Identification of Hot Spots of Malaria Transmission for Targeted Malaria Control
Author(s) -
Teun Bousema,
Chris Drakeley,
Samwel Gesase,
Ramadhan Hashim,
Stephen Magesa,
Frank Mosha,
Silas Otieno,
Ilona Carneiro,
Jonathan Cox,
Eliapendavyo Msuya,
Immo Kleinschmidt,
Caroline Maxwell,
Brian Greenwood,
Eleanor M. Riley,
Robert W. Sauerwein,
Daniel Chandramohan,
Roly Gosling
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/652456
Subject(s) - malaria , transmission (telecommunications) , plasmodium falciparum , environmental health , seroconversion , incidence (geometry) , medicine , biology , immunology , antibody , physics , electrical engineering , optics , engineering
Variation in the risk of malaria within populations is a frequently described but poorly understood phenomenon. This heterogeneity creates opportunities for targeted interventions but only if hot spots of malaria transmission can be easily identified.
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