The global distribution and population at risk of malaria: Past, present, and future

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 327-336

  Hay, Simon I ^a,b   Guerra, Carlos A ^a   Tatem, Andrew J ^a   Noor, Abdisalan M ^b   Snow, Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BED NET; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION RISK; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKLE CELL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPOROZOITE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THAILAND; VECTOR CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALARIA; POPULATION; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 2542451884     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(04)01043-6     Document Type: Review

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