Targeted Malaria Elimination (TME) studies took place in western Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos during 2013-17, led by the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit. This project consisted of 2 stages. Firstly, multiple malaria prevalence surveys and collection of treatment records to define the epidemiology of the asymptomatic reservoir, infection risk factors, prevalence of simian malarias, and spatio-temporal mapping. Secondly, a controlled clinical trial of mass drug administration which successfully interrupted falciparum transmission. MORU’s project was funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
1179 Targeted Chemo-elimination (TCE) of Malaria (TME)
Projects:
Key People
Prof Arjen Dondorp
Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Thailand
Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, UK
Prof Nicholas J White
Professor of Tropical Medicine and Chair of Wellcome Trust SE Asian Tropical Medicine Research Programmes
Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Thailand
Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, UK
Tom Peto
Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Thailand
Lorenz von Seidlein
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Thailand
Rupam Tripura
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU)