Spatially aggregated clusters and scattered smaller loci of elevated malaria vector density and human infection prevalence in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mwakalinga, Victoria M ^a,b,c   Sartorius, Benn K D ^d   Mlacha, Yeromin P ^c   Msellemu, Daniel F ^c   Limwagu, Alex J ^c   Mageni, Zawadi D ^c   Paliga, John M ^c   Govella, Nicodem J ^c   Coetzee, Maureen ^e   Killeen, Gerry F ^c,f   Dongus, Stefan ^c,f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b ARDHI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Hotspots; Malaria; Mapping; Mosquito; Plasmodium falciparum; Spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INSECT VECTOR; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84978726679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1186-9     Document Type: Review

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