Active case surveillance, passive case surveillance and asymptomatic malaria parasite screening illustrate different Age distribution, spatial clustering and seasonality in western Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Guofa ^a   Afrane, Yaw A ^b   Malla, Sameer ^a   Githeko, Andrew K ^b   Yan, Guiyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Active case surveillance; Age distribution; Asymptomatic parasite screening; Passive case surveillance; Seasonality; Temporal changes; Transmission hotspot

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CASE SURVEILLANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA PARASITE SCREENING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PASSIVE CASE SURVEILLANCE; PLASMODIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928676302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0551-4     Document Type: Article

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