Forecasting malaria in a highly endemic country using environmental and clinical predictors

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zinszer, Kate ^a,b   Kigozi, Ruth ^c   Charland, Katia ^a   Dorsey, Grant ^d   Brewer, Timothy F ^e   Brownstein, John S ^b   Kamya, Moses R ^f   Buckeridge, David L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Uganda Malaria Surveillance Project   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Malaria; Public health; Sentinel surveillance; Uganda

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE; UGANDA; VEGETATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934968726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0758-4     Document Type: Article

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