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Malaria infection and human behavioral factors: A stochastic model analysis for direct observation data in the Solomon Islands

American Journal of Human Biology (impact factor: 2.27). 12/1997; 10(6):781 - 789. DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1998)10:6<781::AID-AJHB9>3.0.CO;2-W pp.781 - 789

ABSTRACT The effect of human behavior on malaria infection was investigated in a holoendemic area in the Solomon Islands, using a newly developed mathematical model based on the results of blood examinations and 2 weeks of direct observations. The present study indicated that the place where individuals spent the evening had no significant relation to malaria infection, but that some kinds of clothes significantly reduced malaria infection. However, as the result of prediction by the Susceptible-Exposed-Infective-Recovered (SEIR) model, effective control of malaria transmission would require as much as 95% coverage by protection even in the case that the protective measure was highly effective. The results strongly suggested protection measures besides bed net distribution in addition to the necessity of health education. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 10:781–789, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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Keywords

blood examinations
 
developed mathematical model
 
direct observations
 
effective control
 
health education
 
holoendemic area
 
human behavior
 
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malaria infection
 
malaria transmission
 
protection measures
 
protective measure
 
Solomon Islands
 

Minato Nakazawa