Infant and child mortality in relation to malaria transmission in KEMRI/CDC HDSS, Western Kenya: validation of verbal autopsy

Infant and child mortality in relation to malaria transmission in KEMRI/CDC HDSS, Western Kenya: validation of verbal autopsy

Abstract Background Malaria transmission reduction is a goal of many malaria control programmes. Little is known of how much mortality can be reduced by specific reductions in transmission. Verbal autopsy (VA) is widely used for estimating malaria specific mortality rates, but does not reliably dist...

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Main Authors: Nyaguara O. Amek, Annemieke Van Eijk, Kim A. Lindblade, Mary Hamel, Nabie Bayoh, John Gimnig, Kayla F. Laserson, Laurence Slutsker, Thomas Smith, Penelope Vounatsou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Childhood mortality
Bayesian inference
Malaria entomology data
Verbal autopsy
Health and demographic surveillance system
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-018-2184-x

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