Can we depend on case management to prevent re-establishment of P. falciparum malaria, after local interruption of transmission?

Epidemics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Crowell, Valerie ^a,b   Hardy, Diggory ^a,b   Briët, Olivier ^a,b   Chitnis, Nakul ^a,b   Maire, Nicolas ^a,b   Smith, Thomas ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elimination; Receptivity; Treatment; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CASE MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECURRENCE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84856745133     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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