Hot topic or hot air? Climate change and malaria resurgence in East African highlands

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 530-534

  Hay, Simon I ^a   Rogers, David J ^a   Randolph, Sarah E ^a   Stern, David I ^b   Cox, Jonathan ^c   Shanks, G Dennis ^d   Snow, Robert W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^d U S ARMY   (United States)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENOTANE;

AFRICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036898331     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(02)02374-7     Document Type: Article

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