Modeling the risk of malaria for travelers to areas with stable malaria transmission

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Massad, Eduardo ^a,b   Behrens, Ronald H ^b   Burattini, Marcelo N ^a   Coutinho, Francisco A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TRAVEL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 74849125923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-296     Document Type: Article

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