Biologically meaningful coverage indicators for eliminating malaria transmission

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 874-877

  Kiware, Samson S ^a,b   Chitnis, Nakul ^c,d   Devine, Gregor J ^a,e   Moore, Sarah J ^a,f   Majambere, Silas ^a,e   Killeen, Gerry F ^a,e  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Animal; Coverage; GFK insecticides; Malaria; Mosquito; Outdoor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTROL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; INSECTIVORE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; TROPICAL REGION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84866721754     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0352     Document Type: Review

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