Social and environmental determinants of malaria in space and time in Viet Nam.

Journal article

The malaria burden in Viet Nam has been in decline in recent decades, but localised areas of high transmission remain. We used spatiotemporal analytical tools to determine the social and environmental drivers of malaria risk and to identify residual high-risk areas where control and surveillance resources can be targeted. Counts of reported Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria cases by month (January 2007-December 2008) and by district were assembled. Zero-inflated Poisson regre...

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Authors: Bui, H; Clements, A; Nguyen, Q; Nguyen, M; Le, X

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: International journal for parasitology
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 109-116
• Publication date: 2011-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.08.005
• EISSN: 1879-0135
• ISSN: 0020-7519
• Language: English
• Keywords: Models, Statistical; Malaria, Falciparum; Time Factors; Malaria, Vivax; Incidence; Geography; Vietnam; Risk Factors; Humans; Socioeconomic Factors; Climate