Can timely vector control interventions triggered by atypical environmental conditions prevent malaria epidemics? A case-study from wajir county, kenya.
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Maes, PeterHarries, Anthony D
Van den Bergh, Rafael
Noor, Abdisalan
Snow, Robert W
Tayler-Smith, Katherine
Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund
Zachariah, Rony
Allan, Richard
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2014-04-03
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PloS ONEAbstract
Atypical environmental conditions with drought followed by heavy rainfall and flooding in arid areas in sub-Saharan Africa can lead to explosive epidemics of malaria, which might be prevented through timely vector-control interventions.Publisher
Public Library of SciencePubMed ID
24699034Language
enISSN
1932-6203ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.pone.0092386
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