Estimating the burden of malaria: the need for improved surveillance

PLoS Med. 2011 Dec;8(12):e1001144. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001144. Epub 2011 Dec 20.

Abstract

Ivo Mueller, Laurence Slutsker, and Marcel Tanner highlight the importance of using complementary methods to estimate the burden of malaria and call for a renewed focus on efficient malaria surveillance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology*
  • Malaria, Vivax / epidemiology*
  • Plasmodium falciparum*
  • Plasmodium vivax*
  • Population Surveillance / methods*