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Title: | Dynamic malaria hotspots in an open cohort in western Kenya |
Authors: | Platt, Alyssa Obala, Andrew Ambogo MacIntyre, Charlie Khwa-Otsyula, Barasa O’Meara, Wendy Prudhomme |
Keywords: | Malaria transmission |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | Nature publishing group |
Abstract: | Malaria hotspots, defined as areas where transmission intensity exceeds the average level, become more pronounced as transmission declines. Targeting hotspots may accelerate reductions in transmission and could be pivotal for malaria elimination. Determinants of hotspot location, particularly of their movement, are poorly understood. We used spatial statistical methods to identify foci of incidence of self-reported malaria in a large census population of 64,000 people, in 8,290 compounds over a 2.5-year study period. Regression models examine stability of hotspots and identify static and dynamic correlates with their location. Hotspot location changed over short time-periods, rarely recurring in the same area. Hotspots identified in spring versus fall season differed in their stability. Households located in a hotspot in the fall were more likely to be located in a hotspot the following fall (RR = 1.77, 95% CI: 1.66–1.89), but the opposite was true for compounds in spring hotspots (RR = 0.15, 95% CI: 0.08–0.28). Location within a hotspot was related to environmental and static household characteristics such as distance to roads or rivers. Human migration into a household was correlated with risk of hotspot membership, but the direction of the association differed based on the origin of the migration event |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13801-6 http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/4542 |
Appears in Collections: | School of Medicine |
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