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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab (IDEEL@Carolina)

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UNC's Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab (IDEEL@Carolina) develops genomic-surveillance, sequencing, and modeling tools to track malaria transmission and antimalarial drug resistance.

6
Endemic countries
1
U.S. states
12
Products and programs
About

What they do

UNC's Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab (IDEEL@Carolina) develops genomic-surveillance, sequencing, and modeling tools to track malaria transmission and antimalarial drug resistance.1 Its work supports molecular surveillance programs in Africa, AI-based resistance forecasting, and research on malaria prevention and control.1 The team collaborates closely with IDEEL at Brown University and other U.S. and international partners.1 Its U.S. R&D is based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and its work spans development and delivery.1

In the United States
Products and programs

In the field and in development

PaluSeq malaria molecular-surveillance program in the DRC2,1
Spatial Models with AI for Antimalarial Resistance Trends (SMAART)1
Epidemiology and determinants of artemisinin-resistant malaria in Ethiopia (MAREE)1
Relapsing Malaria in Africa (REMA)1
Linked intelligence and xenosurveillance for detection of infectious disease threats (LINX)1
Highly multiplexed amplicon-sequencing (Pf-SMARRT) for malaria genomic surveillance3,1
Antimalarial-resistance genomic surveillance1
Measuring the transmissibility of recurrent parasitemias that arise following artemisinin-based combination therapy1
Molecular analysis of School Malaria Parasitological Survey (SMPS) in Tanzania1
Malaria control after extreme weather events1
Multiple studies of insecticide treated baby wraps1
Prevention of malaria in pregnancy through household chemoprevention in Uganda1
Where they work

Partnerships in 6 endemic countries

Surveillance and genomicsResearchTraining and capacity
Cambodia
Asia-Pacific
  • International Centers for Excellence in Research (US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), Prom Health Development Organization · malaria research, molecular surveillance, and capacity building1
Cameroon
Africa
  • University of Dschang, Centre Pasteur de Cameroun · malaria research, molecular surveillance, and capacity building3,1
  • National Malaria Control Program, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), Kinshasa School of Public Health, SANRU Asbl, Université Protestante au Congo · malaria research, molecular surveillance, and capacity building2,1
Ethiopia
Africa
  • Ethiopian Public Health Institute · malaria research, molecular surveillance, and capacity building3,1
Tanzania
Africa
  • Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, National Institute for Medical Research · malaria research, molecular surveillance, and capacity building1
Uganda
Africa
  • Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), PHealed · malaria research, molecular surveillance, and capacity building1
U.S. partners

Who they work with in the United States

  • Gates Foundation2,1
    Seattle, WA · Funder · funder
    In the atlas
  • National Institutes of Health/NIAID1
    Bethesda, MD · Funder · funder
  • Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) — Naval Advanced Medical Development (NAMD)1
    Silver Spring, MD · Funder · funder
  • Brown University2,1
    Providence, RI
    In the atlas
  • University of South Carolina4,1
    Columbia, SC
  • University of Florida3,1
    Gainesville, FL
    In the atlas
  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School1
    Worcester, MA
  • Sawyer Products1
    FL
    In the atlas
  • Perimeter Insect Guard1
    MS
Sources

Where this comes from

  1. 1Confirmed by the organization
  2. 2globalhealth.unc.edu
  3. 3frontiersin.org
  4. 4globalhealth.unc.edu