Malaria infection has spatial, temporal, and spatiotemporal heterogeneity in unstable malaria transmission areas in northwest ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Alemu, Kassahun ^a   Worku, Alemayehu ^b   Berhane, Yemane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALARIA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY;

ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84892389834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079966     Document Type: Article

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