Spatial and temporal variations of malaria epidemic risk in Ethiopia: Factors involved and implications

Acta Tropica

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-340

  Abeku, Tarekegn Abose ^a,b   Van Oortmarssen, Gerrit J ^a   Borsboom, Gerard ^a   De Vlas, Sake J ^a   Habbema, J D F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Climate; Epidemic; Ethiopia; Highland; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; MALARIA; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RISK; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER;

ETHIOPIA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0142090622     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00123-2     Document Type: Article

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