Malaria epidemic early warning and detection in African highlands

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 400-405

  Abeku, Tarekegn A ^a,f   Hay, Simon I ^b,c   Ochola, Samuel ^d   Langi, Peter ^e   Beard, Brian ^a   De Vlas, Sake J ^f   Cox, Jonathan ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; ANIMAL; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALARIA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; UGANDA;

PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALARIA; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UGANDA;

EID: 6044234396     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.07.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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