Ensemble modeling of the likely public health impact of a pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccine

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Smith, Thomas ^a,b   Ross, Amanda ^a,b   Maire, Nicolas ^a,b   Chitnis, Nakul ^a,b   Studer, Alain ^a,b,c   Hardy, Diggory ^a,b   Brooks, Alan ^a,b   Penny, Melissa ^a,b   Tanner, Marcel ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE; RTS S VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTOMOLOGICAL INOCULATION RATE; EXPANDED PROGRAM OF IMMUNIZATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MORTALITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLLOW UP; HALF LIFE TIME; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 84856460609     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001157     Document Type: Article

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