Clinical malaria transmission trends and its association with climatic variables in Tubu village, Botswana: A retrospective analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Chirebvu, Elijah ^a   Chimbari, Moses John ^b   Ngwenya, Barbara Ntombi ^a   Sartorius, Benn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; CHILD; CLIMATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION;

BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85013747488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139843     Document Type: Article

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