Climate forcing and desert malaria: the effect of irrigation

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Climate forcing and desert malaria: the effect of irrigation [1]

Rainfall variability and associated remote sensing indices for vegetation are central to the development of early warning systems for epidemic malaria in arid regions. The considerable change in land-use practices resulting from increasing irrigation in recent decades raises important questions on concomitant change in malaria dynamics and its coupling to climate forcing. Here, the consequences of irrigation level for malaria epidemics are addressed with extensive time series data for confirmed Plasmodium falciparum monthly cases, spanning over two decades for five districts in north-west India. The work specifically focuses on the response of malaria epidemics to rainfall forcing and how this response is affected by increasing irrigation.

Publication Date:

14/07/2011

Author(s): Andres Baeza [2], Menno J Bouma [3], Andy P Dobson & et al [4]

Source: Malaria Journal [5]

Vol:

10

pp:

1-10

Tags:

Malaria [6], Climate [7], Deserts [8], Irrigation [9], Rainfall [10], Remote Sensing [11], Gujarat [12], Rajasthan [13], Bikaner (D) [14], Barmer (D) [15], Kuchchh [16], Kheda (D) [17], Banas Kantha [18], Patan (D) [19]

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/climate-forcing-and-desert-malaria-effect-irrigation

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