Worldwide incidence of malaria in 2009: estimates, time trends, and a critique of methods.
BACKGROUND: Measuring progress towards Millennium Development Goal 6, including estimates of, and time trends in, the number of malaria cases, has relied on risk maps constructed from surveys of parasite prevalence, and on routine case reports compiled by health ministries. Here we present a critiqu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-12-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3243721?pdf=render |