Indigenous environmental indicators for malaria: A district study in Zimbabwe

Acta Tropica

Volumn 175, Issue , 2017, Pages 50-59

  Macherera, Margaret ^a,b   Chimbari, Moses J ^b   Mukaratirwa, Samson ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Early warning systems; Indicators; Indigenous knowledge systems; Malaria; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EPIDEMIC; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OSTRICH; PHENOLOGY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; ZIMBABWE; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY;

GWANDA; MATABELELAND SOUTH; ZIMBABWE;

HEXAPODA; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; TEMPERATURE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84992758914     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.08.021     Document Type: Article

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