Publications by authors named "Manuel B Narvaez"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how human mobility influences malaria transmission in remote areas like the Amazon, aiming for effective control and elimination strategies.
- It employs a network survey using respondent-driven sampling to gather data from key informants in 45 communities across Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, focusing on community connectivity and mobility patterns.
- The research has received ethical approval from various universities and plans to share results with the involved communities at the study's conclusion.
Objectives: Understanding human mobility's role on malaria transmission is critical to successful control and elimination. However, common approaches to measuring mobility are ill-equipped for remote regions such as the Amazon. This study develops a network survey to quantify the effect of community connectivity and mobility on malaria transmission.
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