Modelling Co-Infection with Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Slater, Hannah C ^a   Gambhir, Manoj ^a   Parham, Paul E ^a   Michael, Edwin ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; VECTOR CONTROL (ELECTRIC MACHINERY);

CO-INFECTIONS; COMPREHENSIVE MODELING; DYNAMIC MATHEMATICAL MODELING; EXPLANATORY POWER; INFECTION MODELS; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; MODELLING STUDIES; MOSQUITO SPECIES; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VECTOR CONTROL STRATEGIES;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 84879512233     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003096     Document Type: Article

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