Elimination or more accurate estimation? Investigation of trends in malaria diagnoses in the Ouest Department of Haiti from 2008 to 2017.
Thomas A WeppelmannCaroline J StephensonElisha MusihJohn B DameMarie Y RemyRobert NicolasMichael E von FrickenPublished in: PloS one (2018)
While the decline in malaria indicators between 2010 and 2015 has been cited as evidence of progress towards elimination, these reports derived estimates of the malaria burden in Haiti using two different diagnostic tests. Thus, comparison of these periods in the context of malaria elimination should be made with caution.