Fine-scale spatial and temporal variation of clinical malaria incidence and associated factors in children in rural Malawi: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Spatio-temporal variations in malaria burden are currently complex and costly to measure, but are important for decision-making. We measured the spatio-temporal variation of clinical malaria incidence at a fine scale in a cohort of children under five in an endemic area in rural Chikhwawa, Malawi, determined associated factors, and monitored adult mosquito abundance. METHODS:We followed-up 285 children aged 6-48 months with recorded geolocations, who were sampled in a rolling malaria indicator survey, for one year (2015-2016). Guardians were requested to take the children to a nearby health facility whenever ill, where health facility personnel were trained to record malaria test results and temperature on the child's sick-visit card; artemisinin-based combination therapy was pr

SUBMITTER: Kabaghe AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5839004 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature