Forest-goers as a heterogeneous population at high-risk for malaria: a case-control study in Aceh Province, Indonesia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A major challenge to malaria elimination is identifying and targeting populations that are harbouring residual infections and contributing to persistent transmission. In many near-elimination settings in Southeast Asia, it is known that forest-goers are at higher risk for malaria infection, but detailed information on their behaviours and exposures is not available.

Methods

In Aceh Province, Indonesia, a near-elimination setting where a growing proportion of malaria is due to Plasmodium knowlesi, a case-control study was conducted to identify risk factors for symptomatic malaria, characteristics of forest-goers, and key intervention points. From April 2017 to September 2018, cases and controls were recruited and enrolled in a 1:3 ratio. Cases had confirmed malaria

SUBMITTER: Gallalee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10826189 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature