The Burden of Malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Citation

Deutsch-Feldman, Molly; Parr, Jonathan B.; Keeler, Corinna; Brazeau, Nicholas F.; Goel, Varun; Emch, Michael E.; Edwards, Jessie K.; Kashamuka, Melchior; Tshefu, Antoinette K.; & Meshnick, Steven R. (2021). The Burden of Malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 223(11), 1948-1952. PMCID: PMC8176632

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

URL

https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa650

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2021

Journal Title

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Author(s)

Deutsch-Feldman, Molly
Parr, Jonathan B.
Keeler, Corinna
Brazeau, Nicholas F.
Goel, Varun
Emch, Michael E.
Edwards, Jessie K.
Kashamuka, Melchior
Tshefu, Antoinette K.
Meshnick, Steven R.

Article Type

Brief Report

PMCID

PMC8176632

Data Set/Study

DRC Health Monitoring Information System
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)

Continent/Country

Democratic Republic of Congo

ORCiD

Emch - 0000-0003-2642-965X
Edwards, J -0000-0002-1741-335X