Land use change alters malaria transmission parameters by modifying temperature in a highland area of Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 263-274

  Lindblade, Kim A ^a   Walker, Edward D ^b   Onapa, Ambrose W ^c   Katungu, Justus ^d   Wilson, Mark L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d Kabale District Medical Office   (Uganda)

^e 109 South Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Anopheles; Elevation; Environment; Malaria; Temperature; Uganda

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LAND USE; MALARIA; TEMPERATURE; UPLAND REGION;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; UGANDA;

AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALARIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; UGANDA; WEATHER;

UGANDA;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CYPERUS PAPYRUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034122793     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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