Reliability of School Surveys in Estimating Geographic Variation in Malaria Transmission in the Western Kenyan Highlands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Stevenson, Jennifer C ^a,f,g   Stresman, Gillian H ^a   Gitonga, Caroline W ^a,b   Gillig, Jonathan ^c,h   Owaga, Chrispin ^d   Marube, Elizabeth ^d   Odongo, Wycliffe ^d   Okoth, Albert ^d   China, Pauline ^d   Oriango, Robin ^d   Brooker, Simon J ^a,b   Bousema, Teun ^a,e   Drakeley, Chris ^a   Cox, Jonathan ^a  

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

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Macha Research Trust   (Zambia)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RAPID TEST; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885450558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077641     Document Type: Article

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