Spatiotemporal analysis of malaria in urban Ahmedabad (Gujarat), India: Identification of hot spots and risk factors for targeted intervention

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 595-603

  Parizo, Justin ^a   Sturrock, Hugh J W ^b   Dhiman, Ramesh C ^c   Greenhouse, Bryan ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LAKE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTION; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WARD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84984782940     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0108     Document Type: Article

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