Forecasting, warning, and detection of malaria epidemics: A case study

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9370, 2003, Pages 1705-1706

  Hay, Simon I ^a,d   Were, Eric C ^b   Renshaw, Melanie ^c   Noor, Abdisalan M ^d   Ochola, Sam A ^b   Olusanmi, Iyabode ^c   Alipui, Nicholas ^c   Snow, Robert W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; METEOROLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0038663115     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13366-1     Document Type: Article

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