The role of connectivity on malaria dynamics across areas with contrasting control coverage in the Peruvian Amazon.

ABSTRACT: Network analysis may improve the understanding of malaria epidemiology in rural areas of the Amazon region by explicitly representing the relationships between villages as a proxy for human population mobility. This study tests a comprehensive set of connectivity metrics and their relationship with malaria incidence across villages with contrasting PAMAFRO (a malaria control initiative) coverage levels in the Loreto department of Peru using data from the passive case detection reports from the Peruvian Ministry of Health between 2011 and 2018 at the village level. A total of 24 centrality metrics were computed and tested on 1608 nodes (i.e., villages/cities). Based on its consistency and stability, the betweenness centrality type outperformed other metrics. No appreciable differences in th

SUBMITTER: Carrasco-Escobar G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11534198 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature