Global warming and malaria: A call for accuracy

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 323-324

  Reitera, Paul ^a   Thomas, Christopher J ^b   Atkinson, Peter M ^c   Hay, Simon I ^d,g   Randolph, Sarah E ^d   Rogers, David J ^d   Shanks, G Dennis ^e   Snow, Robert W ^d,g   Spielman, Andrew ^f  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e US Army Ctr Hlth Prom P   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DROUGHT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASON; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SHORT SURVEY; SRI LANKA;

EID: 2542480804     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(04)01038-2     Document Type: Letter

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