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Identifying residual foci of Plasmodium falciparum infections for malaria elimination: the urban context of Khartoum, Sudan
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Background: Identifying the location and size of residual foci of infections is critical where malaria elimination is the primary goal. Here the spatial heterogeneity of Plasmodium falciparum infections within the urban extent of Khartoum state in Sudan is investigated using data from cross-sectional surveys undertaken from 1999 to 2008 to inform the Khartoum Malaria Free Initiative (KMFI).
Methods: From 1999-2008 the KMFI undertook cross-sectional surveys of 256 clusters ac...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0016948
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+ "Wellcome Trust", "Kenya Medical Research Institute"
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Snow, R
Grant:
079080
+ "Wellcome Trust", "Kenya Medical Research Institute"
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Noor, A
Grant:
081829
Khartoum State Malaria Control Programme
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World Health Organization
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- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS ONE Journal website
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 2
- Article number:
- e16948
- Publication date:
- 2011-02-01
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1932-6203
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- English
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- ora:5900
- Deposit date:
- 2011-11-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Nourein et al
- Copyright date:
- 2011
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- © 2011 Nourein et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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