Simulation of malaria epidemiology and control in the highlands of western Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stuckey, Erin M ^a,b   Stevenson, Jennifer C ^c,d   Cooke, Mary K ^c   Owaga, Chrispin ^d   Marube, Elizabeth ^d   Oando, George ^d   Hardy, Diggory ^a,b   Drakeley, Chris ^c   Smith, Thomas A ^a,b   Cox, Jonathan ^c   Chitnis, Nakul ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

EIR; Kenya; Malaria; Mathematical Modelling; OpenMalaria; Sensitivity analysis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BITE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOSQUITO; PEXOPHAGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CLIMATE; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SEASONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84867900068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-357     Document Type: Article

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