Temperature and Malaria Trends in Highland East Africa

David I. Stern; Peter W. Gething; Caroline W. Kabaria; William H. Temperley; Abdisalan M. Noor; Emelda A. Okiro; G. Dennis Shanks; Robert W. Snow; Simon I. Hay

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024524

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Temperature and Malaria Trends in Highland East Africa

David I. Stern ,

* E-mail: david.stern@anu.edu.au

Affiliation Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Peter W. Gething,

Affiliation Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Caroline W. Kabaria,

Affiliation Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute – University of Oxford - Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya
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William H. Temperley,

Affiliation Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Abdisalan M. Noor,

Affiliation Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute – University of Oxford - Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya
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Emelda A. Okiro,

Affiliation Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute – University of Oxford - Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya
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G. Dennis Shanks,

Affiliation Australian Army Malaria Institute, Enoggera, Queensland, Australia
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Robert W. Snow,

Affiliation Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute – University of Oxford - Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds, Nairobi, Kenya
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Simon I. Hay

Affiliation Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Temperature and Malaria Trends in Highland East Africa

David I. Stern,
Peter W. Gething,
Caroline W. Kabaria,
William H. Temperley,
Abdisalan M. Noor,
Emelda A. Okiro,
G. Dennis Shanks,
Robert W. Snow,
Simon I. Hay

Published: September 15, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024524

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Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 23 Sep 2011 at 21:06 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Heal Blog
Title: “Malaria Declines Amidst Climate Change”
http://www.healblog.net/h...

Publication: Australian National University News
Title: “Malaria declining despite climate change”
http://news.anu.edu.au/?p...

Publication: Medical News Today
Title: “Drop In Malaria Incidence, Despite Climate Change”
http://www.medicalnewstod...

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RE: Media Coverage of This Article

sterndavidi replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 24 Sep 2011 at 03:46 GMT

I was interviewed by Clement Paligaru on the Breakfast Show on Radio Australia (Australian public international broadcaster) about malaria and climate change, 19 September 2011.

Additional coverage on the web:

http://www.hivatlas.org/b...

http://www.sciencealert.c...

http://rogerpielkejr.blog...

Competing interests declared: I'm the lead author

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