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Epidemiology
MOOCC
Lecture
1.
The
Vector
• Species
efficiency
• Longevity-‐beyond
the
sporogony
• Abundance
• Behavioural
pa?erns
Ø esp.
feeding
and
resBng
2.
The
parasite
Species
distribuBon,
virulence
and
tendency
to
relapse
and
develop
resistance
– P.
Vivax
and
P.
falciparum
most
common
worldwide.
• Malaria
can
also
be
defined
as
stable
or
unstable
• With
current
global
decline
in
transmission
and
clinical
burden
of
malaria,
heterogeneity
in
infecBon
is
becoming
more
pronounced
Ø
Hot
spots