Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria intervention coverage, morbidity, and mortality in Africa: a geospatial modelling analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 59-69

  Weiss, Daniel J ^a,b,c   Bertozzi Villa, Amelia ^c,e   Rumisha, Susan F ^c,d   Amratia, Punam ^a   Arambepola, Rohan ^c   Battle, Katherine E ^e   Cameron, Ewan ^a,b   Chestnutt, Elisabeth ^c   Gibson, Harry S ^c   Harris, Joseph ^a   Keddie, Suzanne ^a   Millar, Justin J ^c   Rozier, Jennifer ^a   Symons, Tasmin L ^c   Vargas Ruiz, Camilo ^c   Hay, Simon I ^f,g   Smith, David L ^f,g   Alonso, Pedro L ^h   Noor, Abdisalan M ^h   Bhatt, Samir ⁱ   Gething, Peter W ^a,b   more..

^a PERTH CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^e INSTITUTE FOR DISEASE MODELING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANGOLA; ANTIPROTOZOAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BENCHMARKING; BENIN; BURKINA FASO; BURUNDI; CAMEROON; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOSPATIAL MODEL; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GHANA; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALAWI; MALI; MASS BEHAVIOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; NIGERIA; PANDEMIC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RWANDA; SIERRA LEONE; SOUTH SUDAN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; TOGO; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; AFRICA; BAYES THEOREM; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICA; ANTIMALARIALS; BAYES THEOREM; COVID-19; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORBIDITY; SARS-COV-2;

EID: 85092129502     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30700-3     Document Type: Article

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