Malaria stratification, climate, and epidemic early warning in Eritrea

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2007, Pages 61-68

  Ceccato, Pietro ^a   Ghebremeskel, Tewolde ^b   Jaiteh, Malanding ^c   Graves, Patricia M ^d   Levy, Marc ^c   Ghebreselassie, Shashu ^b   Ogbamariam, Andom ^b   Barnston, Anthony G ^a   Bell, Michael ^g   Del Corral, John ^a   Connor, Stephen J ^a   Fesseha, Issac ^e   Brantly, Eugene P ^f   Thomson, Madeleine C ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Eritrea)

^c Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^d EpiVec Consulting   (United States)

^e Meteorological Services   (Eritrea)

^f RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ERITREA; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON;

CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ERITREA; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALARIA; RAIN; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 39849110219     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.61     Document Type: Article

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