Correlation between rainfall and the prevalence of malaria in Thailand

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-230

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Malaria; Rainfall; Thailand

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THAILAND; WEATHER;

HUMANS; MALARIA; PREVALENCE; RAIN; THAILAND;

EID: 33344464259     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.023     Document Type: Article

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