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The risks of malaria infection in Kenya in 2009

Abdisalan M Noor1,2*, Peter W Gething3, Victor A Alegana1, Anand P Patil3, Simon I Hay1,3, Eric Muchiri4, Elizabeth Juma5 and Robert W Snow1,2

Author Affiliations

1 Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, KEMRI - University of Oxford - Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds (behind NASCOP), P.O. Box 43640-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

2 Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, CCVTM, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK

3 Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK

4 Division of Vector-Borne and Neglected Diseases, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, P.O Box 20750, 00100 GPO, Nairobi, Kenya

5 Division of Malaria Control, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, P.O Box 19982, 00202 KNH, Nairobi, Kenya

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BMC Infectious Diseases 2009, 9:180 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-9-180

Published: 20 November 2009

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The relationship of ecological and climatic covariates with PfPR2-10. Detailed description of the ecological and climatic covariates and their relationship with PfPR2-10.

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Bayesian model-based geostatistical modelling procedures. Technical details of the Bayesian geostatistical models including prior specifications, implementation and output.

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