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Is a reproduction number of one a threshold for Plasmodium falciparum malaria elimination?

BACKGROUND: The basic reproduction number (R(0)) is an important summary of the dynamics of an infectious disease. It is a threshold parameter: an infection can only invade a population if R(0) is greater than 1. However, a number of studies using simple models have suggested that for malaria, it is...

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Autor principal: Griffin, Jamie T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4960803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27456218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1437-9