Mapping malaria transmission intensity in Malawi, 2000-2010

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 840-849

  Bennett, Adam ^a,f   Kazembe, Lawrence ^b,f   Mathanga, Don P ^c,f   Kinyoki, Damaris ^d,f   Ali, Doreen ^e,f   Snow, Robert W ^d,f   Noor, Abdisalan M ^d,f  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALAWI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SCALE UP;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888634435     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0028     Document Type: Article

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