Identifying residual foci of malaria infection in a context of decreasing transmission Institute of Tropical Medicine
Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Umberto D'Alessandro, D'Alessandro
The spectrum of malaria is a continuum from asymptomatic infection to clinical disease. Asymptomatic carriage (AC) is an acknowledged public health challenge due to its role in maintaining transmission. Its prevalence and correlation to the burden of disease are however difficult to clearly define. As malaria transmission declines, the prevalence of disease becomes more heterogeneous with an increasing tendency for spatial clustering. Within ...