Malaria transmission in Africa: Its relationship with yellow fever and measles.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria has been strongly linked to the transmission and pathophysiology of some viral diseases. Malaria and vaccine-preventable diseases often co-exist in endemic countries but the implication of their co-existence on their transmission dynamics and control is poorly understood. The study aims to evaluate the relationships between the incidence of malaria and cases of measles and yellow fever in Africa.

Methods

The malaria incidence, death due to malaria, measles and yellow fever data were sourced from the WHO database. Poisson and zero-inflated time-trend regression were used to model the relationships between malaria and the two vaccine-preventable diseases. P-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.

Results

A significant negative relation

SUBMITTER: Okunlola OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9067666 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature