Rainfall pattern, El Nino and malaria in Uganda

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-23

  Kilian, A H D ^a,b   Langi, P ^b   Talisuna, A ^b   Kabagambe, G ^c  

^a Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c District Health Services   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Climate; El Nino; Epidemic; Incidence; Malaria; Rainfall; Uganda

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MALARIA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICS; UGANDA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0033012577     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90165-7     Document Type: Article

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