Reply to Wagman et al.: Data-driven assessments should establish the landscape of what is "within reach" of malaria transmission control

Carlo Costantini^{1

2}, Fabrice Chandre¹, Vincent Corbel^{1

3}, Nicolas Moiroux¹, Frédéric Simard¹, Claire Sangbakembi-Ngounou⁴, Diego Ayala^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ MIVEGEC (Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier 34394, France.
² Institut Pasteur de Dakar, BP 220 Dakar, Senegal.
³ Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil.
⁴ Medical Entomology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, BP 923 Bangui, Central African Republic.
⁵ Medical Entomology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, BP 1274, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Comment

Carlo Costantini et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022.

. 2022 Sep 20;119(38):e2211931119.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2211931119. Epub 2022 Sep 12.

Carlo Costantini^{1

2}, Fabrice Chandre¹, Vincent Corbel^{1

3}, Nicolas Moiroux¹, Frédéric Simard¹, Claire Sangbakembi-Ngounou⁴, Diego Ayala^{1

5}

¹ MIVEGEC (Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier 34394, France.
² Institut Pasteur de Dakar, BP 220 Dakar, Senegal.
³ Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil.
⁴ Medical Entomology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, BP 923 Bangui, Central African Republic.
⁵ Medical Entomology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, BP 1274, 101 Antananarivo, Madagascar.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

Diurnal biting of malaria mosquitoes in the Central African Republic indicates residual transmission may be "out of control".
Sangbakembi-Ngounou C, Costantini C, Longo-Pendy NM, Ngoagouni C, Akone-Ella O, Rahola N, Cornelie S, Kengne P, Nakouné ER, Komas NP, Ayala D. Sangbakembi-Ngounou C, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 May 24;119(21):e2104282119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2104282119. Epub 2022 May 16. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022. PMID: 35576470 Free PMC article.
Some residual malaria transmission may be "out of control" but "within reach" of current tools.
Wagman J, Fornadel C, Okumu F. Wagman J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Sep 20;119(38):e2210568119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2210568119. Epub 2022 Sep 12. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022. PMID: 36095220 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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