Development and validation of climate and ecosystem-based early malaria epidemic prediction models in East Africa

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Githeko, Andrew K ^a   Ogallo, Laban ^b   Lemnge, Martha ^c   Okia, Michael ^d   Ototo, Ednah N ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre ICPAC   (Kenya)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemic prediction; Malaria; Models

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; METEOROLOGY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TOPOGRAPHY; UGANDA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE; UGANDA;

EID: 84906963245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-329     Document Type: Article

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