Seasonal dynamics and microgeographical spatial heterogeneity of malaria along the China-Myanmar border

Acta Tropica

Volumn 157, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-19

  Hu, Yue ^a   Zhou, Guofa ^b   Ruan, Yonghua ^a   Lee, Ming chieh ^b   Xu, Xin ^a   Deng, Shuang ^a   Bai, Yao ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Morris, James ^c   Liu, Huaie ^a   Wang, Ying ^d   Fan, Qi ^e   Li, Peipei ^e   Wu, Yanrui ^a   Yang, Zhaoqing ^a   Yan, Guiyun ^b   Cui, Liwang ^f  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Dalian Institute of Biotechnology   (China)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China Myanmar border; Clinical malaria; Hotspot; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HETEROGENEITY; MALARIA; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; TRANSMISSION;

CHINA; MYANMAR;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MYANMAR; SEASONS;

EID: 84961704513     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.01.022     Document Type: Article

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