An online operational rainfall-monitoring resource for epidemic malaria early warning systems in Africa

Malaria Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Grover Kopec, Emily ^a   Kawano, Mika ^b   Klaver, Robert W ^c   Blumenthal, Benno ^a   Ceccato, Pietro ^a   Connor, Stephen J ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA; CLIMATE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DESERT CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; FOOD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; ONLINE SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VECTOR CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALARIA; MAPS AS TOPIC; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 14544300537     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-6     Document Type: Review

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