A breeding site model for regional, dynamical malaria simulations evaluated using in situ temporary ponds observations

Geospatial Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1S, 2016, Pages

  Asare, Ernest O ^a,b   Tompkins, Adrian M ^b   Amekudzi, Leonard K ^a   Ermert, Volker ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area depth relation; Pond water area; Pond water depth; Water fraction

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GHANA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; POND; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; GHANA; MALARIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PONDS; RAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84962463449     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2016.390     Document Type: Article

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