Environmental change and rift valley fever in eastern Africa: Projecting beyond healthy futures

Geospatial Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1S, 2016, Pages 115-128

  Taylor, David ^a   Hagenlocher, Michael ^b   Jones, Anne E ^c   Kienberger, Stefan ^b   Leedale, Joseph ^c   Morse, Andrew P ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Queen Mary University of London and Barts NIHR BRC NHS Trust National Institute for Health and Care Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; East african community; Health; Infectious disease; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RISK FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84962339063     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2016.387     Document Type: Article

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