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![Figure 2. Targeted and untargeted interventions with long-lasting LLINs and IRS in a malaria elimination scenario. The simulations for the low endemic setting with a baseline parasite prevalence of ~15% in the general population (A) are based on parasite prevalence and mosquito exposure data from Korogwe, northern Tanzania (2008) [14]. Effective coverage with LLINs is scaled up over 6 years to 60% prior to the intervention, creating a starting point for interventions aiming towards malaria elimination [59]. Subsequently, the impact of four intervention strategies is simulated using an individual-based simulation model [24]: (i) increasing LLIN coverage to 80% in a untargeted manner (blue solid line); (ii) increasing LLIN coverage with the same number of LLINs but preferentially targeting hotspots where 90% coverage is reached (dashed blue line); (iii) increasing LLIN coverage to 80% and yearly introducing IRS at 20% coverage in a untargeted manner (red solid line); (iv) a targeted approach using the same resources as the third scenario, reaching 90% effective coverage with LLINs and 90% effective coverage with yearly IRS in hotspots (dashed red line). LLINs were replaced every 4 years. Simulations were repeated for an area of high endemicity with a parasite prevalence of ~40% in the general population (B). doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001165.g002](http://www.malaria.com/wp-content/uploads/figure2-journal.pmed_.1001165.g002-150x150.png "figure2-journal.pmed.1001165.g002")
Hitting Hotspots: Spatial Targeting of Malaria for Control and Elimination
Current malaria elimination guidelines are based on the concept that malaria transmission becomes heterogeneous in the later phases of malaria elimination [1]. In the pre-elimination and elimination phases, interventions have to be targeted to entire villages or towns with higher malaria incidence until only individual episodes of malaria remain and become the centre of … [Read More...]