Age-specific malaria mortality rates in the KEMRI/CDC health and demographic surveillance system in western Kenya, 2003-2010.

Recent global malaria burden modeling efforts have produced significantly different estimates, particularly in adult malaria mortality. To measure malaria control progress, accurate malaria burden estimates across age groups are necessary. We determined age-specific malaria mortality rates in wester...

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Main Authors: Meghna Desai, Ann M Buff, Sammy Khagayi, Peter Byass, Nyaguara Amek, Annemieke van Eijk, Laurence Slutsker, John Vulule, Frank O Odhiambo, Penelope A Phillips-Howard, Kimberly A Lindblade, Kayla F Laserson, Mary J Hamel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4152016?pdf=render