A climate-based distribution model of malaria transmission in sub-Saharan Africa

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 105-111

  Craig, Marlies ^a   Le Sueur, David ^a   Snow, Bob ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITE VECTOR; PREDICTION; REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CLIMATE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033102380     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01396-4     Document Type: Review

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