A malaria risk analysis in an irrigated area in Sri Lanka

Acta Tropica

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-225

  Klinkenberg, Eveline ^a,b   Van Der Hoek, Wim ^a   Amerasinghe, Felix P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

GIS; Irrigation; Malaria risk map; Risk factors; Spatial analysis; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

GIS; IRRIGATION; MALARIA; RISK FACTOR;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; FOREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SRI LANKA; TILLAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SABARAGAMUWA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; UDA WALAWE;

EID: 0346727196     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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