Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 133-139 , March 2003

Methodological problems and amendments to demonstrate effects of temperature on the epidemiology of malaria. A new perspective on the highland epidemics in Madagascar, 1972–1989

  • Menno Jan Bouma

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dr M. J. Bouma, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC 1E 7HT, UK

Received 10 February 2003 ,Revised 4 March 2003 ,Accepted 4 March 2003.

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