Ramadhani Hashim
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Ramadhani Hashim has a total of 6 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Daniel Chandramohan
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
1 shared publication - Gibson Kibiki
Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute and Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, Kilimanjaro, Moshi, Tanzania
1 shared publication - Hugh J. W. Sturrock
Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
1 shared publication - Jacklin Franklin Mosha
National Institute for Medical Research Mwanza Research Centre
1 shared publication - Joelle M. Brown
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
1 shared publication - Roland Gosling
The Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 21 November 2014
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 13 (1) , 445
The independent effect of living in malaria hotspots on future malaria infection: an observational study from Misungwi, Tanzania
As malaria transmission declines, continued improvements of prevention and control interventions will increasingly rely on accurate knowledge of risk factors and an ability to define high-risk areas and populations at risk for focal targeting of interventions. This paper explores the independent association between living in a hotspot and prospective risk of malaria infection. Malaria infection status defined by nPCR and AMA-1 status in year 1 were used to define geographic hotspots using two geospatial statistical methods (SaTScan and Kernel density smoothing). Other malaria risk factors for malaria infection were explored by fitting a multivariable model. This study demonstrated that residing in infection hotspot of malaria transmission is an independent predictor of malaria infection in the future. It is likely that targeting such hotspots with better coverage and improved malaria control strategies will result in more cost-efficient uses of resources to move towards malaria elimination.
- 21 November 2014
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 13 (1) , 445
Open AccessThe independent effect of living in malaria hotspots on future malaria infection: an observational study from Misungwi, Tanzania
As malaria transmission declines, continued improvements of prevention and control interventions will increasingly rely on accurate knowledge of risk factors and an ability to define high-risk areas and populations at risk for focal targeting of interventions. This paper explores the independent association between living in a hotspot and prospective risk of malaria infection. Malaria infection status defined by nPCR and AMA-1 status in year 1 were used to define geographic hotspots using two geospatial statistical methods (SaTScan and Kernel density smoothing). Other malaria risk factors for malaria infection were explored by fitting a multivariable model. This study demonstrated that residing in infection hotspot of malaria transmission is an independent predictor of malaria infection in the future. It is likely that targeting such hotspots with better coverage and improved malaria control strategies will result in more cost-efficient uses of resources to move towards malaria elimination.