Geospatial analysis of Plasmodium falciparum serological indicators: school versus community sampling in a low-transmission malaria setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to low numbers of active infections and persons presenting to health facilities for malaria treatment, case-based surveillance is inefficient for understanding the remaining disease burden in low malaria transmission settings. Serological data through the detection of IgG antibodies from previous malaria parasite exposure can fill this gap by providing a nuanced picture of where sustained transmission remains. Study enrollment at sites of gathering provides a potential approach to spatially estimate malaria exposure and could preclude the need for more intensive community-based sampling.

Methods

This study compared spatial estimates of malaria exposure from cross-sectional school- and community-based sampling in Haiti. A total of 52,405 blood samples were coll

SUBMITTER: Jaramillo-Underwood A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804471 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature