ArticleMalaria journal2015
Malaria ecology along the Thailand-Myanmar border.
Article in Malaria journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02788864 (A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Trial Using Dihydroartemisinine+Piperaquine), which is not on this map. Cited by 87 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Trial Using Dihydroartemisinine+Piperaquine (DP) to Protect Forest Workers From Malaria in Bu Gia Map National Park
Who cites it
87 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 155 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Assessment of malaria risk in Southeast Asia: a systematic review.Malaria journal · 2023Pooled it
- Residual Malaria Transmission in Select Countries of Asia-Pacific Region: Old Wine in a New Barrel.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2021Pooled it
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- Comparison of the Cumulative Efficacy and Safety of Chloroquine, Artesunate, and Chloroquine-Primaquine in Plasmodium vivax Malaria.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018Trial
- Impact of intensive control on malaria population genomics under elimination settings in Southeast Asia.Nature microbiology · 2026Article
- Sociodemographic and behavioral determinants of Plasmodium vivax-specific antibody responses among short-term Myanmar migrants in Thailand.Malaria journal · 2026Article
- Cohort Profile: the SMRU Refugee and Migrant Pregnancy Study in Western Thailand and Eastern Myanmar.Wellcome open research · 2026Article
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- Challenges and responses of malaria elimination in a high-endemic area along the Thai-Myanmar border: A health systems perspective.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- A mixed-methods evaluation of outreach service provision by the "Strengthening Migrant Access to Reproductive Health in Thailand" Initiative, 2020-2024.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Malaria care-seeking behaviours and infection prevalence among short-term Myanmar migrants in Thailand.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Seasonal variation in wing geometry of the malaria vectorJournal of advanced veterinary and animal research · 2025Article
- Community acceptance of Ivermectin mass drug administration for malaria in Southern Thailand.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Risk factor for gametocyte carriage and gametocytemia in Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2025Article
- Malaria control among Myanmar migrants in Thailand: a qualitative study of healthcare providers.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Investigation of malaria vectors Anopheles in non-endemic areas of Thailand: in proximity to workplaces housing foreign migrant workers.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Malaria elimination challenges in countries approaching the last mile: a discussion among regional stakeholders.Malaria journal · 2024Review
- Demographic and socioeconomic obstacles to access to malaria services for Myanmar migrants in Thailand.Malaria journal · 2024Article
- Lineage-informative microhaplotypes for recurrence classification and spatio-temporal surveillance of Plasmodium vivax malaria parasites.Nature communications · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundMalaria in Southeast Asia frequently clusters along international borders. For example, while most of Thailand is malaria free, the border region shared with Myanmar continues to have endemic malaria. This spatial pattern is the result of complex interactions between landscape, humans, mosquito vectors, and malaria parasites. An understanding of these complex ecological and socio-cultural interactions is important for designing and implementing malaria elimination efforts in the region. This article offers an ecological perspective on the malaria situation along the Thailand-Myanmar border. DISCUSSION: This border region is long (2000 km), mountainous, and the environment ranges from thick forests to growing urban settlements and wet-rice fields. It is also a biologically diverse region. All five species of malaria known to naturally infect humans are present. At least three mosquito vector species complexes, with widely varying behavioural characteristics, exist in the area. The region is also a hub for ethnic diversity, being home to over ten different ethnolinguistic groups, several of which have been engaged in conflict with the Myanmar government now for over half a century. Given the biological and ethnic diversity, as well as the complex socio-political context, malaria control and elimination in the region is challenging.
conclusionDespite these complexities, multipronged approaches including collaborations with multiple local organizations, quick access to diagnosis and treatment, prevention of mosquito bites, radical cure of parasites, and mass drug administration appear to be drastically decreasing Plasmodium falciparum infections. Such approaches remain crucial as the region moves toward elimination of P. falciparum and potentially Plasmodium vivax.
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