Background Malaria causes significant morbidity and mortality each year. In the past few
years, the global malaria cases have been declining and many endemic countries are …

Land use and land cover changes, such as deforestation, agricultural expansion and
urbanization, are one of the largest anthropogenic environmental changes globally. Recent …

As data at progressively granular spatial scales become available, the temptation is to target
interventions to areas with higher malaria transmission–so-called hotspots–with the aim of …

In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. As a result of
the interplay between many factors, the control of this disease can be challenging. However …

Abstract The Global Technical Strategy 2016–2030 of the World Health Organization (WHO)
has the ambitious goal of malaria being eliminated from at least 35 countries by 2030 …

ABSTRACT In the Greater Mekong Subregion in Southeast Asia, malaria elimination
strategies need to target all Plasmodium falciparum parasites, including those carried …

Background Reliable measures of disease burden over time are necessary to evaluate the
impact of interventions and assess sub-national trends in the distribution of infection. Three …

Limited attention from the modelling community has been given to ecological approaches
which aim to predict geographical patterns of malaria by accounting for the joint effects of …

Human life expectancy has increased over the past three centuries, from approximately 30
years in 1700 to approximately 70 years in 1970 [4]; one of the main factors of this …

Measurement of malaria specific antibody responses represents a practical and informative
method for malaria control programs to assess recent exposure to infection. Technical …