Temperature-suitability maps for schistosomiasis in South Africa

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 617-627

  Moodley, I ^a   Kleinschmidt, I ^b   Sharp, B ^a   Craig, M ^a   Appleton, C ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLAS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE VECTORS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

SCHISTOSOMA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0042913062     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803225001445     Document Type: Article

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