Housing Improvements and Malaria Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multi-Country Analysis of Survey Data

Tusting, L.S.; Bottomley, C.; Gibson, H.; Kleinschmidt, I.; Tatem, A.J.; Lindsay, S.W.; Gething, P.W.

Abstract

Improvements to housing may contribute to malaria control and elimination by reducing house entry by malaria vectors and thus exposure to biting. We tested the hypothesis that the odds of malaria infection are lower in modern, improved housing compared to traditional housing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Citation

Tusting, L., Bottomley, C., Gibson, H., Kleinschmidt, I., Tatem, A., Lindsay, S., & Gething, P. (2017). Housing Improvements and Malaria Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multi-Country Analysis of Survey Data. PLoS Medicine, 14(2), Article e1002234. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002234

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 13, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Feb 21, 2017
• Publication Date: Feb 21, 2017
• Deposit Date: Mar 3, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 17, 2017
• Journal: PLoS Medicine
• Print ISSN: 1549-1277
• Publisher: Public Library of Science
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 2
• Article Number: e1002234
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002234