Reliability of school surveys in estimating geographic variation in malaria transmission in the western Kenyan highlands.

Reliability of school surveys in estimating geographic variation in malaria transmission in the western Kenyan highlands.

BACKGROUND:School surveys provide an operational approach to assess malaria transmission through parasite prevalence. There is limited evidence on the comparability of prevalence estimates obtained from school and community surveys carried out at the same locality. METHODS:Concurrent school and comm...

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Main Authors: Jennifer C Stevenson, Gillian H Stresman, Caroline W Gitonga, Jonathan Gillig, Chrispin Owaga, Elizabeth Marube, Wycliffe Odongo, Albert Okoth, Pauline China, Robin Oriango, Simon J Brooker, Teun Bousema, Chris Drakeley, Jonathan Cox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3797060?pdf=render

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