Malaria risk mapping for control in the Republic of Sudan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1012-1021

  Noor, Abdisalan M ^a   ElMardi, Khalid A ^b   Abdelgader, Tarig M ^b   Patil, Anand P ^c   Amine, Ahmed A A ^d   Bakhiet, Sahar ^d   Mukhtar, Maowia M ^d   Snow, Robert W ^e  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^c Sense Inc Technical   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MODEL BASED GEOSTATISTICAL; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REFUGEE; SUDAN; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTOR;

BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN;

EID: 84871535480     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0390     Document Type: Article

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