A mathematical model of seropositivity to malaria antigen, allowing seropositivity to be prolonged by exposure

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bosomprah, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PROBABILITY; SEROCONVERSION; SUPERINFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISLANDS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892145719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-12     Document Type: Article

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