Predicting the impact of long-term temperature changes on the epidemiology and control of Schistosomiasis: A mechanistic model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Mangal, Tara D ^a   Paterson, Steve ^a   Fenton, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; MOLLUSCACIDE;

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; THERMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 39049106517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001438     Document Type: Article

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