Seasonal Human Population Models

Seasonal Human Population Models are used to estimate which populations may be at risk and what their spatial connectivity is to high risk transmission areas (Pan et al., 2017).

 

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Pan, W.K., Zaitchik, B.F., Pizzitutti, F., Berky, A., Feingold, B., Mena, C., Janko, M.  "Forecasting Malaria in the Western Amazon."" AGUFM, (2017), NH53A-0136.

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