Modeling the human infectious reservoir for malaria control: Does heterogeneity matter?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 270-275

  Hansen, Elsa ^a   Buckee, Caroline O ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Elimination; Heterogeneity; Human infectious reservoir; Infectiousness; Malaria; Mathematical model; Transmission

Indexed keywords

GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878173306     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.03.009     Document Type: Review

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