Serology describes a profile of declining malaria transmission in Farafenni, The Gambia.

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Published in Malar J on October 22, 2015

Authors

Lotus L van den Hoogen1, Jamie T Griffin2, Jackie Cook3, Nuno Sepúlveda4,5, Patrick Corran6, David J Conway7, Paul Milligan8, Muna Affara9, Stephen J Allen10, Carla Proietti11, Serign J Ceesay12, Geoffrey A Targett13, Umberto D'Alessandro14,15, Brian Greenwood16, Eleanor M Riley17, Chris Drakeley18

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. lotus.vandenhoogen@lshtm.ac.uk.
2: MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK. jamie.griffin@imperial.ac.uk.
3: Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. jackie.cook@lshtm.ac.uk.
4: Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. nuno.sepulveda@lshtm.ac.uk.
5: Centre of Statistics and Applications of University of Lisbon, Faculdade de Ciências Da Universidade de Lisboa, Bloco C6-Piso 4, 1749-1016, Lisbon, Portugal. nuno.sepulveda@lshtm.ac.uk.
6: Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. patrick.corran@lshtm.ac.uk.
7: Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. david.conway@lsthm.ac.uk.
8: Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. paul.milligan@lshtm.ac.uk.
9: Disease Control and Elimination, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, 220, The Gambia. maffara@mrc.gm.
10: Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK. stephen.allen@lstmed.ac.uk.
11: Infectious Diseases Programme, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia. carla.proietti@qimrberghofer.edu.au.
12: Disease Control and Elimination, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, 220, The Gambia. sjceesay@mrc.gm.
13: Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. geoff.targett@lshtm.ac.uk.
14: Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. umberto.dalessandro@lshtm.ac.uk.
15: Disease Control and Elimination, Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, 220, The Gambia. umberto.dalessandro@lshtm.ac.uk.
16: Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. brian.greenwood@lshtm.ac.uk.
17: Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. eleanor.riley@lshtm.ac.uk.
18: Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. chris.drakeley@lshtm.ac.uk.

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