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Malaria Control Project

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Malaria Control Project
Initial releaseDecember 19, 2006 (2006-12-19)[1]
Development statusInactive since 21 June 2016
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformBOINC
Websitewww.malariacontrol.net

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]

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]


References

  1. ^ Maire (19 December 2016). "Migration to new server". malariacontrol.net. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Malariacontrol.net domain information". whois.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  4. ^ Maire (21 June 2016). "Status and plans as of June 2016". malariacontrol.net. Retrieved 10 June 2017.