Remotely-sensed, nocturnal, dew point correlates with malaria transmission in Southern Province, Zambia: A time-series study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nygren, David ^a   Stoyanov, Cristina ^b   Lewold, Clemens ^a   Månsson, Fredrik ^a   Miller, John ^c   Kamanga, Aniset ^d   Shiff, Clive J ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa (MACEPA)   (Zambia)

^d Akros Global Health   (Zambia)

Author keywords

ARIMAX; Dew point; Environment; Malaria; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALARIA; NOCTURNAL DEW POINT; PREDICTION; SEASON; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; CLIMATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA;

CLIMATIC PROCESSES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84902051546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-231     Document Type: Article

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