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Carlos A. Guerra

• The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009

  A research priority for <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> malaria is to improve our understanding of the spatial distribution of risk and its relationship with the burden of <em>P. vivax</em> disease in human populations. The aim of the research outlined in this article is to provide a contemporary evidence-based map of the global spatial extent of <em>P.

  • 02/08/2010

  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • • Health
    • Malaria
    • Vector Borne Diseases

• A World Malaria Map: Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in 2007

  Efficient allocation of resources to intervene against malaria requires a detailed understanding of the contemporary spatial distribution of malaria risk. It is exactly 40 y since the last global map of malaria endemicity was published. This paper describes the generation of a new world map of Plasmodium falciparum malaria endemicity for the year 2007.

  • 01/03/2010

  • PLoS Medicine
  • • Health
    • Malaria
    • Research
    • Global
    • PLoS Medicine
    • Simon I. Hay
    • Carlos A. Guerra
    • Peter W. Gething & et al