title: [Malaria modelling].
abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe various models used for the study of malaria. The type of models depends on the focus of study. Until now the most models have been designed to study malaria transmission. In addition to giving a basic description of a few classic models, we show how simulation can be useful despite the inherent simplicity of models. In our opinion it is urgent to develop models for use in public health based on recent advances in computer, automation, and mathematical techniques.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Parasitologie, Institut de médecine tropicale du service de santé des armées, Marseille, France. christophe.rogier@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rogier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sallet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001331:Automation; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000635:transmission*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012307:Risk Factors