The changing risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in Africa: 2000-10: A spatial and temporal analysis of transmission intensity

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9930, 2014, Pages 1739-1747

  Noor, Abdisalan M ^a,b   Kinyoki, Damaris K ^a   Mundia, Clara W ^a   Kabaria, Caroline W ^a   Mutua, Jonesmus W ^a   Alegana, Victor A ^a   Fall, Ibrahima Socé ^c   Snow, Robert W ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK POPULATION;

AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84900829110     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62566-0     Document Type: Article

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