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On 21 June 2016, malariacontrol.net announced that the project has been terminated due to financial constrains in upgrading their servers for further volunteer computing operations.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Maire|title=Status and plans as of June 2016|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722220548/http://www.malariacontrol.net/forum_thread.php?id=1472|website=malariacontrol.net|accessdate=10 June 2017|date=21 June 2016}}</ref> |
On 21 June 2016, malariacontrol.net announced that the project has been terminated due to financial constrains in upgrading their servers for further volunteer computing operations.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Maire|title=Status and plans as of June 2016|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722220548/http://www.malariacontrol.net/forum_thread.php?id=1472|website=malariacontrol.net|accessdate=10 June 2017|date=21 June 2016}}</ref> |
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==Impact== |
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Over 10 years, malariacontrol.net has produced 30 peer-reviewed publications by using [[stochastic simulation]] approach.<ref>{{cite web|title=Publications by BOINC projects - malariacontrol.net|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718041645/http://boinc.berkeley.edu:80/wiki/Publications_by_BOINC_projects#malariacontrol.net|publisher=BOINC wiki|accessdate=12 June 2017}}</ref> Among them were the effectiveness of different types of [[Malaria vaccine]]s in high and low malaria transmission settings,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Melissa|first1=A|last2=Nicholas|first2=Maire|last3=Alain|first3=Studer|last4=Allan|first4=Schapira|last5=Thomas|first5=A Smith|title=What Should Vaccine Developers Ask? Simulation of the Effectiveness of Malaria Vaccines|journal=Plos One|date=11 September 2008|volume=3|issue=9|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0003193|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527031437/http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0003193|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref> effectiveness of [[Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine]] in preventive treatment of malaria in infants,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Amanda|first1=Ross|last2=Melissa|first2=Penny|last3=Nicholas|first3=Maire|last4=Alain|first4=Studer|last5=Ilona|first5=Carneiro|last6=David|first6=Schellenberg|last7=Brian|first7=Greenwood|last8=Marcel|first8=Tanner|last9=Thomas|first9=Smith|title=Modelling the Epidemiological Impact of Intermittent Preventive Treatment against Malaria in Infants|journal=Plos One|date=16 July 2008|volume=4|issue=3|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0002661|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527025800/http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0002661|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref> and using individual-based stochastic simulations in [[Plasmodium falciparum]] control.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=T et.al|title=Towards a comprehensive simulation model of malaria epidemiology and control|journal=Parasitology|date=11 August 2008|volume=135|issue=13|pages=1507-1516|doi=10.1017/S0031182008000371|pmid=18694530|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18694530|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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As of 2010, malariacontrol.net had about 10,000 active users with 37,002 registered members. Similar to the general [[BOINC]] users, malariacontrol.net mainly had a volunteer base of males ranged from 20 to 50 years old, mostly staying in European countries and North America. Most of them learned about this project through BOINC website and their main motivation were to do something good and for self-satisfaction.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Krebs|first1=Viola|title=Motivations of cybervolunteers in applied distributed computing environment: Malariacontrol.net as an example.|journal=[[First Monday (journal)]]|date=1 February 2010|volume=15|issue=2|url=http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2783/2452#author|accessdate=11 June 2017}}</ref> |
As of 2010, malariacontrol.net had about 10,000 active users with 37,002 registered members. Similar to the general [[BOINC]] users, malariacontrol.net mainly had a volunteer base of males ranged from 20 to 50 years old, mostly staying in European countries and North America. Most of them learned about this project through BOINC website and their main motivation were to do something good and for self-satisfaction.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Krebs|first1=Viola|title=Motivations of cybervolunteers in applied distributed computing environment: Malariacontrol.net as an example.|journal=[[First Monday (journal)]]|date=1 February 2010|volume=15|issue=2|url=http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2783/2452#author|accessdate=11 June 2017}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 00:22, 13 June 2017
| Initial release | December 19, 2006[1] |
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| Development status | Inactive since 21 June 2016 |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | BOINC |
| Website | www |
Malaria Control is a volunteer distributed computing project. The project simulate the transmission dynamics and health effects of malaria. It is part of the Africa@home project.[2]
History
The malariacontrol.net domain name was first registered on 19 May 2005 under Swiss Tropical Institute.[3] This project was under Africa@home where the latter was conceived and developed by European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Malariacontrol was the first project to use distributed computing to model diseases. The model simulates malaria infection in 50,000 to 100,000 people. Each work unit lasted for an hour in average personal computers and the results were returned to University of Geneva for evaluation by researchers.[2]
On 21 June 2016, malariacontrol.net announced that the project has been terminated due to financial constrains in upgrading their servers for further volunteer computing operations.[4]
Impact
Over 10 years, malariacontrol.net has produced 30 peer-reviewed publications by using stochastic simulation approach.[5] Among them were the effectiveness of different types of Malaria vaccines in high and low malaria transmission settings,[6] effectiveness of Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine in preventive treatment of malaria in infants,[7] and using individual-based stochastic simulations in Plasmodium falciparum control.[8]
Reception
As of 2010, malariacontrol.net had about 10,000 active users with 37,002 registered members. Similar to the general BOINC users, malariacontrol.net mainly had a volunteer base of males ranged from 20 to 50 years old, mostly staying in European countries and North America. Most of them learned about this project through BOINC website and their main motivation were to do something good and for self-satisfaction.[9]
References
- ^ Maire (19 December 2016). "Migration to new server". malariacontrol.net. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ a b Lovgren, Stefan (8 August 2006). "Malaria Battlers Enlist Power of Your PC". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Malariacontrol.net domain information". whois.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ Maire (21 June 2016). "Status and plans as of June 2016". malariacontrol.net. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Publications by BOINC projects - malariacontrol.net". BOINC wiki. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ Melissa, A; Nicholas, Maire; Alain, Studer; Allan, Schapira; Thomas, A Smith (11 September 2008). "What Should Vaccine Developers Ask? Simulation of the Effectiveness of Malaria Vaccines". Plos One. 3 (9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003193. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Amanda, Ross; Melissa, Penny; Nicholas, Maire; Alain, Studer; Ilona, Carneiro; David, Schellenberg; Brian, Greenwood; Marcel, Tanner; Thomas, Smith (16 July 2008). "Modelling the Epidemiological Impact of Intermittent Preventive Treatment against Malaria in Infants". Plos One. 4 (3). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002661. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Smith, T; et al. (11 August 2008). "Towards a comprehensive simulation model of malaria epidemiology and control". Parasitology. 135 (13): 1507–1516. doi:10.1017/S0031182008000371. PMID 18694530. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|first1=(help) - ^ Krebs, Viola (1 February 2010). "Motivations of cybervolunteers in applied distributed computing environment: Malariacontrol.net as an example". First Monday (journal). 15 (2). Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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