Rapid assessment of malaria transmission using age-specific sero-conversion rates.

Malaria transmission intensity is a crucial determinant of malarial disease burden and its measurement can help to define health priorities. Rapid, local estimates of transmission are required to focus resources better but current entomological and parasitological methods for estimating transmission...

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Main Authors: Laveta Stewart, Roly Gosling, Jamie Griffin, Samwel Gesase, Joseph Campo, Ramadan Hashim, Paul Masika, Jacklin Mosha, Teun Bousema, Seif Shekalaghe, Jackie Cook, Patrick Corran, Azra Ghani, Eleanor M Riley, Chris Drakeley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2698122?pdf=render