Towards a comprehensive simulation model of malaria epidemiology and control

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1507-1516

  Smith, T ^a   Maire, N ^a   Ross, A ^a   Penny, M ^a   Chitnis, N ^a   Schapira, A ^a   Studer, A ^a   Genton, B ^a   Lengeler, C ^a   Tediosi, F ^a   De Savigny, D ^a   Tanner, M ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Optimisation; Plasmodium falciparum; Stochastic model; Volunteer computing

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASMODIUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 50549099131     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008000371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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