Malaria in Africa: vector species' niche models and relative risk maps.

A central theoretical goal of epidemiology is the construction of spatial models of disease prevalence and risk, including maps for the potential spread of infectious disease. We provide three continent-wide maps representing the relative risk of malaria in Africa based on ecological niche models of...

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Main Authors: Alexander Moffett, Nancy Shackelford, Sahotra Sarkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1950570?pdf=render