Mapping malaria transmission intensity using geographical information systems (GIS): An example from Kenya

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-21

  Omumbo, J ^a   Ouma, J ^b   Rapuoda, B ^b   Craig, M H ^c   Le Sueur, D ^c   Snow, R W ^a,d  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031962725     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1998.11813256     Document Type: Article

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