Geographical Distribution and Dramatic Increases in Incidences of Malaria: Consequences of the Resettlement Scheme in Gambela, SW Ethiopia

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 140-163

  Woube, Mengistu ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Geographical distribution; Malaria; Resettlement scheme

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENCE--CHANGES; INCIDENCE--DETERMINANTS; MALARIA; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; TREE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH; INCIDENCE--CHANGES; INCIDENCE--DETERMINANTS; MALARIA; MEASUREMENT; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; RURAL POPULATION; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; TRAVEL; TREES;

EID: 0031217559     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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