Moving population is a challenge for malaria elimination in India: A cross-sectional study to assess malaria parasite infections in walking pilgrims in western Rajasthan, India
Up to 1.5% of pilgrims carried malaria parasites, posing a risk of spreading malaria to surrounding communities that otherwise would have low or no malaria burden. Moving populations pose the risk of local malaria transmission and reintroduction to the areas undergoing elimination. Sentinel point surveillance at the border of states will be helpful for states to share information on malaria and subsequently for the prevention of malaria transmission.
Authors
- Sangeeta Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7526-6586)
- Sanjeev Kumar Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7583-2301)
- Bharat Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9290-1225)
- Himmat Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7682-651X)
- Kumar Vikram
- Dinesh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8949-2360)
- Deepali Savargaonkar
- Suman Sundar Mohanty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2327-7112)
- Poonam Saroha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7428-3910)
- Suresh Yadav (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8996-8998)
- Gaurav Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8407-9056)
- Prem Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3480-5504)
- Pooja Prasad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0964-1707)
- Suman Lata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4737-104X)
Institutions
- University of Delhi (IN)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (IN)
- National Institute for Implementation Research on Non-Communicable Diseases (IN)
- National Institute of Malaria Research (IN)
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IJID Regions
- Published
- 2024-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100418
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.09
Funders
- Indian Council of Medical Research