Bayesian Geostatistical Modeling of Leishmaniasis Incidence in Brazil

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Karagiannis Voules, Dimitrios Alexios ^a,b   Scholte, Ronaldo G C ^a,b,c   Guimarães, Luiz H ^d   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b   Vounatsou, Penelope ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERATURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84878498943     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002213     Document Type: Article

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