4 Malaria Metrics

The metrics commonly used in research and surveillence to measure malaria in populations.

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If we want to manage malaria, we must be able to measure it. Models are approximations. We make a distinction between biological processes and observational processes.

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Note: in Measuring Malaria for Control we revisit the malaria metrics in the context of monitoring and evaluation for malaria control programs. Also see [70] for a general overview of malaria metrics, [71] and [72]

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Hay SI, Smith DL, Snow RW. Measuring malaria endemicity from intense to interrupted transmission. Lancet Infect Dis. 2008;8: 369–378. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70069-0

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Smith DL, Smith TA, Hay SI. Measuring malaria for elimination. In: Feachem RGA, Phillips AA, Targett GAT, editors. Shrinking the Malaria Map. San Francisco, CA: University of California, San Francisco; 2009. pp. 108–126. Available: http://www.worldcat.org/title/shrinking-the-malaria-map-a-prospectus-on-malaria-elimination/oclc/421361248

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Tusting LS, Bousema T, Smith DL, Drakeley C. Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum transmission: Precision, accuracy and costs of metrics. Adv Parasitol. 2014;84: 151–208. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-800099-1.00003-X