Temporal correlation between malaria and rainfall in Sri Lanka
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* Corresponding author: Olivier JT Briët o.briet@cgiar.org
Malaria Journal 2008, 7:77 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-77
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Models for short term malaria prediction in Sri Lanka Olivier JT Briët, Penelope Vounatsou, Dissanayake M Gunawardena, Gawrie NL Galappaththy, Priyanie H Amerasinghe Malaria Journal 2008, 7:76 (6 May 2008) A solid contribution towards the development of early warning systems for malaria using a forecasting system based on epidemiological and rainfall data. The difficulties of establishing a forecasting system in a country where there have been dramatic swings in incidence rates over the last century is acknowledged and the authors have taken a pragmatic approach to testing district based forecasting across the country.
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