The influence of urbanisation on measures of Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalence in East Africa

Acta Tropica

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-21

  Omumbo, J A ^a   Guerra, C A ^b   Hay, S I ^a,b   Snow, R W ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease burden; East Africa; GIS; Malaria; Maps; Plasmodium falciparum prevalence; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; MALARIA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; URBANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY BURDEN; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 10044262021     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.08.010     Document Type: Article

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