ReviewMalaria journal2014
On the road to eliminate malaria in Sri Lanka: lessons from history, challenges, gaps in knowledge and research needs.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Core components, concepts and strategies for parasitic and vector-borne disease elimination with a focus on schistosomiasis: A landscape analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Pooled it
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- Taxonomy, Bio-Ecology and Insecticide Resistance of Anopheline Vectors of Malaria in Sri Lanka.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Diversity and Geographic Distribution of Dog Tick Species in Sri Lanka and the Life Cycle of Brown Dog Tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus Under Laboratory Conditions.Acta parasitologica · 2022Article
- Whole Genome Sequencing Contributions and Challenges in Disease Reduction Focused on Malaria.Biology · 2022Review
- Development of New Strategies for Malaria Chemoprophylaxis: From Monoclonal Antibodies to Long-Acting Injectable Drugs.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Review
- Resurgent and delayed malaria.Malaria journal · 2022Review
- Compensatory Base Changes Reveal Sexual Incompatibility among Members of theLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Prevention of re-establishment of malaria: historical perspective and future prospects.Malaria journal · 2020Review
- The role of improved housing and living environments in malaria control and elimination.Malaria journal · 2020Article
- Use of a Plasmodium vivax genetic barcode for genomic surveillance and parasite tracking in Sri Lanka.Malaria journal · 2020Article
- Insecticide susceptibility of the sand fly leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus argentipes in Sri Lanka.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
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- The Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist.ZooKeys · 2020Article
- Spatial Epidemiologic Trends and Hotspots of Leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka, 2001-2018.Emerging infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Theory of reactive interventions in the elimination and control of malaria.Malaria journal · 2019Article
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- Effectiveness of 24-h mobile reporting tool during a malaria outbreak in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.Malaria journal · 2019Article
- Host genetic polymorphisms and serological response against malaria in a selected population in Sri Lanka.Malaria journal · 2018Article
- Imported and autochthonous malaria in West Saudi Arabia: results from a reference hospital.Malaria journal · 2018Article
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Abstract
Malaria is one of the most important tropical diseases that has caused devastation throughout the history of mankind. Malaria eradication programmes in the past have had many positive effects but failed to wipe out malaria from most tropical countries, including Sri Lanka. Encouraged by the impressive levels of reduction in malaria case numbers during the past decade, Sri Lanka has launched a programme to eliminate malaria by year 2014. This article reviews the historical milestones associated with the malaria eradication programme that failed subsequently and the events that led to the launch of the ongoing malaria elimination plans at national-level and its strategies that are operational across the entire country. The existing gaps in knowledge are also discussed together with the priority areas for research to fill in these gaps that are posing as challenges to the envisaged goal of wiping out malaria from this island nation.
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