Journal article
Human mobility patterns and malaria importation on Bioko Island
- Abstract:
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Malaria burden on Bioko Island has decreased significantly over the past 15 years. The impact of interventions on malaria prevalence, however, has recently stalled. Here, we use data from island-wide, annual malaria indicator surveys to investigate human movement patterns and their relationship to Plasmodium falciparum prevalence. Using geostatistical and mathematical modelling, we find that off-island travel is more prevalent in and around the capital, Malabo. The odds of malaria infection a...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Springer Nature Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Nature Communications Journal website
- Volume:
- 10
- Article number:
- 2332
- Publication date:
- 2019-05-27
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-05-02
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2041-1723
- Source identifiers:
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999518
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:999518
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:999518
- Deposit date:
- 2019-05-29
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- Copyright holder:
- Guerra et al
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
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© The Author(s) 2019
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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