Background Although malaria control intervention has greatly decreased malaria morbidity
and mortality in many African countries, further decline in parasite prevalence has stagnated …

In many regions, malaria transmission is seasonal, but it is not well understood whether P.
falciparum modulates its investment in transmission in response to seasonal vector …

We carried out a population-based study to determine the unbiased, age-specific
Plasmodium falciparum prevalence, asexual and sexual parasite density, and spatial …

Background Further reductions in malaria incidence as more countries approach malaria
elimination require the identification and treatment of asymptomatic individuals who carry …

Abstract Background The Kenyan highlands were malaria-free before the 1910s, but a
series of malaria epidemics have occurred in the highlands of western Kenya since the …

Background. Transmission of malaria in an area of hypoendemicity in the highlands of
western Kenya is not expected to lead to rapid acquisition of immunity to malaria. However …

Background Transmission stemming from asymptomatic infections is increasingly being
recognized as a threat to malaria elimination. In many regions, malaria transmission is …

Gametocytes are the malaria parasite stages that secure the transmission from the human
host to the mosquito. The identification of natural parameters that influence gametocyte …

Plasmodium falciparum infections presenting either as symptomatic or asymptomatic may
contain sexual stage parasites (gametocytes) that are crucial to malaria transmission. In this …

Progress in malaria control has stalled over the recent years. Knowledge on main drivers of
transmission explaining small-scale variation in prevalence can inform targeted control …