Web-based climate information resources for malaria control in Africa

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Grover Kopec, Emily K ^a   Blumenthal, M Benno ^a   Ceccato, Pietro ^a   Dinku, Tufa ^a   Omumbo, Judy A ^a   Connor, Stephen J ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALARIA; MAPS AS TOPIC; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745025539     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-38     Document Type: Article

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