Urbanization, malaria transmission and disease burden in Africa

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-90

  Hay, Simon I ^a,b   Guerra, Carlos A ^a   Tatem, Andrew J ^a   Atkinson, Peter M ^c   Snow, Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MORTALITY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 11144275761     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1069     Document Type: Review

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