Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT): its role in averting disease-induced mortality in children and in promoting the spread of antimalarial drug resistance

DOI10.1007/s11538-018-0524-1zbMath1409.92149arXiv1701.05210OpenAlexW2581043098WikidataQ58086970 ScholiaQ58086970MaRDI QIDQ670625

Carrie A. Manore, Zhilan Feng, Katharine Gurski, Olivia Prosper, Miranda I. Teboh-Ewungkem, Angela Peace

Publication date: 18 March 2019

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.05210

zbMATH Keywords

immunityage structurePlasmodium falciparumholoendemicintermittent preventative treatmentmalaria-induced deaths

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Medical epidemiology (92C60)

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