Modelling the impact of artemisinin combination therapy and long-acting treatments on malaria transmission intensity.

<h4>Background</h4>Artemisinin derivatives used in recently introduced combination therapies (ACTs) for Plasmodium falciparum malaria significantly lower patient infectiousness and have the potential to reduce population-level transmission of the parasite. With the increased interest in...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lucy C Okell, Chris J Drakeley, Teun Bousema, Christopher J M Whitty, Azra C Ghani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-11-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19067479/pdf/?tool=EBI