Herd immunity to filarial infection is a function of vector biting rate

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 265, Issue 1399, 1998, Pages 855-860

  Michael, E ^a   Bundy, D A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalytic models; Epidemiology; Herd immunity; Lymphatic filariasis; Mosquitoes; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

AGE-PREVALENCE PATTERN; BITING RATE; HERD IMMUNITY; INFECTION RATE; PARASITIC DISEASE; VECTOR;

ARTICLE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOSQUITO; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0032557467     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1998.0370     Document Type: Article

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