Published in BMC Public Health on October 01, 2009
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The importance of education to increase the use of bed nets in villages outside of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Malar J (2010) 1.16
A qualitative study on caretakers' perceived need of bed-nets after reduced malaria transmission in Zanzibar, Tanzania. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.08
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Investigating the important correlates of maternal education and childhood malaria infections. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2014) 0.86
A national health facility survey of malaria infection among febrile patients in Kenya, 2014. Malar J (2016) 0.83
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A Longitudinal Analysis of Mosquito Net Ownership and Use in an Indigenous Batwa Population after a Targeted Distribution. PLoS One (2016) 0.78
Asymptomatic only at first sight: malaria infection among schoolchildren in highland Rwanda. Malar J (2016) 0.78
Comparing insecticide-treated bed net use to Plasmodium falciparum infection among schoolchildren living near Lake Victoria, Kenya. Malar J (2015) 0.77
Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia and clinical malaria among school children living in a high transmission setting in western Kenya. Malar J (2016) 0.76
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Cost-sharing strategies combining targeted public subsidies with private-sector delivery achieve high bednet coverage and reduced malaria transmission in Kilombero Valley, southern Tanzania. BMC Infect Dis (2007) 2.75
Malaria prevalence and mosquito net coverage in Oromia and SNNPR regions of Ethiopia. BMC Public Health (2008) 2.72
The use of mosquito nets and the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in rural South Central Somalia. PLoS One (2008) 2.72
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Household possession, use and non-use of treated or untreated mosquito nets in two ecologically diverse regions of Nigeria--Niger Delta and Sahel Savannah. Malar J (2009) 1.75
Estimating the number of insecticide-treated nets required by African households to reach continent-wide malaria coverage targets. JAMA (2007) 1.74
Equity and coverage of insecticide-treated bed nets in an area of intense transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in Tanzania. Malar J (2009) 1.74
How equitable is bed net ownership and utilisation in Tanzania? A practical application of the principles of horizontal and vertical equity. Malar J (2009) 1.63
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The effect of providing fansidar (sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine) in schools on mortality in school-age children in Malawi. Lancet (2003) 1.40
Intermittent preventive treatment using artemisinin-based combination therapy reduces malaria morbidity among school-aged children in Mali. Trop Med Int Health (2009) 1.14
Comparative trials of tasteless chloroquine methylenehydroxynaphthoate and the diphosphate salts of chloroquine among Tanganyika schoolchildren. Ann Trop Med Parasitol (1958) 1.13
The effect of malaria suppression in a group of Accra school children. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1955) 0.99
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The global distribution and population at risk of malaria: past, present, and future. Lancet Infect Dis (2004) 14.42
A world malaria map: Plasmodium falciparum endemicity in 2007. PLoS Med (2009) 12.82
Urbanization, malaria transmission and disease burden in Africa. Nat Rev Microbiol (2005) 11.88
The limits and intensity of Plasmodium falciparum transmission: implications for malaria control and elimination worldwide. PLoS Med (2008) 8.95
Effect of a fall in malaria transmission on morbidity and mortality in Kilifi, Kenya. Lancet (2008) 8.50
Shrinking the malaria map: progress and prospects. Lancet (2010) 8.21
Effect of expanded insecticide-treated bednet coverage on child survival in rural Kenya: a longitudinal study. Lancet (2007) 7.98
Satellite imagery in the study and forecast of malaria. Nature (2002) 7.84
Climate change and the resurgence of malaria in the East African highlands. Nature (2002) 7.70
The decline in paediatric malaria admissions on the coast of Kenya. Malar J (2007) 7.45
Estimating the global clinical burden of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 2007. PLoS Med (2010) 7.22
Improved diagnostic testing and malaria treatment practices in Zambia. JAMA (2007) 7.15
Assessment of inpatient paediatric care in first referral level hospitals in 13 districts in Kenya. Lancet (2004) 7.13
Increasing coverage and decreasing inequity in insecticide-treated bed net use among rural Kenyan children. PLoS Med (2007) 6.92
