Spatial synchrony of malaria outbreaks in a highland region of Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1192-1201

  Wimberly, Michael C ^a   Midekisa, Alemayehu ^a   Semuniguse, Paulos ^b   Teka, Hiwot ^c   Henebry, Geoffrey M ^a   Chuang, Ting Wu ^a   Senay, Gabriel B ^a,d  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Development and Anti Malaria Association   (Ethiopia)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Environment; Malaria epidemics; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial synchrony; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; EPIDEMIC; MALARIA; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; UPLAND REGION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; OUTPATIENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RISK;

AUTO CORRÉLATION SPATIALE; AUTOCORRELACIÓN ESPACIAL; CLIMA; CLIMAT; CLIMATE; ÉPIDÉMIES DE PALUDISME; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONNEMENT; EPIDEMIAS DE MALARIA; MALARIA; MALARIA EPIDEMICS; MEDIO AMBIENTE; SINCRONÍA ESPACIAL; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION; SPATIAL SYNCHRONY; SURVEILLANCE; SYNCHRONIE SPATIALE; VIGILANCIA;

CLIMATE; EPIDEMICS; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; MALARIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

AMHARA; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84866321790     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03058.x     Document Type: Article

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