Estimating Plasmodium falciparum Transmission Rates in Low-Endemic Settings Using a Combination of Community Prevalence and Health Facility Data

Joshua Yukich; Olivier Briët; Michael T. Bretscher; Adam Bennett; Seblewengel Lemma; Yemane Berhane; Thomas P. Eisele; Joseph Keating; Thomas Smith

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042861

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Estimating Plasmodium falciparum Transmission Rates in Low-Endemic Settings Using a Combination of Community Prevalence and Health Facility Data

Joshua Yukich ,

* E-mail: jyukich@tulane.edu

Affiliation Department of Global Health Systems and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Olivier Briët,

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Michael T. Bretscher,

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Adam Bennett,

Affiliation Department of Global Health Systems and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Seblewengel Lemma,

Affiliation Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Yemane Berhane,

Affiliation Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Thomas P. Eisele,

Affiliation Department of Global Health Systems and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Joseph Keating,

Affiliation Department of Global Health Systems and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Thomas Smith

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Estimating Plasmodium falciparum Transmission Rates in Low-Endemic Settings Using a Combination of Community Prevalence and Health Facility Data

Joshua Yukich,
Olivier Briët,
Michael T. Bretscher,
Adam Bennett,
Seblewengel Lemma,
Yemane Berhane,
Thomas P. Eisele,
Joseph Keating,
Thomas Smith

Published: August 22, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042861

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