Performance of forecasting, warning and detection of malaria epidemics in the highlands of western Kenya

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 394-399

  Hay, Simon ^a   Renshaw, Melanie ^b   Ochola, Sam A ^c   Noor, Abdisalan M ^d   Snow, Robert W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Intl Svc Acq Agri Biotech Appl   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MASS MEDIUM; MORTALITY; REVIEW;

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EID: 0041828356     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(03)00190-9     Document Type: Article

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