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Travel risk, malaria importation and malaria transmission in Zanzibar

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, September 2011
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Title
Travel risk, malaria importation and malaria transmission in Zanzibar
Published in
Scientific Reports, September 2011
DOI 10.1038/srep00093
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Authors

Arnaud Le Menach, Andrew J. Tatem, Justin M. Cohen, Simon I. Hay, Heather Randell, Anand P. Patil, David L. Smith

Abstract

The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Zanzibar has reached historic lows. Improving control requires quantifying malaria importation rates, identifying high-risk travelers, and assessing onwards transmission.Estimates of Zanzibar's importation rate were calculated through two independent methodologies. First, mobile phone usage data and ferry traffic between Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania were re-analyzed using a model of heterogeneous travel risk. Second, a dynamic mathematical model of importation and transmission rates was used.Zanzibar residents traveling to malaria endemic regions were estimated to contribute 1-15 times more imported cases than infected visitors. The malaria importation rate was estimated to be 1.6 incoming infections per 1,000 inhabitants per year. Local transmission was estimated too low to sustain transmission in most places.Malaria infections in Zanzibar largely result from imported malaria and subsequent transmission. Plasmodium falciparum malaria elimination appears feasible by implementing control measures based on detecting imported malaria cases and controlling onward transmission.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Thailand 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 153 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 32 20%
Researcher 29 18%
Student > Master 29 18%
Student > Bachelor 11 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 6%
Other 26 16%
Unknown 23 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 35 22%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 23 14%
Social Sciences 14 9%
Environmental Science 10 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 5%
Other 39 25%
Unknown 30 19%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 November 2023.
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#3,048,971
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#25,883
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#15,101
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#17
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