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SUBMITTER: Cairns M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3621394 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cairns Matthew M Roca-Feltrer Arantxa A Garske Tini T Wilson Anne L AL Diallo Diadier D Milligan Paul J PJ Ghani Azra C AC Greenwood Brian M BM
Nature communications 20120606
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention, previously known as intermittent preventive treatment in children, is highly effective in areas with a short malaria transmission season. Here we assess seasonality in malaria incidence data and define a predictor of seasonality based on rainfall. We then use spatial rainfall, malaria endemicity and population data to identify areas likely to have highly seasonal malaria incidence, and estimate the population at risk and malaria burden in areas where seasonal ma ...[more]