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oa Environmental Determinants of Malaria Transmission in Africa
- Publisher: Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
- Source: QScience Proceedings, Sixth International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Human Populations, Mar 2012, Volume 2012, 47
Abstract
Abstract
A new mechanistic and spatially-explicit model of hydrological and entomological processes that lead to malaria transmission has been developed recently at MIT. This unique model was tested against field observations from Africa. HYDREMATS (Hydrology, Entomology, and Malaria Transmission Simulator) is described in (Bomblies, Duchemin, and Eltahir, WRR, 44, 2008). HYDREMATS is suitable for low cost screening of environmental management interventions, and for studying the impact of climate change on malaria transmission. Examples of specific applications will be presented for two villages from Niger in Africa.
© 2012 Eltahir, licensee
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals.
- 05 March 2012
- 05 March 2012