Background Malaria is a leading cause of disease burden in Uganda, although surprisingly
few contemporary, age-stratified data exist on malaria epidemiology in the country. This …

Background There is little data on the risk factors for malaria infection in large cities in
central Africa and in all age groups. There may be different associations with the risk factors …

Objective To investigate risk factors, including reported net use, for Plasmodium infection
and anaemia among school children and to explore variations in effects across different …

Background Studies of malaria in well-defined cohorts offer important data about the
epidemiology of this complex disease, but few have been done in urban African populations …

Recent reports of reductions in malaria transmission in several African countries have
resulted in optimism that malaria can be eliminated in parts of Africa where it is currently …

Malaria risk is highly heterogeneous. Understanding village and household-level spatial
heterogeneity of malaria risk can support a transition to spatially targeted interventions for …

Malaria prevalence remains high in many African countries despite massive scaling-up of
insecticide treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS). This paper evaluates the …

Background Routine malaria surveillance data in Africa primarily come from public health
facilities reporting to national health management information systems. Although information …

Background Although malaria disease in urban and peri-urban areas of sub-Saharan Africa
is a growing concern, the epidemiologic patterns and drivers of transmission in these …

Background To design an effective strategy for the control of malaria requires a map of
infection and disease risks to select appropriate suites of interventions. Advances in model …