Spatially variable risk factors for malaria in a geographically heterogeneous landscape, western Kenya: An explorative study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Homan, Tobias ^a   Maire, Nicolas ^b,c   Hiscox, Alexandra ^a   Di Pasquale, Aurelio ^b,c   Kiche, Ibrahim ^d   Onoka, Kelvin ^d   Mweresa, Collins ^d   Mukabana, Wolfgang R ^e   Ross, Amanda ^b,c   Smith, Thomas A ^b,c   Takken, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Geographically weighted regression; Kenya; Malaria; Occupation; Population density; Socio economic status; Spatial heterogeneity; Spatially variable risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; LANDSCAPE; MALARIA; MONITORING; OCCUPATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84952890114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-1044-1     Document Type: Article

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