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dc.contributor.authorHimeidan, Y.E.
dc.contributor.authorHamid, E.E.
dc.contributor.authorThalib, L.
dc.contributor.authorEl Bashir, M.I.
dc.contributor.authorAdam, I.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-17T07:53:40Z
dc.date.available2014-06-17T07:53:40Z
dc.date.issued2007EN
dc.identifier.issn1020-3397EN
dc.identifier.otherhttp://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/1301/13_1_2007_17_24.pdfEN
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117219
dc.description17-24EN
dc.description.abstractThe study investigated the role of climatic variables and irrigated agricultural on the seasonality of malaria transmission in New Halfa, eastern Sudan. A time-series analysis was performed using monthly climatic variables, monthly water available for irrigation of crops and monthly slide positive rate of malaria during the period 1986-2002. Cases of malaria were reported every month of the year with a mean of 13.0/100 persons/month [‎95% CI: 11.9-14.2]‎, and bimodal annual pattern in autumn and winter seasons. Rainfall was the significant climatic variable in the transmission of the disease, whereas heavy rainfall was found to initiate epidemics. Temperature, relative humidity and irrigation water were not significant factorsEN
dc.language.isoenEN
dc.subjectMalaria, FalciparumEN
dc.subjectClimateEN
dc.subjectSeasonsEN
dc.subjectRainEN
dc.subjectRisk FactorsEN
dc.subject.meshMalaria, FalciparumEN
dc.titleClimatic variables and transmission of falciparum malaria in New Halfa, eastern SudanEN
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 13 (‎1)‎, 17-24, 2007


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