Effect of topography on the risk of malaria infection in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

We investigated whether the risk of infection with malaria parasites was related to topography in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Clinical surveys were carried out in seven villages, situated at altitudes from 300 m to 1650 m. Each village was mapped and incorporated into a Digital Terrain Model....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2004-07, Vol.98 (7), p.400-408
Hauptverfasser:	Balls, M.J, Bødker, R, Thomas, C.J, Kisinza, W, Msangeni, H.A, Lindsay, S.W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Aged Altitude Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Highland malaria Human protozoal diseases Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infectious diseases Malaria Malaria - epidemiology Medical sciences Middle Aged Parasitic diseases Plasmodium falciparum Prevalence Protozoal diseases Regression Analysis Residence Characteristics Risk Factors Rural Health Spatial analysis Splenomegaly - epidemiology Splenomegaly - parasitology Tanzania Tanzania - epidemiology Topography Topography, Medical
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