Interrupting malaria transmission: Quantifying the impact of interventions in regions of low to moderate transmission

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Gatton, Michelle L ^a,b   Cheng, Qin ^a,c  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Griffith Medical Research College   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE SPECIFIC CARE; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INOCULATION; INSECT BITE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 78649968045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015149     Document Type: Article

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