Effects of meteorological factors on epidemic malaria in Ethiopia: A statistical modelling approach based on theoretical reasoning

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 585-593

  Abeku, T A ^a,b   De Vlas, S J ^a   Borsboom, G J J M ^a   Tadege, A ^c   Gebreyesus, Y ^c   Gebreyohannes, H ^c   Alamirew, D ^d   Seifu, A ^d   Nagelkerke, N J D ^a,e   Habbema, J D F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c National Meteorological Services Agency   (Ethiopia)

^d FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate; Epidemic; Ethiopia; Highland; Linear mixed model; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHIOPIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RAIN; RURAL POPULATION; TEMPERATURE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2942750196     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004005013     Document Type: Article

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