Last Updated: 31/10/2024
Evaluating zoonotic malaria transmission and agricultural and forestry land use in Indonesia (ZOOMAL)
Objectives
The two-and-a-half-year multi-disciplinary study will work in three sites in Indonesia (North Sumatra, North Kalimantan and Sabang, Aceh) to develop and validate the best methods to detect P. knowlesi and other malaria parasites in humans, in order to better understand how and where the parasite may be transmitted.
This project is partnering Indonesian and Australian researchers to evaluate monkey to human transmission of malaria parasites across Indonesia, specifically Plasmodium knowlesi. Little is known about the transmission of P. knowlesi in Indonesia, however in Malaysia changes in agricultural and forestry land use have been linked to increasing numbers of cases of zoonotic malaria (malaria spread between animals and people), particularly affecting farmers and plantation workers. This project is part of the Research for One Health Systems Strengthening Program co-funded with DFAT addressing zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and systems strengthening within the Asia Pacific.
- Article (Preprint): Improved limit of detection for zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi and P. cynomolgi surveillance using reverse transcription for total nucleic acid preserved samples or dried blood spots
- Article: A global assessment of surveillance methods for dominant malaria vectors
- Article: A multi-criteria framework for disease surveillance site selection: case study for Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in Indonesia
- Article: Updating estimates of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria risk in response to changing land use patterns across Southeast Asia
- Article: Zoonotic malaria transmission and land use change in Southeast Asia: what is known about the vectors
Jan 2020 — Jun 2022
$2.18M
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