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The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum in sub-Saharan Africa since 1900

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  • Robert W. Snow

    (Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme
    Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford)

  • Benn Sartorius

    (Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal)

  • David Kyalo

    (Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme)

  • Joseph Maina

    (Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme)

  • Punam Amratia

    (Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme)

  • Clara W. Mundia

    (Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme)

  • Philip Bejon

    (Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme
    Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford)

  • Abdisalan M. Noor

    (Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme)

Abstract

Spatial and temporal modelling of a large dataset of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence rates reveals cycles and trends of malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa over a 115 year period.

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  • Robert W. Snow & Benn Sartorius & David Kyalo & Joseph Maina & Punam Amratia & Clara W. Mundia & Philip Bejon & Abdisalan M. Noor, 2017. "The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum in sub-Saharan Africa since 1900," Nature, Nature, vol. 550(7677), pages 515-518, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:550:y:2017:i:7677:d:10.1038_nature24059
    DOI: 10.1038/nature24059
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