Low recovery rates stabilize malaria endemicity in areas of low transmission in coastal Kenya

Acta Tropica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-81

  Gu, Weidong ^a,h   Mbogo, Charles M ^b   Githure, John I ^c   Regens, James L ^d   Killeen, Gerry F ^f   Swalm, Chris M ^e   Yan, Guiyun ^g   Beier, John C ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^g SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Case detection and drug treatment; Epidemiology; Infection control; Logistic regression; Model

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COASTAL ZONE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

KENYA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0242586080     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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