Fine-scale variation in malaria prevalence across ecological regions in Madagascar: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Large-scale variation in ecological parameters across Madagascar is hypothesized to drive varying spatial patterns of malaria infection. However, to date, few studies of parasite prevalence with resolution at finer, sub-regional spatial scales are available. As a result, there is a poor understanding of how Madagascar's diverse local ecologies link with variation in the distribution of infections at the community and household level. Efforts to preserve Madagascar's ecological diversity often focus on improving livelihoods in rural communities near remaining forested areas but are limited by a lack of data on their infectious disease burden.

Methods

To investigate spatial variation in malaria prevalence at the sub-regional scale in Madagascar, we sampled 1476 hous

SUBMITTER: Rice BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8164762 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature