@article{592d965f3166400399d5a8af7ee98ef9,
title = "Measuring malaria endemicity from intense to interrupted transmission",
abstract = "The quantification of malaria transmission for the classification of malaria risk has long been a concern for epidemiologists. During the era of the Global Malaria Eradication Programme, measurements of malaria endemicity were institutionalised by their incorporation into rules outlining defined action points for malaria control programmes. We review the historical development of these indices and their contemporary relevance. This is at a time when many malaria-endemic countries are scaling-up their malaria control activities and reconsidering their prospects for elimination. These considerations are also important to an international community that has recently been challenged to revaluate the prospects for malaria eradication.",
author = "Hay, {Simon I.} and Smith, {David L.} and Snow, {Robert W.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Aafje Rietveld for information regarding the historical WHO certification of malaria eradication and the contemporary WHO certification of malaria elimination. We also thank David J Bradley, Carlos A Guerra, F Ellis McKenzie, G Dennis Shanks, and Andrew J Tatem for commenting on the manuscript. SIH is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust (#079091). RWS is a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow (#079080). They both acknowledge the support of the Kenyan Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). This manuscript is published with the permission of the director of KEMRI. This work forms part of the output of the Malaria Atlas Project principally funded by the Wellcome Trust, UK. The Wellcome Trust has no intellectual or editorial input into the content of this Review. ",
year = "2008",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/S1473-3099(08)70069-0",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "8",
pages = "369--378",
journal = "The Lancet Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1473-3099",
publisher = "Lancet Publishing Group",
number = "6",
}