Seven challenges for modelling indirect transmission: Vector-borne diseases, macroparasites and neglected tropical diseases

Epidemics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-20

  Hollingsworth, T Déirdre ^a,b,c   Pulliam, Juliet R C ^d,e   Funk, Sebastian ^f   Truscott, James E ^g   Isham, Valerie ^h   Lloyd, Alun L ^e,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Helminths; Macroparasites; Neglected tropical diseases; Vector borne disease; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84988265028     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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