Risk mapping of dengue in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Risk mapping of dengue in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Dengue fever is a recurring public health problem afflicting thousands of Malaysians annually. In this paper, the risk map for dengue fever in the peninsular Malaysian states of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur was modelled based on co-kriging and geographical information systems. Using population density and rainfall as the model's only input factors, the area with the highest risk for dengue infecti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Geospatial health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1970-7096,1827-1987
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2012.101