The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009.
<h4>Background</h4>A research priority for Plasmodium vivax malaria is to improve our understanding of the spatial distribution of risk and its relationship with the burden of P. vivax disease in human populations. The aim of the research outlined in this article is to provide a contempo...
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| author | Carlos A Guerra Rosalind E Howes Anand P Patil Peter W Gething Thomas P Van Boeckel William H Temperley Caroline W Kabaria Andrew J Tatem Bui H Manh Iqbal R F Elyazar J Kevin Baird Robert W Snow Simon I Hay |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>A research priority for Plasmodium vivax malaria is to improve our understanding of the spatial distribution of risk and its relationship with the burden of P. vivax disease in human populations. The aim of the research outlined in this article is to provide a contemporary evidence-based map of the global spatial extent of P. vivax malaria, together with estimates of the human population at risk (PAR) of any level of transmission in 2009.<h4>Methodology</h4>The most recent P. vivax case-reporting data that could be obtained for all malaria endemic countries were used to classify risk into three classes: malaria free, unstable (<0.1 case per 1,000 people per annum (p.a.)) and stable (> or =0.1 case per 1,000 p.a.) P. vivax malaria transmission. Risk areas were further constrained using temperature and aridity data based upon their relationship with parasite and vector bionomics. Medical intelligence was used to refine the spatial extent of risk in specific areas where transmission was reported to be absent (e.g., large urban areas and malaria-free islands). The PAR under each level of transmission was then derived by combining the categorical risk map with a high resolution population surface adjusted to 2009. The exclusion of large Duffy negative populations in Africa from the PAR totals was achieved using independent modelling of the gene frequency of this genetic trait. It was estimated that 2.85 billion people were exposed to some risk of P. vivax transmission in 2009, with 57.1% of them living in areas of unstable transmission. The vast majority (2.59 billion, 91.0%) were located in Central and South East (CSE) Asia, whilst the remainder were located in America (0.16 billion, 5.5%) and in the Africa+ region (0.10 billion, 3.5%). Despite evidence of ubiquitous risk of P. vivax infection in Africa, the very high prevalence of Duffy negativity throughout Central and West Africa reduced the PAR estimates substantially.<h4>Conclusions</h4>After more than a century of development and control, P. vivax remains more widely distributed than P. falciparum and is a potential cause of morbidity and mortality amongst the 2.85 billion people living at risk of infection, the majority of whom are in the tropical belt of CSE Asia. The probability of infection is reduced massively across Africa by the frequency of the Duffy negative trait, but transmission does occur on the continent and is a concern for Duffy positive locals and travellers. The final map provides the spatial limits on which the endemicity of P. vivax transmission can be mapped to support future cartographic-based burden estimations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c1fa9fdc567a4601a6320a4daf4e83a72025-08-20T02:02:38ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases1935-27271935-27352010-08-0148e77410.1371/journal.pntd.0000774The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009.Carlos A GuerraRosalind E HowesAnand P PatilPeter W GethingThomas P Van BoeckelWilliam H TemperleyCaroline W KabariaAndrew J TatemBui H ManhIqbal R F ElyazarJ Kevin BairdRobert W SnowSimon I Hay<h4>Background</h4>A research priority for Plasmodium vivax malaria is to improve our understanding of the spatial distribution of risk and its relationship with the burden of P. vivax disease in human populations. The aim of the research outlined in this article is to provide a contemporary evidence-based map of the global spatial extent of P. vivax malaria, together with estimates of the human population at risk (PAR) of any level of transmission in 2009.<h4>Methodology</h4>The most recent P. vivax case-reporting data that could be obtained for all malaria endemic countries were used to classify risk into three classes: malaria free, unstable (<0.1 case per 1,000 people per annum (p.a.)) and stable (> or =0.1 case per 1,000 p.a.) P. vivax malaria transmission. Risk areas were further constrained using temperature and aridity data based upon their relationship with parasite and vector bionomics. Medical intelligence was used to refine the spatial extent of risk in specific areas where transmission was reported to be absent (e.g., large urban areas and malaria-free islands). The PAR under each level of transmission was then derived by combining the categorical risk map with a high resolution population surface adjusted to 2009. The exclusion of large Duffy negative populations in Africa from the PAR totals was achieved using independent modelling of the gene frequency of this genetic trait. It was estimated that 2.85 billion people were exposed to some risk of P. vivax transmission in 2009, with 57.1% of them living in areas of unstable transmission. The vast majority (2.59 billion, 91.0%) were located in Central and South East (CSE) Asia, whilst the remainder were located in America (0.16 billion, 5.5%) and in the Africa+ region (0.10 billion, 3.5%). Despite evidence of ubiquitous risk of P. vivax infection in Africa, the very high prevalence of Duffy negativity throughout Central and West Africa reduced the PAR estimates substantially.<h4>Conclusions</h4>After more than a century of development and control, P. vivax remains more widely distributed than P. falciparum and is a potential cause of morbidity and mortality amongst the 2.85 billion people living at risk of infection, the majority of whom are in the tropical belt of CSE Asia. The probability of infection is reduced massively across Africa by the frequency of the Duffy negative trait, but transmission does occur on the continent and is a concern for Duffy positive locals and travellers. The final map provides the spatial limits on which the endemicity of P. vivax transmission can be mapped to support future cartographic-based burden estimations.https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0000774&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Carlos A Guerra Rosalind E Howes Anand P Patil Peter W Gething Thomas P Van Boeckel William H Temperley Caroline W Kabaria Andrew J Tatem Bui H Manh Iqbal R F Elyazar J Kevin Baird Robert W Snow Simon I Hay The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| title | The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009. |
| title_full | The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009. |
| title_fullStr | The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009. |
| title_short | The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009. |
| title_sort | international limits and population at risk of plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009 |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0000774&type=printable |
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