Dynamic aspects of morbidity and acquired immunity in schistosomiasis control

Acta Tropica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-117

  Chan, M S ^a   Anderson, R M ^a   Medley, G F ^a,b   Bundy, D A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chemotherapy; Helminth epidemiology; immunoepidemiology; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG THERAPY; IMMUNITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SIMULATION;

HUMANS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORBIDITY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMICIDES;

VERMES;

EID: 0030267051     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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