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Malaria
Study data from A.A. Haghdoost and co-authors update knowledge of malaria
January 20th, 2009
According to recent research from Iran, "To model the temporal variations in malaria episodes in a hypo-endemic area of Iran and to assess the feasibility of an epidemic early warning system. Malaria episode data for Kahnooj District, south-east Iran, were collected from the local health system for the period 1994-2002." "Plasmodium species-specific models were generated using Poisson regression. Starting with a simple model which included only temporal effects, we iteratively added more explanatory variables to maximize goodness of fit. Of 18 268 recorded malaria episodes, more than 67% were due to P. vivax. In addition to seasonality and secular trend, we found that...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-20)
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