Urbanization, malaria transmission and disease burden in Africa

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Many attempts have been made to quantify Africa's malaria burden but none has addressed how urbanization will affect disease transmission and outcome, and therefore mortality and morbidity estimates. In 2003, 39% of Africa's 850 million people lived in urban settings; by 2030, 54% of Africans are ex …
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Authors Hay SI;Guerra CA;Tatem AJ;Atkinson PM;Snow RW;;
Journal Nature reviews. Microbiology
Year 2005
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climate meta-analysis National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE review animals humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't age factors adolescent Child Infant Comparative Study risk factors mortality rural population / statistics & numerical data malaria / prevention & control malaria / epidemiology* plasmodium falciparum* / isolation & purification insect vectors / parasitology urbanization* malaria / transmission* simon i hay africa / epidemiology pmid:15608702 pmc3130901 doi:10.1038/nrmicro1069 carlos a guerra robert w snow culicidae / parasitology insect bites and stings / parasitology parasite egg count population growth urban population / statistics & numerical data

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