[PDF] Top 20 Temporal correlation between malaria and rainfall in Sri Lanka

... little temporal variability (because Sri Lanka is situated close to the equator), and a large part of its tem- poral variability being governed by ...of Sri Lanka, the tem- perature is ... See full document

... Clearly, the northern areas are facing a serious malaria problem. Difficulties in obtaining prompt treatment may have enhanced malaria transmission. In the rest of the country this factor seems of a lesser ... See full document

... Clearly, the northern areas are facing a serious malaria problem. Difficulties in obtaining prompt treatment may have enhanced malaria transmission. In the rest of the country this factor seems of a lesser ... See full document

... excessive rainfall, creating additional vector-breeding places, or exceptionally low rainfall causing the pooling of rivers and streams to form major breeding ...instances, malaria can become ... See full document

... The rainfall peaks coin- cide with the passage of the "Tropical Convergence Zone" over the island around May and ...October. Rainfall during these seasons is high through most of the ...the rainfall ... See full document

... therefore rainfall can serve as a proxy for river ...although rainfall will remain an important variable in such models ...primarily temporal analysis, observed station rainfall is more ... See full document

... with malaria and malaria responses quickly when temperature was ...the malaria infection cycle from wiggler becoming an infectious mosquito to mosquito biting humans and finally human developing ... See full document

... Annual rainfall of the Northern Province is 1244 ...total rainfall (700 mm) is received during the North East Monsoon Season (NEMS) due to the North East Monsoon Wind various depressions formed in the Bay ... See full document

... ENSO–NEM correlation over peninsular India is derived particularly from the northern subdivi- sions where there has been an increase in correlations since 1980 ...annual rainfall during the ...orographic ... See full document

... negative correlation between dengue incidence and number of days with >20 mm ...negative correlation compared to other rain parame- ters in cross-correlation coefficient ...heavy ... See full document

... and rainfall during the different seasons were brought out in this ...The correlation of ENSO indices with streamflow during Yala is greater than that with rain- ...the correlation between ... See full document

... the malaria situation in Sri Lanka prior to the tsunami that hit on 26 December 2004, and estimated the likelihood of a post-tsunami malaria outbreak to be ...low. Malaria incidence has ... See full document

... heavy rainfall for summer and winter halves of the year for the present analysis are shown in Figure ...of Sri Lanka, while the remaining regions show an increasing trend during the summer half ... See full document

... Sri Lanka has been traditionally divided into two climatic Zones both of which are based on rainfall ...lower rainfall than what the Wet Zone ...boundary between the Dry Zone and the ... See full document

... link between global-scale tropical circulation and local conditions in Sri Lanka, with the NEM, by definition, the result of a NE circulation pattern, with westerly and south-westerly circulation at ... See full document

... for malaria elimina- tion there were a few aspects of the programme, which is believed to stand out as having been critically impor- tant to achieving the interruption of transmission ahead of ...with ... See full document

... selected rainfall was verified by using archival newspapers and remote sens- ing ...cumulative rainfall 72 hrs prior to the taken place each and every mass movements, and the duration (hrs) of that ... See full document

... daily rainfall variations for the period from 1981 to ...dominant rainfall season in the Southwestern lowlands as well as the Highland Wet Zone of Sri ...of rainfall during ... See full document

... more rainfall than the nearby lowlands, in highland areas at least on their windward ...of Sri Lanka is induced by the topographic barriers known as the Central Highland ...orographic rainfall ... See full document

... for malaria, pre- sented with fever to the same DGH and were diagnosed with ...with malaria after presenting with fever; one patient gave a history of being treated for dengue as an inpatient in a ... See full document