Wind direction and proximity to larval sites determines malaria risk in Kilifi District in Kenya

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Midega, Janet T ^a,b   Smith, Dave L ^c,d   Olotu, Ally ^a   Mwangangi, Joseph M ^a   Nzovu, Joseph G ^a   Wambua, Juliana ^a   Nyangweso, George ^a   Mbogo, Charles M ^a   Christophides, George K ^b   Marsh, Kevin ^a,e   Bejon, Philip ^a,e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LARVA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VECTOR CONTROL; WIND; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CARRIER; EGG LAYING; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MOSQUITO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SPOROZOITE; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVIPOSITION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SPOROZOITES; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 84863293178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1672     Document Type: Article

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