Simian malaria: a narrative review on emergence, epidemiology and threat to global malaria elimination.

Autor: Fornace KM; School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore; Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Electronic address: kimberly.fornace@glasgow.ac.uk., Zorello Laporta G; Graduate Research and Innovation Program, Centro Universitario FMABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil., Vythilingham I; Department of Parasitology, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Chua TH; EduLife, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Ahmed K; Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; Borneo Medical and Health Research Centre, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia., Jeyaprakasam NK; Biomedical Science Programme, Center for Toxicology and Health Risk Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., de Castro Duarte AMR; Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Instituto Pasteur, Secretaria de Estado da Saude de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Amir A; Department of Parasitology, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Phang WK; Department of Parasitology, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Drakeley C; Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK., Sallum MAM; Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saude Publica, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Lau YL; Department of Parasitology, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Lancet. Infectious diseases [Lancet Infect Dis] 2023 Dec; Vol. 23 (12), pp. e520-e532. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 13.
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00298-0
Abstrakt: Simian malaria from wild non-human primate populations is increasingly recognised as a public health threat and is now the main cause of human malaria in Malaysia and some regions of Brazil. In 2022, Malaysia became the first country not to achieve malaria elimination due to zoonotic simian malaria. We review the global distribution and drivers of simian malaria and identify priorities for diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and control. Environmental change is driving closer interactions between humans and wildlife, with malaria parasites from non-human primates spilling over into human populations and human malaria parasites spilling back into wild non-human primate populations. These complex transmission cycles require new molecular and epidemiological approaches to track parasite spread. Current methods of malaria control are ineffective, with wildlife reservoirs and primarily outdoor-biting mosquito vectors urgently requiring the development of novel control strategies. Without these, simian malaria has the potential to undermine malaria elimination globally.
Competing Interests: Declaration of interests We declare no competing interests. KMF is supported by a Sir Henry Dale fellowship, jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and Royal Society (grant number 221963/Z/20/Z). GZL is supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (grant number 2021/06669-6). IV, AA, and YLL were funded by the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia Long Term Research Grant Scheme (grant numbers LRGS 1/2018/UM/01/1/2, LRGS 1/2018/UM/01/1/3, and LRGS 1/2018/UM/01/1/4).
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