Risk of imported malaria infections in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateEthical clearance for the initial data collection was obtained from the Ethics Commission of Northwest and Central Switzerland (EKNZ Reg–2017–00162), Tulane University (Study Number: 993573), Ifakara Health Institute IRB (IHI/IRB/No: 003-2017), and the Zanzibar Medical Research and Ethics Committee (ZAMREC/0001/February/17). Administrative permission was obtained in all study districts and sensitization meetings were done with community leaders (Shehas) in the study areas. Written informed consent was obtained from all participating individuals or adult caregivers of children prior to an interview and collection of blood samples. Assent was obtained from minors prior to collecting a blood sample. All personal data were anonymized by giving the participants unique software computer generated IDs and omitting all personal identifiers in the analysis databases. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding Open access funding provided by University of Basel. Bakar S. Fakih was supported by the Department of Education of the Canton of Basel-Stadt (PhD scholarship) and the Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft, Basel, Switzerland. This is a secondary analysis using data generated in the Reactive Case Detection in Zanzibar: Effectiveness and Cost (RADZEC) project [23]."