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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Main Authors: Karuri, SW, Snow, RW
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Open 2016