On-going malaria transmission in The Gambia despite high coverage of control interventions: A nationwide cross-sectional survey

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mwesigwa, Julia ^a   Okebe, Joseph ^a   Affara, Muna ^a   Di Tanna, Gian Luca ^b   Nwakanma, Davis ^a   Janha, Omar ^a   Opondo, Kevin ^a   Grietens, Koen Peeters ^c,d,e   Achan, Jane ^a   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Partners for Applied Social Sciences   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic parasitaemia; Heterogeneity; Malaria transmission; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938918279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0829-6     Document Type: Article

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