Estimating Individual Exposure to Malaria Using Local Prevalence of Malaria Infection in the Field

Ally Olotu; Gregory Fegan; Juliana Wambua; George Nyangweso; Edna Ogada; Chris Drakeley; Kevin Marsh; Philip Bejon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032929

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Estimating Individual Exposure to Malaria Using Local Prevalence of Malaria Infection in the Field

Ally Olotu ,

* E-mail: Aolotu@kilifi.kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya
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Gregory Fegan,

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute, Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Juliana Wambua,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya
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George Nyangweso,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya
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Edna Ogada,

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute, Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya, Population Services International, Nairobi, Kenya
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Chris Drakeley,

Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Kevin Marsh,

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute, Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Philip Bejon

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute, Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Estimating Individual Exposure to Malaria Using Local Prevalence of Malaria Infection in the Field

Ally Olotu,
Gregory Fegan,
Juliana Wambua,
George Nyangweso,
Edna Ogada,
Chris Drakeley,
Kevin Marsh,
Philip Bejon

Published: March 29, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032929

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