Use of different transmission metrics to describe malaria epidemiology in the highlands of western Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Stevenson, Jennifer C ^a,b   Stresman, Gillian H ^a   Baidjoe, Amrish ^c   Okoth, Albert ^d   Oriango, Robin ^d   Owaga, Chrispin ^d   Marube, Elizabeth ^d   Bousema, Teun ^a,c   Cox, Jonathan ^a   Drakeley, Chris ^a  

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

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

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Highlands; Kenya; Malaria epidemiology; PCR; RDT; Serology

Indexed keywords

MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INFECTION RATE; KENYA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEROPREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959107465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0944-4     Document Type: Article

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