Mapping the Distribution of Malaria: Current Approaches and Future Directions

Analyzing and Modeling Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Infectious Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 189-209

  Johnson, Leah R ^a   Lafferty, Kevin D ^b   Mcnally, Amy ^b   Mordecai, Erin ^c   Paaijmans, Krijn P ^d   Pawar, Samraat ^e   Ryan, Sadie J ^f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bayesian mapping; Ecophysiological models; Malaria; Plasmodium; R0; Thermal physiology

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MAPPING;

BAYESIAN MAPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MALARIA; MALARIA TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL PHYSIOLOGY;

DISEASES;

EID: 85015567158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118630013.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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