Developing global climate anomalies suggest potential disease risks for 2006 - 2007

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Anyamba, Assaf ^a   Chretien, Jean Paul ^b   Small, Jennifer ^a   Tucker, Compton J ^a   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DROUGHT; ECUADOR; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FLOODING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; KOREA; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU; PHILIPPINES; PLAGUE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; WEATHER;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 33846684054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-60     Document Type: Article

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