Spatial prediction of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence in Somalia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Noor, Abdisalan M ^a,b   Clements, Archie C A ^c   Gething, Peter W ^d   Moloney, Grainne ^e   Borle, Mohammed ^e   Shewchuk, Tanya ^f   Hay, Simon I ^a,b   Snow, Robert W ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization   (Kenya)

^f Somalia Support Centre   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SOMALIA; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SOMALIA;

EID: 51249098081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-159     Document Type: Article

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