Endemicity response timelines for Plasmodium falciparum elimination

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Hay Simon I, Smith David L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2009
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Thumb
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-87; https://doaj.org/article/cab1ca6992c7469b8662d20ca3320cd3

Abstract Background The scaling up of malaria control and renewed calls for malaria eradication have raised interest in defining timelines for changes in malaria endemicity. Methods The epidemiological theory for the decline in the Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate ( Pf PR, the prevalence of infec...