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The burden of malaria mortality among African children in the year 2000. Int J Epidemiol (2006) 6.64
Measuring malaria endemicity from intense to interrupted transmission. Lancet Infect Dis (2008) 6.53
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The international limits and population at risk of Plasmodium vivax transmission in 2009. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2010) 6.23
Scaling-up coverage with insecticide-treated nets against malaria in Africa: who should pay? Lancet Infect Dis (2003) 5.74
The malaria Atlas Project: developing global maps of malaria risk. PLoS Med (2006) 5.51
The effect of mobile phone text-message reminders on Kenyan health workers' adherence to malaria treatment guidelines: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet (2011) 5.42
Revisiting the basic reproductive number for malaria and its implications for malaria control. PLoS Biol (2007) 5.40
Forecasting, warning, and detection of malaria epidemics: a case study. Lancet (2003) 5.27
Quantifying the number of pregnancies at risk of malaria in 2007: a demographic study. PLoS Med (2010) 4.89
The challenges of changing national malaria drug policy to artemisinin-based combinations in Kenya. Malar J (2007) 4.85
Quantifying the impact of human mobility on malaria. Science (2012) 4.60
Case definitions of clinical malaria under different transmission conditions in Kilifi District, Kenya. J Infect Dis (2005) 4.44
Mapping the global extent of malaria in 2005. Trends Parasitol (2006) 4.43
Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010. PLoS One (2012) 4.34
Global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil transmitted helminth infections in 2010. Parasit Vectors (2014) 4.28
Negative epistasis between the malaria-protective effects of alpha+-thalassemia and the sickle cell trait. Nat Genet (2005) 4.22
Paediatric malaria case-management with artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia: a repeat cross-sectional study. Malar J (2007) 4.21
Delivery of paediatric care at the first-referral level in Kenya. Lancet (2004) 4.16
Measurement of trends in childhood malaria mortality in Africa: an assessment of progress toward targets based on verbal autopsy. Lancet Infect Dis (2003) 4.10
Ranking of elimination feasibility between malaria-endemic countries. Lancet (2010) 4.05
A systematic analysis of global anemia burden from 1990 to 2010. Blood (2013) 3.94
Standardizing estimates of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate. Malar J (2007) 3.87
Treatment of paediatric malaria during a period of drug transition to artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia: cross sectional study. BMJ (2005) 3.80
Malaria case-management under artemether-lumefantrine treatment policy in Uganda. Malar J (2008) 3.73
Defining and detecting malaria epidemics in the highlands of western Kenya. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 3.55
Improving imperfect data from health management information systems in Africa using space-time geostatistics. PLoS Med (2006) 3.53
Impact of malaria during pregnancy on low birth weight in sub-Saharan Africa. Clin Microbiol Rev (2004) 3.45
Assembling a global database of malaria parasite prevalence for the Malaria Atlas Project. Malar J (2007) 3.42
Epidemiology of plasmodium-helminth co-infection in Africa: populations at risk, potential impact on anemia, and prospects for combining control. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 3.29
Why don't health workers prescribe ACT? A qualitative study of factors affecting the prescription of artemether-lumefantrine. Malar J (2008) 3.25
Predicting changing malaria risk after expanded insecticide-treated net coverage in Africa. Trends Parasitol (2009) 3.25
Modelling distances travelled to government health services in Kenya. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 3.22
Malaria prevention in highland Kenya: indoor residual house-spraying vs. insecticide-treated bednets. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 3.20
Malaria misdiagnosis in Uganda--implications for policy change. Malar J (2009) 3.19
The use of formal and informal curative services in the management of paediatric fevers in four districts in Kenya. Trop Med Int Health (2003) 3.19
Effect of malaria rapid diagnostic tests on the management of uncomplicated malaria with artemether-lumefantrine in Kenya: a cluster randomized trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 3.17
Sickle cell trait and the risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria and other childhood diseases. J Infect Dis (2005) 3.12
Hot topic or hot air? Climate change and malaria resurgence in East African highlands. Trends Parasitol (2002) 3.10
Climate change and the global malaria recession. Nature (2010) 3.10
