Enhanced understanding of infectious diseases by fusing multiple datasets: A case study on malaria in the Western Brazilian Amazon region

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Valle, Denis ^a   Clark, James S ^a   Zhao, Kaiguang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80555140055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027462     Document Type: Article

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