REMOTE SENSING OF MALARIA IN URBAN AREAS: TWO SCALES, TWO PROBLEMS

Marcia Caldas de Castro Department of Geography
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Dar es Salaam City Council
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Jennifer Keiser Department of Geography
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Dar es Salaam City Council
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Jürg Utzinger Department of Geography
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Thomas A. Smith Department of Geography
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Marcel Tanner Department of Geography
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Yoichi Yamagata Department of Geography
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Deo Mtasiwa Department of Geography
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Burton H. Singer Department of Geography
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    Keiser J, Utzinger J, Castro MC, Smith TA, Tanner M, Singer BH, 2004. Urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa and implication for malaria control. Am J Trop Med Hyg 71 (Suppl):118–127.

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