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Can Timely Vector Control Interventions Triggered by Atypical Environmental Conditions Prevent Malaria Epidemics? A Case-Study from Wajir County, Kenya

BACKGROUND: 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. OBJECTIVES: Wajir County in Northeast Kenya is clas...

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Autores principales: Maes, Peter, Harries, Anthony D., Van den Bergh, Rafael, Noor, Abdisalan, Snow, Robert W., Tayler-Smith, Katherine, Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund, Zachariah, Rony, Allan, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092386