Towards malaria elimination in Mpumalanga, South Africa: A population-level mathematical modelling approach

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Silal, Sheetal P ^a   Little, Francesca ^a   Barnes, Karen I ^a   White, Lisa J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; SCALE UP; SOUTH AFRICA; VECTOR CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MALARIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84906568295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-297     Document Type: Article

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