1st Edition
Environmental Factors and Malaria Transmission Risk Modelling the Risk in a Holoendemic Area of Burkina Faso
By Yazoumé Yé
Copyright 2008
166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
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The fifth Millennium Development target of reducing infant mortality by two thirds by the year 2015 can only be achieved if mortality due to malaria is significantly reduced. WHO recommends early detection and treatment among high-risk groups as one of the strategies for reducing the malaria burden. To be effective, this approach requires an early warning system which enables the health care... Read more
Contents: Preface; Part 1 Introduction; What is malaria? How is it transmitted?; Malaria epidemiology and economic burden; Risk factors for malarial transmission; Fighting malaria; Rationale of the study; Study questions and objectives; Conceptual framework. Part 2 Population, Material and Methods: Study design; Study sites; Malaria infection survey; Entomological survey; Weather data; Data processing; Data analysis; Ethical considerations. Part 3 Results: Characteristics of the study population; Outcome of follow up; Fever and p. faciparum infection status; Weather variation in the 4 sites; Effect of weather on p. falciparum infection; Mosquito population dynamics; Weather-based dynamic model of malaria transmission. Part 4 Discussion and Conclusions: Discussion; Conclusion; References; Annexes: Index.
Biography
Yazoumé Yé African Population and Health Research Centre, Kenya. Osman Sankoh INDEPTH Network, Ghana. Bocar Kouyaté Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme, Burkina Faso. Rainer Sauerborn University of Heidelberg, Germany.
