The risks of malaria infection in Kenya in 2009
Open Access
- 20 November 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 9 (1) , 180
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-9-180
Abstract
To design an effective strategy for the control of malaria requires a map of infection and disease risks to select appropriate suites of interventions. Advances in model based geo-statistics and malaria parasite prevalence data assemblies provide unique opportunities to redefine national Plasmodium falciparum risk distributions. Here we present a new map of malaria risk for Kenya in 2009.Keywords
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