title: Mapping environmental suitability for malaria transmission, Greece.
abstract: During 2009-2012, Greece experienced a resurgence of domestic malaria transmission. To help guide malaria response efforts, we used spatial modeling to characterize environmental signatures of areas suitable for transmission. Nonlinear discriminant analysis indicated that sea-level altitude and land-surface temperature parameters are predictive in this regard.
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sudre
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Van Bortel
authors.forename: Kostas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Danis
authors.forename: Agoritsa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baka
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vakalis
authors.forename: Jan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Semenza
mesh_terms: D000531:Altitude; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005843:Geography; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000502:physiology; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000502:physiology*; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature
keywords: Greece; Malaria; infectious diseases; mapping; parasites; transmission; vector-borne infections