Baseline spatial distribution of malaria prior to an elimination programme in Vanuatu

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Reid, Heidi ^a   Vallely, Andrew ^a   Taleo, George ^b   Tatem, Andrew J ^d   Kelly, Gerard ^a   Riley, Ian ^a   Harris, Ivor ^c   Henri, Iata ^b   Iamaher, Sam ^b   Clements, Archie Ca ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Vanuatu)

^c Australian Army Malaria Research Institute   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; VANUATU; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK; VANUATU;

EID: 77954528682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-150     Document Type: Article

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