Investigating the endemic transmission of the hepatitis C virus

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 839-849

  Pybus, Oliver G ^a   Markov, Peter V ^a   Wu, Anna ^a   Tatem, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Basic reproduction number; Hepatitis C virus: Transmission; Phylogeny; Vector

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOINFORMATICS; DATABASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS; PHYLOGENY;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BIOINFORMATICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

ARTHROPODA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 34249947378     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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