Malaria's Missing Number: Calculating the Human Component of R0 by a Within-Host Mechanistic Model of Plasmodium falciparum Infection and Transmission

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Johnston, Geoffrey L ^a,b,c   Smith, David L ^c   Fidock, David A ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MALARIA CONTROL;

ANOPHELES MOSQUITOES; CURRENT ESTIMATES; DISEASE BURDENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN COMPONENTS; HUMAN INFECTION; MALARIAL PARASITES; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MECHANISTICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

DISEASES;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; GAMETOCYTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PROBABILITY;

ANOPHELES (GENUS); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84876925344     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003025     Document Type: Article

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