Multi-Indicator and Multistep Assessment of Malaria Transmission Risks in Western Kenya.

ABSTRACT: Malaria risk factor assessment is a critical step in determining cost-effective intervention strategies and operational plans in a regional setting. We develop a multi-indicator multistep approach to model the malaria risks at the population level in western Kenya. We used a combination of cross-sectional seasonal malaria infection prevalence, vector density, and cohort surveillance of malaria incidence at the village level to classify villages into malaria risk groups through unsupervised classification. Generalized boosted multinomial logistics regression analysis was performed to determine village-level risk factors using environmental, biological, socioeconomic, and climatic features. Thirty-six villages in western Kenya were first classified into two to five operational groups based o

SUBMITTER: Zhou G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8045647 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature