title: Malaria mapping: understanding the global endemicity of falciparum and vivax malaria.
abstract: The mapping of malaria risk has a history stretching back over 100 years. The last decade, however, has seen dramatic progress in the scope, rigour and sophistication of malaria mapping such that its global distribution is now probably better understood than any other infectious disease. In this minireview we consider the main factors that have facilitated the recent proliferation of malaria risk mapping efforts and describe the most prominent global-scale endemicity mapping endeavours of recent years. We describe the diversification of malaria mapping to span a wide range of related metrics of biological and public health importance and consider prospects for the future of the science including its key role in supporting elimination efforts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, University of Oxford, Tinbergen Building, Oxford, UK. ursula.dalrymple@zoo.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dalrymple
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, University of Oxford, Tinbergen Building, Oxford, UK. bonnie.mappin@zoo.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mappin
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, University of Oxford, Tinbergen Building, Oxford, UK. peter.gething@zoo.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Peter W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Gething
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods; D012306:Risk