Shifting patterns: Malaria dynamics and rainfall variability in an African highland

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1631, 2008, Pages 123-132

  Pascual, M ^a,b   Cazelles, B ^c,d   Bouma, M J ^e   Chaves, L F ^a   Koelle, K ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Exogenous and endogenous cycles; Malaria dynamics

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TIME SERIES;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36448977617     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1068     Document Type: Article

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