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Improving malaria control in West Africa: interruption of transmission as a paradigm shift.
Acta tropica - 1 Mar 2012
Doumbia Seydou O, Ndiaye Daouda, Koita Ousmane A, Diakité Mahamadou, Nwakanma Davis, Coulibaly Mamadou, Traoré Sekou F, Keating Joseph, Milner Danny A, Ndiaye Jean-Louis, Sene Papa Diogoye, Ahouidi Ambroise, Dieye Tandakha N, Gaye Oumar, Okebe Joseph, Ceesay Serign J, Ngwa Alfred, Oriero Eniyou C, Konaté Lassana, Sy Ngayo, Jawara Musa, Faye Ousmane, Kéita Moussa, Cissé Moussa, Sogoba Nafomon, Poudiougou Belco, Diawara Sory, Sangaré Lansana, Coulibaly Tinzana, Seck Ibrahima, Abubakar Ismaela, Gomis Jules, Mather Frances J, Sissako Aliou, Diarra Ayouba, Kandeh Balla, Whalen Christopher, Moyer Brian, Nnedu Obinna, Thiero Oumar, Bei Amy K, Daniels Rachel, Miura Kazutoyo, Long Carole A, Fairhurst Rick M, Duraisingh Manoj, Muskavitch Marc A T, D'Alessandro Umberto, Conway David J, Volkman Sarah K, Valim Clarissa, Wirth Dyann F, Krogstad Donald J
Abstract excerpt
With the paradigm shift from the reduction of morbidity and mortality to the interruption of transmission, the focus of malaria control broadens from symptomatic infections in children ≤5 years of age to include asymptomatic infections in older children and adults. In addition, as control efforts intensify and the number of interventions increases, there will be decreases in prevalence, incidence and transmission...
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