Browsing by Subject "Seroepidemiologic Studies"

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A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Malaria Exposure and Changing Serostatus in a Malaria Endemic Area of Rural Tanzania

Simmons, RA; Mboera, L; Stresman, A; Turner, E; Kramer, R; Drakeley, C; O'Meara, WP (Malaria Journal, 2017-08-02)

<h4>Background</h4>Measurements of anti-malarial antibodies are increasingly used as a proxy of transmission intensity. Most serological surveys are based on the use of cross-sectional data that, when age-stratified, approximates ...
Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii infection in Africa: a OneHealth systematic review.

Vanderburg, Sky; Rubach, Matthew P; Halliday, Jo EB; Cleaveland, Sarah; Reddy, Elizabeth A; Crump, John A (PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2014-04)

BACKGROUND: Q fever is a common cause of febrile illness and community-acquired pneumonia in resource-limited settings. Coxiella burnetii, the causative pathogen, is transmitted among varied host species, but the epidemiology ...