The epidemiology of residual Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission and infection burden in an African city with high coverage of multiple vector control measures

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Msellemu, Daniel ^a,b   Namango, Hagai I ^a,c   Mwakalinga, Victoria M ^a,d   Ntamatungiro, Alex J ^a,b   Mlacha, Yeromin ^a,e   Mtema, Zacharia J ^a   Kiware, Samson ^a,f   Lobo, Neil F ^g   Majambere, Silas ^a,e   Dongus, Stefan ^a,e,h,i   Drakeley, Christopher J ^b   Govella, Nicodem J ^a,e   Chaki, Prosper P ^a,e   Killeen, Gerry F ^a,e  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^h SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Chronic infection; Housing; Larval source management; Long lasting insecticidal net; Malaria; Mosquito; Plasmodium; Vector control; Window screening

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; LARVICIDAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CHILD; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOSQUITO BITE; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PATHOGEN LOAD; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; TANZANIA; VECTOR CONTROL; AFRICA; AGED; ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007524235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1340-4     Document Type: Article

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