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The limits and intensity of Plasmodium falciparum transmission: implications for malaria control and elimination worldwide

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Background: The efficient allocation of financial resources for malaria control using appropriate combinations of interventions requires accurate information on the geographic distribution of malaria risk. An evidence-based description of the global range of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and its endemicity has not been assembled in almost 40 y. This paper aims to define the global geographic distribution of P. falciparum malaria in 2007 and to provide a preliminary description of its transmis...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1371/journal.pmed.0050038

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Institution:
"Kenyan Medical Research Institute-University of Oxford-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya", "University of Oxford"
Research group:
Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group
Department:
Mathematical,Physical & Life Sciences Division - Zoology
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Institution:
"Kenyan Medical Research Institute-University of Oxford-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya"
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Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group
Department:
Centre for Geographic Medicine
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Institution:
"Kenyan Medical Research Institute-University of Oxford-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya", "University of Oxford"
Research group:
Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group
Department:
Mathematical,Physical & Life Sciences Division - Zoology
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Institution:
"Kenyan Medical Research Institute-University of Oxford-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya", "University of Oxford"
Research group:
Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group
Department:
Medical Sciences Division - Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine,Centre for (CCVTM)
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Institution:
"University of Florida, Gainesville, USA"
Department:
Department of Zoology and Emerging Pathogens Institute
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Guerra, C
Noor, A
Hay, S
Snow, R
Grant:
076951
081829
079091
079080
Publisher:
Public Library of Science Publisher's website
Journal:
PLoS Medicine Journal website
Volume:
5
Issue:
2
Article number:
e38
Publication date:
2008-02-01
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EISSN:
1549-1676
ISSN:
1549-1277
Language:
English
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Deposit date:
2009-01-09

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