A new approach to modelling schistosomiasis transmission based on stratified worm burden

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1951-1965

  Gurarie, D ^a   King, C H ^b   Wang, X ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

disease transmission; environmental and behavioural risk; infections; models; schistosomiasis; theoretical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAILS;

EID: 78650545727     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010000867     Document Type: Article

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