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@article{Bassinga2024,

title = {Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria at the communal level in Burkina Faso: an application of the small area estimation approach},

author = {Herv\'{e} Bassinga and Mady Ouedraogo and Kadari Cisse and Parfait Yira and Sibiri Cl\'{e}ment Ouedraogo and Abdou Nombr\'{e} and Wofom Lydie Marie Bernard Bance and Mathias Kuepie and Toussaint Rouamba},

url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39155384/},

doi = {10.1186/S12963-024-00341-1},

issn = {1478-7954},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

journal = {Population health metrics},

volume = {22},

issue = {1},

publisher = {Popul Health Metr},

abstract = {Background: In malaria-endemic countries, asymptomatic carriers of plasmodium represent an important reservoir for malaria transmission. Estimating the burden at a fine scale and identifying areas at high risk of asymptomatic carriage are important to guide malaria control strategies. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of asymptomatic carriage at the communal level in Burkina Faso, the smallest geographical entity from which a local development policy can be driven. Methods: The data used in this study came from several open sources: the 2018 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey on Malaria and the 2019 general census of the population data and environmental. The analysis involved a total of 5489 children under 5 from the malaria survey and 293,715 children under 5 from the census. The Elbers Langjouw and Langjouw (ELL) approach is used to estimate the prevalence. This approach consists of including data from several sources (mainly census and survey data) in a statistical model to obtain predictive indicators at a sub-geographical level, which are not measured in the population census. The method achieves this by finding correlations between common census variables and survey data. Findings: The findings suggest that the spatial distribution of the prevalence of asymptomatic carriage is very heterogeneous across the communes. It varies from a minimum of 5.1% (95% CI 3.6\textendash6.5) in the commune of Bobo-Dioulasso to a maximum of 41.4% (95% CI 33.5\textendash49.4) in the commune of Djigou\'{e}. Of the 341 communes, 208 (61%) had prevalences above the national average of 20.3% (95% CI 18.8\textendash21.2). Contributions: This analysis provided commune-level estimates of the prevalence of asymptomatic carriage of plasmodium in Burkina Faso. The results of this analysis should help to improve planning of malaria control at the communal level in Burkina Faso.},

keywords = {Asymptomatic Infections / epidemiology, Burkina Faso / epidemiology, Carrier State / epidemiology, Child, doi:10.1186/s12963-024-00341-1, Female, Herv\'{e} Bassinga, Humans, Infant, Mady Ouedraogo, Malaria* / epidemiology, Male, MEDLINE, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, NCBI, NIH, NLM, PMC11330607, pmid:39155384, Preschool, Prevalence, PubMed Abstract, Small-Area Analysis, Toussaint Rouamba},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Neyer2023,

title = {Exploring the host factors affecting asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection: insights from a rural Burkina Faso study},

author = {Peter J. Neyer and B\'{e}renger Kabor\'{e} and Christos T. Nakas and Britta Hartmann and Annelies Post and Salou Diallo and Halidou Tinto and Angelika Hammerer-Lercher and Carlo R. Largiad\`{e}r and Andre J. Ven and Andreas R. Huber},

url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37658365/},

doi = {10.1186/S12936-023-04686-0},

issn = {1475-2875},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-01},

journal = {Malaria journal},

volume = {22},

issue = {1},

publisher = {Malar J},

abstract = {Background: Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia forms a reservoir for the transmission of malaria disease in West Africa. Certain haemoglobin variants are known to protect against severe malaria infection. However, data on the potential roles of haemoglobin variants and nongenetic factors in asymptomatic malaria infection is scarce and controversial. Therefore, this study investigated the associations of iron homeostasis, inflammation, nutrition, and haemoglobin mutations with parasitaemia in an asymptomatic cohort from a P. falciparum-endemic region during the high transmission season. Methods: A sub-study population of 688 asymptomatic individuals (predominantly children and adolescents under 15 years},

keywords = {Adolescent, Andreas R Huber, Asymptomatic Infections / epidemiology, B\'{e}renger Kabor\'{e}, Burkina Faso / epidemiology, Child, doi:10.1186/s12936-023-04686-0, Falciparum* / epidemiology, hemoglobin, Hepcidins*, Humans, Malaria, MEDLINE, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, NCBI, NIH, NLM, Peter J Neyer, Plasmodium falciparum / genetics, PMC10474782, pmid:37658365, PubMed Abstract, Sickle},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}