Impact of drought on the spatial pattern of transmission of Schistosoma haematobium in coastal Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1065-1070

  Mutuku, Francis M ^a   King, Charles H ^b   Bustinduy, Amaya L ^b,c   Mungai, Peter L ^d   Muchiri, Eric M ^e   Kitron, Uriel ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Republic of Kenya Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULINUS; CHILD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAIL; WEATHER;

EID: 83255164207     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0186     Document Type: Article

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