Journal article
Individual and household characteristics of persons with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sites with varying endemicities in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malaria journal, Vol.16(1), pp.456-456
11/09/2017
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-2110-7
PMCID: PMC5680818
PMID: 29121931
Abstract
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) bears a large share of global malaria burden despite efforts to control and eliminate the disease. More detailed understanding of individual and household level characteristics associated with malaria are needed, as is an understanding of how these characteristics vary spatiotemporally and across different community-level malaria endemicities. An ongoing study in Kinshasa Province is designed to address gaps in prior malaria surveillance in the DRC by monitoring malaria across seasons, age groups and in high and low malaria sites. Across seven sites, 242 households and 1591 individuals are participating in the study. Results of the enrollment questionnaire, rapid diagnostic tests and PCR testing of dried blood spots are presented. Overall malaria prevalence in the study cohort is high, 27% by rapid diagnostic test and 31% by polymerase chain reaction, and malaria prevalence is highly varied across very small geographic distances. Malaria prevalence is highest in children aged 6-15. While the majority of households own bed nets, bed net usage is less than 50%. The study cohort will provide an understanding of how malaria persists in populations that have varying environmental exposures, varying community-level malaria, and varying access to malaria control efforts.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Individual and household characteristics of persons with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sites with varying endemicities in Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Creators
- Melchior Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa - Ecole de Sante Publique, Faculte de Medecine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the CongoLauren Levitz - Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, CB7435, McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USAKyaw L Thwai - Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, CB7435, McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USAJonathan B Parr - Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USAVarun Goel - Department of Geography, CB3220, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USAMark Janko - Global Health Institute, Duke University, 229 Trent Hall, Durham, NC, 27710, USAAntoinette Tshefu - Ecole de Sante Publique, Faculte de Medecine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the CongoMichael Emch - Department of Geography, CB3220, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USASteven R Meshnick - Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, CB7435, McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USAMargaret Carrel - Department of Geographical & Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa, 305 Jessup Hall, Iowa City, IA, 52245, USA. margaret-carrel@uiowa.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Malaria journal, Vol.16(1), pp.456-456
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12936-017-2110-7
- PMID
- 29121931
- PMCID
- PMC5680818
- NLM abbreviation
- Malar J
- ISSN
- 1475-2875
- eISSN
- 1475-2875
- Publisher
- England
- Grant note
- P2C HD050924 / NICHD NIH HHS HD050924 / Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development T32 AI007151 / NIAID NIH HHS 5T32AI007151 / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Grand Challenges Explorations Round 17 / Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 1339949 / Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences 5R01AI107949 / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R01 AI107949 / NIAID NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/09/2017
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Interdisciplinary Programs; Geographical and Sustainability Sciences; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983983647102771
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