Effects of Socio-Environmental Factors on Malaria Infection in Pakistan: A Bayesian Spatial Analysis.

ABSTRACT: The role of socio-environmental factors in shaping malaria dynamics is complex and inconsistent. Effects of socio-environmental factors on malaria in Pakistan at district level were examined. Annual malaria cases data were obtained from Directorate of Malaria Control Program, Pakistan. Meteorological data were supplied by Pakistan Meteorological Department. A major limitation was the use of yearly, rather than monthly/weekly malaria data in this study. Population data, socio-economic data and education score data were downloaded from internet. Bayesian conditional autoregressive model was used to find the statistical association of socio-environmental factors with malaria in Pakistan. From 136/146 districts in Pakistan, >750,000 confirmed malaria cases were included, over a three years' pe

SUBMITTER: Umer MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6517989 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature