Malaria hotspots defined by clinical malaria, asymptomatic carriage, PCR and vector numbers in a low transmission area on the Kenyan Coast

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kangoye, David Tiga ^a   Noor, Abdisalan ^a   Midega, Janet ^a   Mwongeli, Joyce ^a   Mkabili, Dora ^a   Mogeni, Polycarp ^a   Kerubo, Christine ^a   Akoo, Pauline ^a   Mwangangi, Joseph ^a   Drakeley, Chris ^b   Marsh, Kevin ^a,c   Bejon, Philip ^a,c   Njuguna, Patricia ^a  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Asymptomatic parasitemia; Hotspots; Malaria; Serology; Spatial scan statistic; Targeted intervention; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AMA1 ANTIGEN; MSP1 19 ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTOR; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963823302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1260-3     Document Type: Article

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