Modelling the incidence of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Afghanistan 2006-2009

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Alegana, Victor A ^a,b   Wright, Jim A ^b   Nahzat, Sami M ^c   Butt, Waqar ^d   Sediqi, Amad W ^c   Habib, Naeem ^d   Snow, Robert W ^a,e   Atkinson, Peter M ^b   Noor, Abdisalan M ^a,e  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

^d Malaria and Leishmaniasis   (Afghanistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; BAYES THEOREM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION;

AFGHANISTAN; BAYES THEOREM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84904488791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102304     Document Type: Article

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