The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A research priority for Plasmodium vivax malaria is to improve our understanding of the spatial distribution of risk and its relationship with the burden of P. vivax disease in human populations. The aim of the research outlined in this article is to provide a contemporary evidence-based map of the global spatial extent of P. vivax malaria, together with estimates of the human population at risk (PAR) of any level of transmission in 2009.

Methodology

The most recent P. vivax case-reporting data that could be obtained for all malaria endemic countries were used to classify risk into three classes: malaria free, unstable (<0.1 case per 1,000 people per annum (p.a.)) and stable (> or =0.1 case per 1,000 p.a.) P. vivax malaria transmission. Risk areas were further con

SUBMITTER: Guerra CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2914753 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature