Defining and detecting malaria epidemics in the highlands of western Kenya

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 555-562

  Hay, Simon I ^a,b,c   Simba, Milka ^a,b,c   Busolo, Millie ^a,b,c   Noor, Abdisalan M ^a,b,c   Guyatt, Helen L ^a,b,c   Ochola, Sam A ^a,b,c   Snow, Robert W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; KENYA; MALARIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036113912     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0806.010310     Document Type: Article

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