Change in rainfall drives malaria re-emergence in Anhui province, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Gao, Hong Wei ^a   Wang, Li Ping ^b   Liang, Song ^c   Liu, Yong Xiao ^d   Tong, Shi Lu ^e   Wang, Jian Jun ^d   Li, Ya Pin ^a   Wang, Xiao Feng ^b   Yang, Hong ^a   Ma, Jia Qi ^b   Fang, Li Qun ^a   Cao, Wu Chun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RAIN; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865182099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043686     Document Type: Article

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