Predicting high-risk years for malaria in Colombia using parameters of El Nino Southern Oscillation

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1122-1127

  Bouma, M J ^a   Poveda, G ^b   Rojas, W ^c   Chavasse, D ^a   Quinones M ^d   Cox, J ^a   Patz, J ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Early warning system; El Nino; ENSO; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE RISK; ENSO; MALARIA; MALARIA RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0031443081     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-210.x     Document Type: Article

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