Mapping malaria risk in Africa: What can satellite data contribute?

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 313-318

  Thomson, Madeleine C ^a   Connor, Stephen J ^a   Milligan, Paul ^a   Flasse, Stephane P ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEATHER;

EID: 0030745189     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01097-1     Document Type: Article

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