Citation
Deutsch-Feldman, Molly; Parr, Jonathan B.; Keeler, Corinna; Brazeau, Nicholas F.; Goel, Varun; Emch, Michael; Edwards, Jessie K.; Kashamuka, Melchior; Tshefu, Antoinette K.; & Meshnick, Steven R. (Online ahead of print). The Burden of Malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Journal of Infectious Diseases.Abstract
Despite evidence that older children and adolescents bear the highest burden of malaria, large malaria surveys focus on younger children. We used polymerase chain reaction data from the 2013–2014 Demographic and Health Survey in the Democratic Republic of Congo (including children aged <5 years and adults aged ≥15 years) and a longitudinal study in Kinshasa Province (participants aged 6 months to 98 years) to estimate malaria prevalence across age strata. We fit linear models and estimated prevalences for each age category; adolescents aged 10–14 years had the highest prevalence. We estimate approximately 26 million polymerase chain reaction–detectable infections nationally. Adolescents and older children should be included in surveillance studies.URL
https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa650Reference Type
Journal ArticleArticle Type
RegularYear Published
Online ahead of printJournal Title
Journal of Infectious DiseasesAuthor(s)
Deutsch-Feldman, MollyParr, Jonathan B.
Keeler, Corinna
Brazeau, Nicholas F.
Goel, Varun
Emch, Michael
Edwards, Jessie K.
Kashamuka, Melchior
Tshefu, Antoinette K.
Meshnick, Steven R.
Data Set/Study
The DRC Health Monitoring Information SystemDemographic and Health Survey (DHS)