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Open Access | Malaria incidence and prevalence on Pemba Island before the onset of the successful control intervention on the Zanzibar Archipelago

Submitted by Inga on January 29, 2010 - 14:53
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Thomas Jaenisch, David J Sullivan, Arup Dutta, Saikat Deb, Mahdi Ramsan, Mashavu K Othman, Roger Gaczkowski, James Tielsch, Sunil Sazawal
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Malaria Journal 2010, 9:32 (25 January 2010)
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dsulliva@jhsph.edu

Having reliable data on malaria prevalence and estimates of clinical malaria incidence, prior to an intensive control effort, is of paramount importance. The authors rightly argue that the efficacy/effectiveness of control efforts might be over-estimated if so were the baseline figures.

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