A climate-based model for malaria prediction in southeastern Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 57-62

  Jury, M R ^a,b   Kanemba, A D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c TANZANIA METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; MALARIA; PREDICTION;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SWAZILAND; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 34347271935     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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