Modelling of malaria temporal variations in Iran

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1501-1508

  Haghdoost, Ali Akbar ^a,b   Alexander, Neal ^b   Cox, Jonathan ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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

Author keywords

Early warning system; Epidemics; Iran; Malaria; Modelling; Prediction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MALARIA; MODELING; PREDICTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 56849099071     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02166.x     Document Type: Article

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