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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Malaria risk mapping for control in the Republic of Sudan
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 87, No. 6, Year 2012
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Evidence shows that malaria risk maps are rarely tailored to address national control program ambitions. Here, we generate a malaria risk map adapted for malaria control in Sudan. Community Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate (PfPR) data from 2000 to 2010 were assembled and were standardized to 2-10 years of age (PfPR2-10). Space-time Bayesian geostatistical methods were used to generate a map of malaria risk for 2010. Surfaces of aridity, urbanization, irrigation schemes, and refugee camps were combined with the PfPR2-10 map to tailor the epidemiological stratification for appropriate intervention design. In 2010, a majority of the geographical area of the Sudan had risk of < 1% Pf PR2-10. Areas of meso- and hyperendemic risk were located in the south. About 80% of Sudan's population in 2011 was in the areas in the desert, urban centers, or where risk was < 1% PfPR2-10. Aggregated data suggest reducing risks in some high transmission areas since the 1960s. Copyright © 2012 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Authors & Co-Authors
Noor, Abdisalan Mohamed
Kenya, Nairobi
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
Elmardi, Khalid Abdelmutalab
Sudan, Khartoum
Federal Ministry of Health Sudan
Abdelgadir, Tarig M.H.
Sudan, Khartoum
Federal Ministry of Health Sudan
Patil, Anand Prabhakar
United States, Detroit
Sense Inc.
Amine, Ahmed A.A.
Sudan, Khartoum
Institute of Endemic Diseases Sudan
Bakhiet, Sahar Mubarak
Sudan, Khartoum
Institute of Endemic Diseases Sudan
Mukhtar, Maowia Mohamed
Sudan, Khartoum
Institute of Endemic Diseases Sudan
Snow, Robert William
United Kingdom, Oxford
University of Oxford
Statistics
Citations: 42
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0390
ISSN:
00029637
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Sudan