

Author: Yé Y. Sauerborn R. Séraphin S. Hoshen M.
Publisher: Maney Publishing
ISSN: 1364-8594
Source: Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Vol.101, Iss.5, 2007-07, pp. : 375-389
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Abstract
Mathematical modelling has been used to assess the level of malarial transmission, during the dry season, in Nouna province, in north–western Burkina Faso. The data used were collected, at four sites (one semi-urban and three rural), from 867 children aged 6–60 months who were randomly selected. Almost all of the children (850) completed the follow-up, which involved the active detection of malaria (i.e. febrile, smear-positive malarial infection) throughout a single dry season (December 2003–May 2004). Light traps were used to sample the local populations of
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