Estimated Effect of Climatic Variables on the Transmission of <i>Plasmodium vivax</i> Malaria in the Republic of Korea

Young‐Min Kim, Jae-Won Park, Hae‐Kwan Cheong

Environmental Health Perspectives · 2012 · 71 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

Our findings suggest that malaria transmission in temperate areas is highly dependent on climate factors. In addition, lagged estimates of the effect of rainfall on malaria are consistent with the time necessary for mosquito development and P. vivax incubation.

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