A micro-epidemiological analysis of febrile malaria in Coastal Kenya showing hotspots within hotspots

Malaria transmission is spatially heterogeneous. This reduces the efficacy of control strategies, but focusing control strategies on clusters or ‘hotspots’ of transmission may be highly effective. Among 1500 homesteads in coastal Kenya we calculated (a) the fraction of febrile children with positive...

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Main Authors: Philip Bejon, Thomas N Williams, Christopher Nyundo, Simon I Hay, David Benz, Peter W Gething, Mark Otiende, Judy Peshu, Mahfudh Bashraheil, Bryan Greenhouse, Teun Bousema, Evasius Bauni, Kevin Marsh, David L Smith, Steffen Borrmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2014-04-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/02130