Malaria incidence and prevalence on Pemba Island before the onset of the successful control intervention on the Zanzibar Archipelago

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Othman Mashavu K, Ramsan Mahdi, Deb Saikat, Dutta Arup, Sullivan David J, Jaenisch Thomas, Gaczkowski Roger, Tielsch James, Sazawal Sunil
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2010
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Holo
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-32; https://doaj.org/article/e22bdafd58254e05b04ccc2a8717447c

Abstract Background Malaria incidence has been reported to decrease substantially in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, including the Zanzibar Archipelago in East Africa. A cohort study with an intensive follow-up on Pemba Island just before the onset of the highly successful malaria control intervention...