Modelling challenges in context: Lessons from malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis

Epidemics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-107

  Childs, Lauren M ^a   Abuelezam, Nadia N ^a   Dye, Christopher ^b   Gupta, Sunetra ^c   Murray, Megan B ^a,d   Williams, Brian G ^e,f   Buckee, Caroline O ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; Malaria; Modelling; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALARIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

GENETIC VARIATION; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84939985948     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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