The interaction between COVID-19 and malaria

ABSTRACT

Since 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally, it has undoubtedly had a huge negative impact on the prevention and control of many diseases including malaria, while malaria also brings new challenges to the prevention and control of COVID-19 in malaria endemic areas. Therefore, the awareness of malaria prevention and control to medical workers and the workers of parasitic disease prevention and control needs to be strengthened, and the knowledge of malaria prevention and control needs to be updated urgently. This article focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria prevention and control, the potential interaction of SARS-CoV-2-Plasmodium parasite co-infection, the challenge of the emergence of "diagnostic resistance" of Plasmodium falciparum strain to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of malaria prevalence on COVID-19 mortality.