Spatiotemporal mapping of malaria incidence in Sudan using routine surveillance data.

ABSTRACT: Malaria is a serious threat to global health, with over [Formula: see text] of the cases reported in 2020 by the World Health Organization in African countries, including Sudan. Sudan is a low-income country with a limited healthcare system and a substantial burden of malaria. The epidemiology of malaria in Sudan is rapidly changing due to factors including the rapidly developing resistance to drugs and insecticides among the parasites and vectors, respectively; the growing population living in humanitarian settings due to political instability; and the recent emergence of Anopheles stephensi in the country. These factors contribute to changes in the distribution of the parasites species as well as malaria vectors in Sudan, and the shifting patterns of malaria epidemiology underscore the n

SUBMITTER: Elagali A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9387890 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature