Assessing the effects of air temperature and rainfall on malaria incidence: an epidemiological study across Rwanda and Uganda

We investigate the short-term effects of air temperature, rainfall, and socioeconomic indicators on malaria incidence across Rwanda and Uganda from 2002 to 2011. Delayed and nonlinear effects of temperature and rainfall data are estimated using generalised additive mixed models with a distributed la...

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Main Authors: Felipe J. Colón-González, Adrian M. Tompkins, Riccardo Biondi, Jean Pierre Bizimana, Didacus Bambaiha Namanya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-03-01
Series:Geospatial Health
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Online Access:http://geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/379