The changing landscape of human and zoonotic malaria

This ICEMR program emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, and the two projects converge to dissect the complex interactions between migrant human populations, diverse mosquito vectors, major human malaria parasites, and the emerging zoonotic malaria parasite P. knowlesi, which together are responsible for continued malaria transmission along international borders in the SEA. The new program builds on the scientific achievements of the current ICEMR program, which fostered strong international collaborations among scientists from the United States and the SEA countries. This collaborative team with expertise in epidemiology, disease ecology, vector biology and control, parasite genomics, and population biology is now prepared to address the most challenging issue of “border malaria” and a better understanding of complex malaria including the emerging threat of zoonotic malaria using systems approaches and innovative technologies.