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The Gini Coefficient as a useful measure of malaria inequality among populations

2020-09-22 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BACKGROUNDUnderstanding inequality in infectious disease burden requires clear and unbiased indicators. The Gini coefficient, conventionally used as a macroeconomic descriptor of inequality, is potentially useful to quantify epidemiological heterogeneity. With a potential range from 0 (all populations equal) to 1 (populations having maximal differences), this coefficient is used here to show the extent and persistence of inequality of malaria infection burden at a wide variety of population leve...

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