Estimation of the malaria burden

David R. Bell (), Pernille Jorgensen, Eva Maria Christophel and Kevin L. Palmer
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David R. Bell: Malaria, Other Vector-borne and Parasitic Diseases Unit, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Pernille Jorgensen: Malaria, Other Vector-borne and Parasitic Diseases Unit, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Eva Maria Christophel: Malaria, Other Vector-borne and Parasitic Diseases Unit, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Kevin L. Palmer: Malaria, Other Vector-borne and Parasitic Diseases Unit, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Nature, 2005, vol. 437, issue 7056, E3-E4

Abstract: Abstract Arising from: R. W. Snow, C. A. Guerra, A. M. Noor, H. Y. Myint & S. I. Hay Nature 434, 214–217 (2005); see also communication from Nahlen ; Snow et al. reply . Accurate estimates of the global burden of malaria are important for planning, monitoring and advocacy. Snow et al.1 attempt to address the shortcomings of previous estimates of the incidence of malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum by combining current and historical data. However, we believe that the design of their model and its inputs have led to a significant overestimate of the malaria burden outside Africa — as in the example of the World Health Organization (WHO) western Pacific region (WPR), for which their model predicts 60 times the 2002 incidence reported by national malaria-control programmes2.

Date: 2005
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