Spatio-temporal analysis of malaria incidence in the Peruvian Amazon Region between 2002 and 2013.

ABSTRACT: Malaria remains a major public health problem in the Peruvian Amazon where the persistence of high-risk transmission areas (hotspots) challenges the current malaria control strategies. This study aimed at identifying significant space-time clusters of malaria incidence in Loreto region 2002-2013 and to determine significant changes across years in relation to the control measures applied. Poisson regression and purely temporal, spatial, and space-time analyses were conducted. Three significantly different periods in terms of annual incidence rates (AIR) were identified, overlapping respectively with the pre-, during, and post- implementation control activities supported by PAMAFRO project. The most likely space-time clusters of malaria incidence for P. vivax and P. falciparum corresponded

SUBMITTER: Soto-Calle V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5238441 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature