Differential impact of malaria control interventions on P. falciparum and P. vivax infections in young Papua New Guinean children
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Abstract Introduction As malaria transmission declines, understanding the differential impact of intensified control on Plasmodium falciparum relative to Plasmodium vivax and identifying key drivers of ongoing transmission is essential to guide future interventions. Methods Three longitudinal child cohorts were conducted in Papua New Guinea before (2006/2007), during (2008) and after scale-up of control interventions (2013). In each cohort, children aged 1–5 years were actively monitored for infection and illness. Incidence of malaria episodes, molecular force of blood-stage infections (molFOB) and population-averaged prevalence of infections were compared across the cohorts to investigate the impact of intensified control in young children and the key risk factors for malaria infection and illness in 2013. Results Between 2006 and 2008, P. falciparum infection prevalence, molFOB, and clinical malaria episodes reduced by 47%, 59% and 69%, respectively, and a further 49%, 29% and 75% from 2008 to 2013 (prevalence 41.6% to 22.1% to 11.2%; molFOB: 3.4 to 1.4 to 1.0 clones/child/year; clinical episodes incidence rate (IR) 2.6 to 0.8 to IR 0.2 episodes/child/year). P. vivax clinical episodes declined at rates comparable to P. falciparum between 2006, 2008 and 2013 (IR 2.5 to 1.1 to 0.2), while P. vivax molFOB (2006, 9.8; 2008, 12.1) and prevalence (2006, 59.6%; 2008, 65.0%) remained high in 2008. However, in 2013, P. vivax molFOB (1.2) and prevalence (19.7%) had also substantially declined. In 2013, 89% of P. falciparum and 93% of P. vivax infections were asymptomatic, 62% and 47%, respectively, were sub-microscopic. Area of residence was the major determinant of malaria infection and illness. Conclusion Intensified vector control and routine case management had a differential impact on rates of P. falciparum and P. vivax infections but not clinical malaria episodes in young children. This suggests comparable reductions in new mosquito-derived infections but a delayed impact on P. vivax relapsing infections due to a previously acquired reservoir of hypnozoites. This demonstrates the need to strengthen implementation of P. vivax radical cure to maximise impact of control in co-endemic areas. The high heterogeneity of malaria in 2013 highlights the importance of surveillance and targeted interventions to accelerate towards elimination.
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Ome-Kaius, Maria; Kattenberg, Johanna; Zaloumis, Sophie; Siba, Matthew; Kiniboro, Benson; Jally, Shadrach; et al. (2019). Differential impact of malaria control interventions on P. falciparum and P. vivax infections in young Papua New Guinean children. figshare. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4774259.v1
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AUTHORS (21)
MO
Maria Ome-Kaius
JK
Johanna Kattenberg
SZ
Sophie Zaloumis
MS
Matthew Siba
BK
Benson Kiniboro
SJ
Shadrach Jally
ZR
Zahra Razook
DM
Daisy Mantila
DS
Desmond Sui
JG
Jason Ginny
AR
Anna Rosanas-Urgell
SK
Stephan Karl
TO
Thomas Obadia
AB
Alyssa Barry
SR
Stephen Rogerson
ML
Moses Laman
DT
Daniel Tisch
IF
Ingrid Felger
JK
James Kazura
IM
Ivo Mueller