Such models have been established to examine relationships between malaria indicators and quantifying transmission when evaluating the effectiveness of malaria control interventions on the basis of their impact on transmission.
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Eckhoff P (2013) Mathematical models of within-host and transmission dynamics to determine effects of malaria intervening in a variety of settings. Am J Trop Med Hyg 88:817–827
Eckhoff PA (2011) A malaria transmission-directed model of mosquito life cycle and ecology. Malar J 10:303–310
Stuckey EM et al (2013) Estimating malaria transmission through mathematical models. Trends Parasitol 29:477–482
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Malaria Transmission: Mathematical Models. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_4740-1
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