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The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum in sub-Saharan Africa since 1900
- Abstract:
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Malaria transmission is influenced by climate, land use and deliberate intervention. Recent declines have been observed in malaria transmission. Here, we show that the continent has witnessed a long-term recession in the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum since 1900-29 (40%) to 2010-15 (24%), interrupted at different times by periods of rapidly increasing and decreasing transmission. The cycles and trend over the last 115 years are inconsistent with simplistic explanations in terms of climat...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ Department for International Development
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Grant:
Strengthening the Use of Data for Malaria Decision Making in Africa (DFID Programme Code # 203155
International Development Research Centre, Canada
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Nature Journal website
- Volume:
- 550
- Pages:
- 515–518
- Publication date:
- 2017-10-11
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-09-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1476-4687
- ISSN:
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0028-0836
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:724919
- UUID:
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uuid:147dcb73-1709-407f-b618-6ef3ad820296
- Local pid:
- pubs:724919
- Source identifiers:
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724919
- Deposit date:
- 2017-09-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Snow et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2017 Authors. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Springer Nature at: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24059
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