Meteorological factors - Based spatio-temporal mapping and predicting malaria in central China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 560-567

  Huang, Fang ^a   Zhou, Shuisen ^a   Zhang, Shaosen ^a   Zhang, Hongwei ^b   Li, Weidong ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Anhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOFTWARE; TIME; WEATHER;

EID: 80052785624     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0156     Document Type: Article

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