Predicting malaria infection in Gambian children from satellite data and bed net use surveys: The importance of spatial correlation in the interpretation of results

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-8

  Thomson, Madeleine C ^a   Connor, Stephen J ^a   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^b   Rowlingson, Barry ^c   Diggle, Peter ^c   Cresswell, Mark ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAMBIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032799063     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.2     Document Type: Article

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