Effect of transmission intensity on hotspots and micro-epidemiology of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa

Effect of transmission intensity on hotspots and micro-epidemiology of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract Background Malaria transmission intensity is heterogeneous, complicating the implementation of malaria control interventions. We provide a description of the spatial micro-epidemiology of symptomatic malaria and asymptomatic parasitaemia in multiple sites. Methods We assembled data from 19...

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Main Authors: Polycarp Mogeni, Irene Omedo, Christopher Nyundo, Alice Kamau, Abdisalan Noor, Philip Bejon, on behalf of The Hotspot Group Authors
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Malaria
Micro-epidemiology
Hotspots
Sub-Saharan Africa
Stability of hotspots
D function
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0887-4

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