Malaria morbidity and temperature variation in a low risk Kenyan district: A case of overdiagnosis?

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-304

  Njuguna, John ^a   Muita, James ^b   Mundia, George ^c  

^a Nyandarua District Public Health Office   (Kenya)

^b Nyahururu District Hospital Laboratory   (Kenya)

^c Nyandarua District Health Information Office   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kenya; Malaria; Overdiagnosis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALARIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 65049090710     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0216-5     Document Type: Article

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