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Open Access | External quality assessment of malaria microscopy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Author(s): 
Mukadi P, Gillet P, Lukuka A, Atua B, Kahodi S, Lokombe J, Muyembe J, Jacobs J
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2011, 10:308 (18 October 2011)
Contact email: 
kepha4@hotmail.com

MalariaWorldThe present EQA revealed a poor quality of malaria microscopy in DRC.

Open Access | Population, behavioural and environmental drivers of malaria prevalence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Author(s): 
Messina JP, Taylor SM, Meshnick SR, Linke AM, Tshefu AK, Atua B, Mwandagalirwa K, Emch M
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2011, 10:161 (9 June 2011)
Contact email: 
jmessina@email.unc.edu

This research demonstrates the feasibility of using population-based behavioural and molecular surveillance in conjunction with DHS data and geographic methods to study endemic infectious diseases.

Open Access | Molecular Malaria Epidemiology: Mapping and Burden Estimates for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007

Author(s): 
Steve M. Taylor, Jane P. Messina, Carla C. Hand, Jonathan J. Juliano, Jeremie Muwonga, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Benjamin Atua, Michael Emch, Steven R. Meshnick
Reference: 
PLoS ONE 6(1): e16420
Contact email: 
stevemyertaylor@gmail.com

Adult P. falciparum prevalence is substantial in the DRC and is associated with under-5 mortality.

Open Access | Estimating the Global Clinical Burden of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in 2007

Author(s): 
Simon I. Hay, Emelda A. Okiro, Peter W. Gething, Anand P. Patil, Andrew J. Tatem, Carlos A. Guerra, Robert W. Snow
Reference: 
PLoS Med 7(6): e1000290
Contact email: 
simon.hay@zoo.ox.ac.uk

Cartographic approaches to burden estimation provide a globally consistent measure of malaria morbidity of known fidelity, and they represent the only plausible method in those malaria-endemic countries with nonfunctional national surveillance.

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