Assessment of the impact of climate shifts on malaria transmission in the Sahel

EcoHealth

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-437

  Bomblies, Arne ^a   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Anopheles mosquitoes; Climate change; Hydrology; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES (GENUS);

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALARIA; NIGER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MALARIA; NIGER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77957359702     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0274-5     Document Type: Article

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