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SUBMITTER: Seck MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6958760 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Seck Mame Cheikh MC Thwing Julie J Badiane Aida Sadikh AS Rogier Eric E Fall Fatou Ba FB Ndiaye Pape Ibrahima PI Diongue Khadim K Mbow Moustapha M Ndiaye Mouhamadou M Diallo Mamadou Alpha MA Gomis Jules François JF Mbaye Aminata A Ndiaye Tolla T Gaye Aminata A Sy Mohamad M Déme Awa Bineta AB Ndiaye Yaye Die YD Ndiaye Daouda D
Malaria journal 20200113 1
<h4>Background</h4>Northern Senegal is a zone of very low malaria transmission, with an annual incidence of < 5/1000 inhabitants. This area, where the Senegal National Malaria Control Programme has initiated elimination activities, hosts Fulani, nomadic, pastoralists that spend the dry season in the south where malaria incidence is higher (150-450/1000 inhabitants) and return to the north with the first rains. Previous research demonstrated parasite prevalence of < 1% in this Fulani population u ...[more]