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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Main Authors: Richard E Cibulskis, Maru Aregawi, Ryan Williams, Mac Otten, Christopher Dye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-12-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3243721?pdf=render