Human population movement and behavioural patterns in malaria hotspots on the Thai-Myanmar border: implications for malaria elimination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria is heterogeneously distributed across landscapes. Human population movement (HPM) could link sub-regions with varying levels of transmission, leading to the persistence of disease even in very low transmission settings. Malaria along the Thai-Myanmar border has been decreasing, but remains heterogeneous. This study aimed to measure HPM, associated predictors of travel, and HPM correlates of self-reported malaria among people living within malaria hotspots.

Methods

526 individuals from 279 households in two malaria hotspot areas were included in a prospective observational study. A baseline cross-sectional study was conducted at the beginning, recording both individual- and household-level characteristics. Individual movement and travel patterns were repeat

SUBMITTER: Saita S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6408830 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature