Journal article
Estimating the malaria risk of African mosquito movement by air travel
- Abstract:
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Background The expansion of global travel has resulted in the importation of African Anopheles mosquitoes, giving rise to cases of local malaria transmission. Here, cases of ‘airport malaria’ are used to quantify, using a combination of global climate and air traffic volume, where and when are the greatest risks of a Plasmodium falciparum-carrying mosquito being importated by air. This prioritises areas at risk of further airport malaria and possible importation or reemergence of the di...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Journal:
- Malaria Journal Journal website
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 57
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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1475-2875
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- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:921
- Deposit date:
- 2008-03-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Dr Andrew Tatem
- Copyright date:
- 2006
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