Infectious disease and health systems modelling for local decision making to control neglected tropical diseases

BMC Proceedings

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hollingsworth, T Deirdre ^a   Langley, Ivor ^b   Nokes, D James ^a,c   Macpherson, Eleanor E ^b   McGivern, Gerry ^a   Adams, Emily R ^b   Bockarie, Moses J ^b   Mortimer, Kevin ^b   Reimer, Lisa J ^b   Squire, Bertie ^b   Torr, Stephen J ^b   Medley, Graham F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION; KNOWLEDGE; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION PLANNING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 85018193309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17536561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-9-S10-S6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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