{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(1)"],"submitter":["Kabaghe AN"],"funding":["Dioraphte Foundation"],"pubmed_abstract":["BACKGROUND:Spatio-temporal variations in malaria burden are currently complex and costly to measure, but are important for decision-making. We measured the spatio-temporal variation of clinical malaria incidence at a fine scale in a cohort of children under five in an endemic area in rural Chikhwawa, Malawi, determined associated factors, and monitored adult mosquito abundance. METHODS:We followed-up 285 children aged 6-48 months with recorded geolocations, who were sampled in a rolling malaria indicator survey, for one year (2015-2016). Guardians were requested to take the children to a nearby health facility whenever ill, where health facility personnel were trained to record malaria test results and temperature on the child's sick-visit card; artemisinin-based combination therapy was pr"],"journal":["Parasites & vectors"],"pagination":["129"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5839004"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Fine-scale spatial and temporal variation of clinical malaria incidence and associated factors in children in rural Malawi: a longitudinal study."],"pmcid":["PMC5839004"],"pubmed_authors":["Mburu M","Kabaghe AN","van Vugt M","Gowelo S","Chipeta MG","Grobusch MP","Phiri KS","Truwah Z","McCann RS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Fine-scale spatial and temporal variation of clinical malaria incidence and associated factors in children in rural Malawi: a longitudinal study.","description":"BACKGROUND:Spatio-temporal variations in malaria burden are currently complex and costly to measure, but are important for decision-making. We measured the spatio-temporal variation of clinical malaria incidence at a fine scale in a cohort of children under five in an endemic area in rural Chikhwawa, Malawi, determined associated factors, and monitored adult mosquito abundance. METHODS:We followed-up 285 children aged 6-48 months with recorded geolocations, who were sampled in a rolling malaria indicator survey, for one year (2015-2016). Guardians were requested to take the children to a nearby health facility whenever ill, where health facility personnel were trained to record malaria test results and temperature on the child's sick-visit card; artemisinin-based combination therapy was pr","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Mar","modification":"2025-04-18T23:27:28.556Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:06:56Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5839004","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29506570"],"doi":["10.1186/s13071-018-2730-y"]}}