Malaria seasonality and rainfall seasonality in Sri Lanka are correlated in space (Publications)
seasonality of malaria and seasonality of rainfall was studied in Sri Lanka. A simple seasonality index was developed by making use of the bimodal seasonality of both malaria and rainfall. The malaria seasonality [...] rainfall seasonality index in explaining the malaria seasonality index was found to be significant. The results suggest that rainfall is an important driver of malaria seasonality
Mapping and predicting malaria transmission in the People's Republic of China, using integrated biology-driven and statistical models (Publications)
humidity, which thus determines the extent of malaria transmission. However, in regions with relative humidity > 60%, temperature is the major driver of malaria transmission intensity. By integrating bio [...] The purpose of this study was to deepen our understanding of Plasmodium vivax malaria transmission patterns in the People's Republic of China (P.R. China). An integrated modeling approach was employed [...] and statistical models. A Delphi approach was used to determine environmental...
Forscher im Kampf gegen Malaria [TV Broadcast] (Publications)
Malaria gehört zu den drei schlimmsten Infektionskrankheiten der Welt, neben Tuberkulose und HIV. Basler Wissenschaftler haben eine ganz neue Substanz entdeckt, die den hartnäckigen Erreger töten kann
Country specific predictions of the cost-effectiveness of malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01 in endemic Africa (Publications)
evaluated at country levels of malaria parasite prevalence, coverage of control interventions and immunization. Benefits and costs of the program incremental to routine malaria control were evaluated for a [...] potential to substantially reduce malaria burden in children across Africa. Conditional on assumptions on price, coverage, and vaccine properties, adding RTS,S to routine malaria control interventions would [...] If implemented in all 43 countries the vaccine has the potential to avert...
The use of remotely sensed environmental data in the study of malaria (Publications)
against malaria, a disease causing an estimated one million deaths each year. Approximately half the world's population is at risk and it is of prime importance to evaluate the burden of malaria at the [...] and burden of the disease are described followed by a discussion of special issues such as urban malaria, human population mapping and the detection of changes at the temporal scale. Risk maps at appropriate [...] presentation of ecological, meteorological and climatologic data which rule...