat Zawawi0Maimonah Alghanmi1Isra Alsaady2Hattan Gattan3Haytham Zakai4Kevin Couper5Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaFaculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahad Medical Research center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author at: Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahad Medical Research center, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaFaculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahad Medical Research center, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaFaculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaLydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, United KingdomSARS-CoV-2 has spread throughout the world and become the cause of the infectious coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As low- and middle-income countries shift increasingly to focus on identifying and treating COVID-19, questions are emerging about the impact this shift in focus will have on ongoing efforts to control other infectious diseases, such as malaria. This review discusses how the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in low- and middle-income countries might impact these efforts, focusing in particular on the effects of co-infection and the use of antimalarial drugs used to treat malaria as therapeutic interventions for COVID-19.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405673120300568SARS-CoV-2COVID-19MalariaPlasmodiumElimination |
| spellingShingle | Ayat Zawawi Maimonah Alghanmi Isra Alsaady Hattan Gattan Haytham Zakai Kevin Couper The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on malaria elimination Parasite Epidemiology and Control SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Malaria Plasmodium Elimination |
| title | The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on malaria elimination |
| title_full | The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on malaria elimination |
| title_fullStr | The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on malaria elimination |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on malaria elimination |
| title_short | The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on malaria elimination |
| title_sort | impact of covid 19 pandemic on malaria elimination |
| topic | SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Malaria Plasmodium Elimination |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405673120300568 |
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