Methodological problems and amendments to demonstrate effects of temperature on the epidemiology of malaria. A new perspective on the highland epidemics in Madagascar, 1972-89

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-139

  Bouma, Menno Jan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Climate change; El Ni o; Epidemiology; Forecasting; Madagascar; Malaria

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORECASTING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INCIDENCE; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0142029646     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90099-X     Document Type: Article

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