Revisiting the basic reproductive number for malaria and its implications for malaria control

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 0531-0542

  Smith, David L ^a   McKenzie, F Ellis ^a   Snow, Robert W ^b,c   Hay, Simon I ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNITY; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOSQUITO; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLING ERROR; ANIMAL; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA;

EID: 33845881875     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050042     Document Type: Article

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