Spatial and space-time clustering of mortality due to malaria in rural Tanzania: evidence from Ifakara and Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites.

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Published in Malar J on September 26, 2015

Authors

Majige Selemani1,2, Sigilbert Mrema3, Amri Shamte4, Josephine Shabani5, Michael J Mahande6, Karen Yeates7, Amina S Msengwa8, Maurice C Y Mbago9, Angelina M Lutambi10

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Statistics, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35047, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. mselemani@ihi.or.tz.
2: Ifakara Health Institute, (IHI), Plot 463, Kiko Avenue, Off Old Bagamoyo Road, Mikocheni, P.O Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. mselemani@ihi.or.tz.
3: Ifakara Health Institute, (IHI), Plot 463, Kiko Avenue, Off Old Bagamoyo Road, Mikocheni, P.O Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. smrema@ihi.or.tz.
4: Ifakara Health Institute, (IHI), Plot 463, Kiko Avenue, Off Old Bagamoyo Road, Mikocheni, P.O Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. samri@ihi.or.tz.
5: Ifakara Health Institute, (IHI), Plot 463, Kiko Avenue, Off Old Bagamoyo Road, Mikocheni, P.O Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. jshabani@ihi.or.tz.
6: Department of Epidemiology and Applied Biostatistics, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania. jmmahande@gmail.com.
7: Department of Medicine, Queen's University, 94 Stuart Street, Kingston, Canada. yeatesk@queensu.ca.
8: Department of Statistics, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35047, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. msengwaa@yahoo.com.
9: Department of Statistics, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35047, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. mmbago@udsm.ac.tz.
10: Ifakara Health Institute, (IHI), Plot 463, Kiko Avenue, Off Old Bagamoyo Road, Mikocheni, P.O Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. alutambi@ihi.or.tz.

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