Severe Flooding and Malaria Transmission in the Western Ugandan Highlands: Implications for Disease Control in an Era of Global Climate Change

Conclusions. Extreme precipitation such as the flooding described here may pose significant challenges to malaria control programs and will demand timely responses to mitigate deleterious impacts on human health.

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases - October 12, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Boyce, R., Reyes, R., Matte, M., Ntaro, M., Mulogo, E., Metlay, J. P., Band, L., Siedner, M. J. Tags: PARASITES Source Type: research