Mapping and predicting malaria transmission in the People's Republic of China, using integrated biology-driven and statistical models

Geospatial Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-22

  Yang, Guo Jing ^a   Gao, Qi ^a   Zhou, Shui Sen ^b   Malone, John B ^c   McCarroll, Jennifer C ^c   Tanner, Marcel ^d,e   Vounatsou, Penelope ^d,e   Bergquist, Robert ^f   Utzinger, Jürg ^d,e   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^b  

^a JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f Brastad   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biology driven model; Environmental factor; Malaria transmission; People's Republic of China; Plasmodium vivax; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649722442     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2010.183     Document Type: Article

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