Defining and detecting malaria epidemics in south-east Iran

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  McKelvie, William R ^a   Haghdoost, Ali Akbar ^b   Raeisi, Ahmad ^c,d  

^a Diocese of Hyderabad ^*  (Pakistan)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Health Ministry of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemics; Iran; Malaria; Sensitivity; Specificity; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; INCIDENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALARIA; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858717769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-81     Document Type: Article

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