Malaria risk factors in northern Namibia: The importance of occupation, age and mobility in characterizing high-risk populations.

ABSTRACT: In areas of low and unstable transmission, malaria cases occur in populations with lower access to malaria services and interventions, and in groups with specific malaria risk exposures often away from the household. In support of the Namibian National Vector Borne Disease Program's drive to better target interventions based upon risk, we implemented a health facility-based case control study aimed to identify risk factors for symptomatic malaria in Zambezi Region, northern Namibia. A total of 770 febrile individuals reporting to 6 health facilities and testing positive by rapid diagnostic test (RDT) between February 2015 and April 2016 were recruited as cases; 641 febrile individuals testing negative by RDT at the same health facilities through June 2016 were recruited as controls. Data o

SUBMITTER: Smith JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8232432 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature