The uncertain burden of Plasmodium falciparum epidemics in Africa
Although the control of malaria epidemics has been a priority for the World Health Organization and other agencies for many years, surprisingly little is known about the public health burden of these epidemics. Here, we evaluate the available evidence of the morbidity and mortality impacts of indivi...
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| author | Cox, J Hay, S Abeku, T Checchi, F Snow, R |
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| description | Although the control of malaria epidemics has been a priority for the World Health Organization and other agencies for many years, surprisingly little is known about the public health burden of these epidemics. Here, we evaluate the available evidence of the morbidity and mortality impacts of individual epidemics in Africa and examine the problems associated with using these data to estimate the average annual burden of epidemics at national and continental scales. We argue that conventional approaches that are used to assess the burden of epidemics are inadequate, and outline the future steps that are required to produce estimates that are more accurate. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:61a68e09-c4e5-40db-96d9-28403b8509722022-03-26T18:01:27ZThe uncertain burden of Plasmodium falciparum epidemics in AfricaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:61a68e09-c4e5-40db-96d9-28403b850972Infectious diseasesAfricaTropical medicineEpidemiologyMalariaEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetElsevier2007Cox, JHay, SAbeku, TChecchi, FSnow, RAlthough the control of malaria epidemics has been a priority for the World Health Organization and other agencies for many years, surprisingly little is known about the public health burden of these epidemics. Here, we evaluate the available evidence of the morbidity and mortality impacts of individual epidemics in Africa and examine the problems associated with using these data to estimate the average annual burden of epidemics at national and continental scales. We argue that conventional approaches that are used to assess the burden of epidemics are inadequate, and outline the future steps that are required to produce estimates that are more accurate. |
| spellingShingle | Infectious diseases Africa Tropical medicine Epidemiology Malaria Cox, J Hay, S Abeku, T Checchi, F Snow, R The uncertain burden of Plasmodium falciparum epidemics in Africa |
| title | The uncertain burden of Plasmodium falciparum epidemics in Africa |
| title_full | The uncertain burden of Plasmodium falciparum epidemics in Africa |
| title_fullStr | The uncertain burden of Plasmodium falciparum epidemics in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | The uncertain burden of Plasmodium falciparum epidemics in Africa |
| title_short | The uncertain burden of Plasmodium falciparum epidemics in Africa |
| title_sort | uncertain burden of plasmodium falciparum epidemics in africa |
| topic | Infectious diseases Africa Tropical medicine Epidemiology Malaria |
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