How absolute is zero? An evaluation of historical and current definitions of malaria elimination. Malar J (2010) 3.05
Meteorologic influences on Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Highland Tea Estates of Kericho, Western Kenya. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 3.02
Malaria drug shortages in Kenya: a major failure to provide access to effective treatment. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2009) 2.84
Impact of malaria control on childhood anaemia in Africa -- a quantitative review. Trop Med Int Health (2004) 2.80
Heterogeneous mobile phone ownership and usage patterns in Kenya. PLoS One (2012) 2.78
Modelling the global constraints of temperature on transmission of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax. Parasit Vectors (2011) 2.78
The risks of malaria infection in Kenya in 2009. BMC Infect Dis (2009) 2.76
The use of mosquito nets and the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in rural South Central Somalia. PLoS One (2008) 2.72
Clinical epidemiology of malaria in the highlands of western Kenya. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 2.69
Global warming and malaria: a call for accuracy. Lancet Infect Dis (2004) 2.63
Coverage of malaria protection in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis and analysis of national survey data. Lancet Infect Dis (2011) 2.60
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An updated atlas of human helminth infections: the example of East Africa. Int J Health Geogr (2009) 2.54
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Abandoning presumptive antimalarial treatment for febrile children aged less than five years--a case of running before we can walk? PLoS Med (2009) 2.46
Climate variability and malaria epidemics in the highlands of East Africa. Trends Parasitol (2005) 2.46
The co-distribution of Plasmodium falciparum and hookworm among African schoolchildren. Malar J (2006) 2.45
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Wealth, mother's education and physical access as determinants of retail sector net use in rural Kenya. Malar J (2006) 2.37
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Likely health outcomes for untreated acute febrile illness in the tropics in decision and economic models; a Delphi survey. PLoS One (2011) 2.24
Free bednets to pregnant women through antenatal clinics in Kenya: a cheap, simple and equitable approach to delivery. Trop Med Int Health (2002) 2.22
Malaria paediatric hospitalization between 1999 and 2008 across Kenya. BMC Med (2009) 2.20
Age patterns of severe paediatric malaria and their relationship to Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity. Malar J (2009) 2.19
Plasmodium infection and its risk factors in eastern Uganda. Malar J (2010) 2.13
A spatial national health facility database for public health sector planning in Kenya in 2008. Int J Health Geogr (2009) 2.10
From chloroquine to artemether-lumefantrine: the process of drug policy change in Zambia. Malar J (2008) 2.09
An immune basis for malaria protection by the sickle cell trait. PLoS Med (2005) 2.08
Should data from demographic surveillance systems be made more widely available to researchers? PLoS Med (2008) 2.06
Using remotely sensed night-time light as a proxy for poverty in Africa. Popul Health Metr (2008) 2.03
The impact of retail-sector delivery of artemether-lumefantrine on malaria treatment of children under five in Kenya: a cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med (2011) 1.99
The global limits and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections in 2010. Parasit Vectors (2012) 1.98
Defining the relationship between Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate and clinical disease: statistical models for disease burden estimation. Malar J (2009) 1.98
Increasing malaria hospital admissions in Uganda between 1999 and 2009. BMC Med (2011) 1.92
The effects of untreated bednets on malaria infection and morbidity on the Kenyan coast. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2004) 1.91
Space-time variation of malaria incidence in Yunnan province, China. Malar J (2009) 1.89
Mobile phone text messaging: tool for malaria control in Africa. PLoS Med (2012) 1.88
Malaria in Kenya's western highlands. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 1.87
The impact of biases in mobile phone ownership on estimates of human mobility. J R Soc Interface (2013) 1.86
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Prospects for malaria eradication in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One (2008) 1.82
Empirical modelling of government health service use by children with fevers in Kenya. Acta Trop (2004) 1.80
Estimating the number of paediatric fevers associated with malaria infection presenting to Africa's public health sector in 2007. PLoS Med (2010) 1.80