Forecasting paediatric malaria admissions on the Kenya Coast using rainfall
Background Malaria is a vector-borne disease which, despite recent scaled-up efforts to achieve control in Africa, continues to pose a major threat to child survival. The disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium and requires mosquitoes and humans for transmission. Rainfall is a major f...
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Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Open
2016
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