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SUBMITTER: Snow RW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3128492 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Snow Robert W RW Guerra Carlos A CA Noor Abdisalan M AM Myint Hla Y HY Hay Simon I SI
Nature 20050301 7030
Interest in mapping the global distribution of malaria is motivated by a need to define populations at risk for appropriate resource allocation and to provide a robust framework for evaluating its global economic impact. Comparison of older and more recent malaria maps shows how the disease has been geographically restricted, but it remains entrenched in poor areas of the world with climates suitable for transmission. Here we provide an empirical approach to estimating the number of clinical eve ...[more]