A simple method for defining malaria seasonality

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Roca Feltrer, Arantxa ^a   Schellenberg, Joanna Rm Armstrong ^a   Smith, Lucy ^a   Carneiro, Ilona ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LITERATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SEASONS;

EID: 73449128014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-276     Document Type: Article

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