Model-Based Investigations of Different Vector-Related Intervention Strategies to Eliminate Visceral Leishmaniasis on the Indian Subcontinent

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Stauch, Anette ^a   Duerr, Hans Peter ^b   Picado, Albert ^c   Ostyn, Bart ^d   Sundar, Shyam ^e   Rijal, Suman ^f   Boelaert, Marleen ^d   Dujardin, Jean Claude ^d,g   Eichner, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Numerus Statistics Ltd   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BED NET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INCIDENCE; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCREENING; SIMULATION; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT CONTROL; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEPAL; PSYCHODIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901284191     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002810     Document Type: Article

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