Visualizing the uncertainty in the relationship between seasonal average climate and malaria risk

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  MacLeod, D A ^a   Morse, A P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NIHR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALARIA; RISK; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; WEATHER;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALARIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; RISK; SEASONS; UNCERTAINTY; WEATHER;

EID: 84928750089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07264     Document Type: Article

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