Rapid case-based mapping of seasonal malaria transmission risk for strategic elimination planning in Swaziland

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cohen, Justin M ^a   Dlamini, Sabelo ^b   Novotny, Joseph M ^a,c   Kandula, Deepika ^a,c   Kunene, Simon ^b   Tatem, Andrew J ^d,e  

^a CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^b National Malaria Control Programme   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; SEASON; SWAZILAND; TRAVEL; VECTOR CONTROL; WARMING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK; ROC CURVE; SEASONS; SWAZILAND;

EID: 84873491391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-61     Document Type: Article

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