Modeling transmission dynamics and control of vector- borne neglected tropical diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Luz, Paula M ^a,b   Struchiner, Claudio J ^c   Galvani, Alison P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE; PARAMETRIC TEST; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TROPICAL DISEASE; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; HUMAN; NEGLECTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEGLECTED DISEASES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 78449252040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000761     Document Type: Review

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