A readapted Malone schistosome transmission index model

Acta Tropica

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-102

  Zhao, An ^a   Gong, Peng ^b,c   Bao, Shu ming ^a  

^a JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Improved Malone schistosome transmission index model; Schistosomiasis epidemic region of China; Snail mortality under extreme temperatures

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLATWORM; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOTHERM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CLIMATE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAILS;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU;

GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 57849113937     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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