A temporal-spatial analysis of malaria transmission in Adama, Ethiopia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 944-949

  Peterson, Ingrid ^a   Borrell, Luisa N ^b   El Sadr, Wafaa ^c   Teklehaimanot, Awash ^d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Heath ^*  (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; TIME; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ETHIOPIA; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WEATHER;

EID: 73949099891     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.08-0662     Document Type: Article

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