The periodicity of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in Venezuela

Acta Tropica

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-60

  Grillet, María Eugenia ^a   El Souki, Mayida ^a   Laguna, Francisco ^a   León, José Rafael ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

ENSO; Malaria epidemiology; Plasmodium dynamics; Rainfall; Venezuela; Wavelet analyses

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERIODICITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA;

VENEZUELA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ENSO; MALARIA EPIDEMIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; VENEZUELA; WAVELET ANALYSES;

CLIMATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PERIODICITY; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84888199688     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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