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Modelling malaria incidence with environmental dependency in a locality of Sudanese savannah area, Mali [1]

The risk of Plasmodium falciparum infection is variable over space and time and this variability is related to environmental variability. Environmental factors affect the biological cycle of both vector and parasite. Despite this strong relationship, environmental effects have rarely been included in malaria transmission models. Remote sensing data on environment were incorporated into a temporal model of the transmission, to forecast the evolution of malaria epidemiology, in a locality of Sudanese savannah area.

Publication Date: 
10/04/2009
Jean Gaudart [2], Ousmane Tour [3], Nadine Dessay & et al [4]
Malaria Journal [5]
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Tags:
Health [6], Malaria [7], Vector Control [8], Vector Borne Diseases [9], Remote Sensing [10], Mali [11]
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