Links between Climate, Malaria, and Wetlands in the Amazon Basin

Olson, Sarah H.; Gangnon, Ronald; Elguero, Eric; Durieux, Laurent; Guégan, Jean-François; Foley, Jonathan A.; Patz, Jonathan A.

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Links between Climate, Malaria, and Wetlands in the Amazon Basin

Published Date:

Apr 2009

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Emerg Infect Dis. 15(4):659-662.

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Olson, Sarah H. ; Gangnon, Ronald ; Elguero, Eric ; Durieux, Laurent ; Guégan, Jean-François ; ... More ▼

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Climate changes are altering patterns of temperature and precipitation, potentially affecting regions of malaria transmission. We show that areas of the Amazon Basin with few wetlands show a variable relationship between precipitation and malaria, while areas with extensive wetlands show a negative relationship with malaria incidence.

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