The spatial and temporal patterns of falciparum and vivax malaria in Peru: 1994-2006.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria is the direct cause of approximately one million deaths worldwide each year, though it is both preventable and curable. Increasing the understanding of the transmission dynamics of falciparum and vivax malaria and their relationship could suggest improvements for malaria control efforts. Here the weekly number of malaria cases due to Plasmodium falciparum (1994-2006) and Plasmodium vivax (1999-2006) in Perú at different spatial scales in conjunction with associated demographic, geographic and climatological data are analysed.

Methods

Malaria periodicity patterns were analysed through wavelet spectral analysis, studied patterns of persistence as a function of community size and assessed spatial heterogeneity via the Lorenz curve and the summary Gini index.<

SUBMITTER: Chowell G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2714521 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature