Estimating Plasmodium falciparum transmission rates in low-endemic settings using a combination of community prevalence and health facility data.

As some malaria control programs shift focus from disease control to transmission reduction, there is a need for transmission data to monitor progress. At lower levels of transmission, it becomes increasingly more difficult to measure precisely, for example through entomological studies. Many progra...

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Main Authors: Joshua Yukich, Olivier Briët, Michael T Bretscher, Adam Bennett, Seblewengel Lemma, Yemane Berhane, Thomas P Eisele, Joseph Keating, Thomas Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3425560?pdf=render