Abstract Sub-Saharan Africa is registering one of the highest urban population growth
across the world. It is estimated that over 75% of the population in this region will be living in …

Many attempts have been made to quantify Africa's malaria burden but none has addressed
how urbanization will affect disease transmission and outcome, and therefore mortality and …

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From an analysis of the distributions of measures of transmission rates among hosts, we
identify an empirical relationship suggesting that, typically, 20% of the host population …

This fully updated third edition of the classic text, widely cited as the most important and
useful book for health engineering and disease prevention, describes infectious diseases in …

The rapid increase in the world's urban population has major implications for the
epidemiology of malaria. A review of malaria transmission in sub-Saharan African cities …

Malaria transmission is strongly associated with location. This association has two main
features. First, the disease is focused around specific mosquito breeding sites and can …

Background. Variation in the risk of malaria within populations is a frequently described but
poorly understood phenomenon. This heterogeneity creates opportunities for targeted …

A common assumption about malaria, dengue, and other mosquito-borne infections is that
the two main components of the risk of human infection—the rate at which people are bitten …

Malaria not only remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, but it also impedes
socioeconomic development, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Rapid and unprecedented …