Malaria Control and the Intensity of Plasmodium falciparum Transmission in Namibia 1969-1992

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Noor, Abdisalan M ^a,b   Alegana, Victor A ^a   Kamwi, Richard N ^c   Hansford, Clifford F ^d   Ntomwa, Benson ^c   Katokele, Stark ^c   Snow, Robert W ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Health and Social Services   (Namibia)

^d Darie Jambert St   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA CONTROL; NAMIBIA; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAMIBIA; PARASITES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84877107481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063350     Document Type: Article

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