MMS Américas: a regional network for malaria molecular surveillance

The MMS Américas Network

doi:10.1186/s12936-025-05701-2

MMS Américas: a regional network for malaria molecular surveillance

The MMS Américas Network

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Abstract

International researchers and public health professionals convened in Panama in August 2025 to discuss current and future malaria molecular surveillance strategies to accelerate elimination in the Americas. A new network, MMS Américas, will promote sharing of expertise, protocols, and data.

Translated title of the contribution	MMS en las Américas: una red regional para la vigilancia molecular de la malaria
Original language	English
Article number	35
Pages (from-to)	35
Journal	Malaria Journal
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-025-05701-2
State	Published - 14 Jan 2026

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.

Funding

The Symposium was funded by a grant from the Gates Foundation.

Funders
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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SCOPUS

Detailed Field of Knowledge

8-19A Public health

Publication Quartile

NAQ1

PUCE Research Lines

01 Comprehensive health, social determinants of health, and human development

Keywords

Americas
Anopheles
Caribbean
Elimination
Genetics
Genomics
Malaria
Molecular surveillance
Plasmodium

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MMS Américas: a regional network for malaria molecular surveillance

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Funding

UN SDGs

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PUCE Research Lines

Keywords

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