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Peter Chiodini1
1UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Malaria Reference Laboratory
The Plasmodium falciparum genome consists of 14 chromosomes and contains around 5300 genes which make it a particularly dangerous opponent. Despite decades of basic research, drug development and attempts at control, it is estimated to have killed approximately 600,000 people in 2022. WHO estimates that 94% of malaria cases occur in Africa and this continent accounts for most of the falciparum malaria cases found in travellers from there returning to home in non-endemic countries. This lecture focuses on the challenges posed by malaria parasites to prevention, diagnosis and treatment which currently hamper efforts to reduce malaria case incidence and mortality by 90% by 2030.
1UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Malaria Reference Laboratory
The Plasmodium falciparum genome consists of 14 chromosomes and contains around 5300 genes which make it a particularly dangerous opponent. Despite decades of basic research, drug development and attempts at control, it is estimated to have killed approximately 600,000 people in 2022. WHO estimates that 94% of malaria cases occur in Africa and this continent accounts for most of the falciparum malaria cases found in travellers from there returning to home in non-endemic countries. This lecture focuses on the challenges posed by malaria parasites to prevention, diagnosis and treatment which currently hamper efforts to reduce malaria case incidence and mortality by 90% by 2030.
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