Rainfall mediations in the spreading of epidemic cholera

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-46

  Righetto, L ^a   Bertuzzo, E ^a   Mari, L ^a,b   Schild, E ^a   Casagrandi, R ^b   Gatto, M ^b   Rodriguez Iturbe, I ^c   Rinaldo, A ^a,d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Epidemiology; Hydrologic drivers; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECO-HYDROLOGY; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT MODELS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER-BORNE DISEASE;

AIR MOBILITY; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTERS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RISK MANAGEMENT; SANITATION; VACCINES; WATER RESOURCES;

DISEASE CONTROL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHOLERA; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOHYDROLOGY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RAINFALL; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

HAITI;

EID: 84881512600     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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