Risk mapping of visceral leishmaniasis: The role of local variation in rainfall and altitude on the presence and incidence of kala-azar in eastern Sudan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-17

  Elnaiem, Dia Eldin A ^a   Schorscher, Judith ^b   Bendall, Anna ^c   Obsomer, Valérie ^d   Osman, Maha E ^e   Mekkawi, Abdelrafie M ^a   Connor, Stephen J ^d   Ashford, Richard W ^d   Thomson, Madeleine C ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b Maison Porpigna   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Tropical Medicine Research Institute   (Sudan)

^f Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDAN; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPIC CLIMATE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN;

EID: 0037263934     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.1.0680010     Document Type: Article

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