Adjusting for heterogeneity of malaria transmission in longitudinal studies

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-3

  Bousema, Teun ^a   Kreuels, Benno ^b   Gosling, Roly ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

ANOPHELES; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SCREENING; BED NET; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALARIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79957929504     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir225     Document Type: Editorial

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