Spatial patterns of malaria reported deaths in Yunnan Province, China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 526-535

  Bi, Yan ^a,b   Hu, Wenbiao ^c   Yang, Henling ^d   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^e   Yu, Weiwei ^a   Guo, Yuming ^c   Tong, Shilu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b YUNNAN PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MALARIA; MORTALITY; MYANMAR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; TIME;

CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALARIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877094487     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0217     Document Type: Article

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