Malaria Hotspots Drive Hypoendemic Transmission in the Chittagong Hill Districts of Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Ahmed, Sabeena ^a   Galagan, Sean ^b   Scobie, Heather ^b,c   Khyang, Jacob ^a   Prue, Chai Shwai ^a   Khan, Wasif Ali ^a   Ram, Malathi ^b   Alam, Mohammad Shafiul ^a   Haq, M Zahirul ^a   Akter, Jasmin ^a   Glass, Gregory ^b,d   Norris, Douglas E ^b   Nyunt, Myaing Myaing ^b   Shields, Timothy ^b   Sullivan, David J ^b   Sack, David A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BED NET; CHILD; CLIMATE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; OCCUPATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; SEASONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881126357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069713     Document Type: Article

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