Does deforestation promote or inhibit malaria transmission in the Amazon? A systematic literature review and critical appraisal of current evidence

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 1722, 2017, Pages

  Tucker Lima, Joanna M ^a   Vittor, Amy ^b   Rifai, Sami ^a   Valle, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Anopheles; Environmental change; Forests; Land use land cover; Malaria

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISK; INHIBITION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; AMAZONAS [PERU]; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; PERU;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; MALARIA; MOSQUITO VECTOR; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SOUTH AMERICA; TRANSMISSION;

BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO VECTORS; PERU; RISK; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 85018685645     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0125     Document Type: Article

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