Estimating Plasmodium falciparum transmission rates in low-endemic settings using a combination of community prevalence and health facility data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Yukich, Joshua ^a   Briët, Olivier ^b,c   Bretscher, Michael T ^d   Bennett, Adam ^a   Lemma, Seblewengel ^e   Berhane, Yemane ^e   Eisele, Thomas P ^a   Keating, Joseph ^a   Smith, Thomas ^b,c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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

^e ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; EPIDEMIC; FORCE OF INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84865167955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042861     Document Type: Article

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