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| Title |
The history of 20th century malaria control in Peru
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-12-303 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sean M Griffing, Dionicia Gamboa, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar |
| Abstract |
Malaria has been part of Peruvian life since at least the 1500s. While Peru gave the world quinine, one of the first treatments for malaria, its history is pockmarked with endemic malaria and occasional epidemics. In this review, major increases in Peruvian malaria incidence over the past hundred years are described, as well as the human factors that have facilitated these events, and concerted private and governmental efforts to control malaria. Political support for malaria control has varied and unexpected events like vector and parasite resistance have adversely impacted morbidity and mortality. Though the ready availability of novel insecticides like DDT and efficacious medications reduced malaria to very low levels for a decade after the post eradication era, malaria reemerged as an important modern day challenge to Peruvian public health. Its reemergence sparked collaboration between domestic and international partners towards the elimination of malaria in Peru. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 135 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 22 | 16% |
| Researcher | 19 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 28 | 20% |
| Unknown | 27 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 22% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 16 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 27 | 19% |
| Unknown | 31 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 December 2020.
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#7,688,085
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#2,392
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#65,429
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#30
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