Climatic variables and transmission of falciparum malaria in New Halfa, eastern Sudan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-24

  Himeidan, Y E ^a   Hamid, E E ^a   Thalib, L ^b   Elbashir, M I ^c   Adam, Ishag ^d  

^a University of Kassala   (Sudan)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d New Halfa Teaching Hospital   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUDAN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CLIMATE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INSECT VECTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUDAN; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 34347347337     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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