Identification of hot spots of malaria transmission for targeted malaria control

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 201, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1764-1774

  Bousema, Teun ^a,b   Drakeley, Chris ^a   Gesase, Samwel ^c   Hashim, Ramadhan ^c   Magesa, Stephen ^d   Mosha, Frank ^e   Otieno, Silas ^e   Carneiro, Mona ^a   Cox, Jonathan ^a   Msuya, Eliapendavyo ^d   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^a   Maxwell, Caroline ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^a   Riley, Eleanor ^a   Sauerwein, Robert ^b   Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Gosling, Roly ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d NIMR Amani Research Centre   (United States)

^e KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TANZANIA;

EID: 77951904380     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652456     Document Type: Article

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