Estimating Air Temperature and Its Influence on Malaria Transmission across Africa

Tini Garske; Neil M. Ferguson; Azra C. Ghani

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056487

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Estimating Air Temperature and Its Influence on Malaria Transmission across Africa

Tini Garske ,

* E-mail: t.garske@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Neil M. Ferguson,

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Azra C. Ghani

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Estimating Air Temperature and Its Influence on Malaria Transmission across Africa

Tini Garske,
Neil M. Ferguson,
Azra C. Ghani

Published: February 20, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056487

About the Authors

Tini Garske

* E-mail: t.garske@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Neil M. Ferguson

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Azra C. Ghani

Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Designed and fitted the model for air temperature: TG. Designed the malaria transmission model: ACG NMF TG. Implemented the malaria transmission model: TG. Analyzed the data: TG. Wrote the paper: TG ACG NMF.

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