Falciparum malaria and climate change in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-137

  Bouma, M J ^a   Dye, C ^b   Van Der Kaay, H J ^c  

^a Gortlandroe ^*  (Ireland)

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

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PAKISTAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029736869     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.131     Document Type: Article

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