Targeting trachoma control through risk mapping: The example of Southern Sudan

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Clements, Archie C A ^a,b   Kur, Lucia W ^c   Gatpan, Gideon ^d   Ngondi, Jeremiah M ^d,e   Emerson, Paul M ^d   Lado, Mounir ^c   Sabasio, Anthony ^f   Kolaczinski, Jan H ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^d CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f Malaria Consortium   (Sudan)

^g MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LAND USE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MAPPING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDAN; TRACHOMA; AGE; CHILD; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUDAN; TRACHOMA;

EID: 78049232196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000799     Document Type: Article

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