The distribution of Plasmodium falciparum infection durations

Epidemics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-118

  Bretscher, Michael T ^a,b   Maire, Nicolas ^a,b   Chitnis, Nakul ^a,b   Felger, Ingrid ^a,b   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^c   Smith, Tom ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Kintampo Health Research Center   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Duration of infection; Immigration death model; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRAL CLEARANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954627480     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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