M C Thomson

Summary

Affiliation: University of Liverpool
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Environmental information systems for the control of arthropod vectors of disease
    M C Thomson
    MALSAT Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, U K
    Med Vet Entomol 14:227-44. 2000
  2. ncbi The development of Malaria Early Warning Systems for Africa
    M C Thomson
    MALSAT Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, L35QA, Liverpool, UK
    Trends Parasitol 17:438-45. 2001
  3. ncbi Towards a kala azar risk map for Sudan: mapping the potential distribution of Phlebotomus orientalis using digital data of environmental variables
    M C Thomson
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
    Trop Med Int Health 4:105-13. 1999
  4. ncbi Effect of reactive vaccination on meningitis epidemics in Southern Ethiopia
    L E Cuevas
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
    J Infect 55:425-30. 2007
  5. ncbi A model to simulate the impact of timing, coverage and transmission intensity on the effectiveness of indoor residual spraying (IRS) for malaria control
    E Worrall
    Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health, Liverpool, UK
    Trop Med Int Health 12:75-88. 2007
  6. ncbi Forecasting and prevention of epidemic malaria: new perspectives on an old problem
    S J Connor
    MALSAT Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
    Parassitologia 41:439-48. 1999
  7. ncbi Environmental information systems in malaria risk mapping and epidemic forecasting
    S J Connor
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
    Disasters 22:39-56. 1998
  8. ncbi Evaluation of the meningitis epidemics risk model in Africa
    E C Savory
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK
    Epidemiol Infect 134:1047-51. 2006
  9. ncbi Malaria early warnings based on seasonal climate forecasts from multi-model ensembles
    M C Thomson
    International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York, New York 10964-8000, USA
    Nature 439:576-9. 2006
  10. ncbi Application of Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing technologies for assessing and monitoring malaria risk
    P Ceccato
    International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964 8000, USA
    Parassitologia 47:81-96. 2005

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Publications15

  1. ncbi Environmental information systems for the control of arthropod vectors of disease
    M C Thomson
    MALSAT Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, U K
    Med Vet Entomol 14:227-44. 2000
    ..Methods and their uses are tabulated and discussed with recommendations for efficiency, caution and progress in this burgeoning field...
  2. ncbi The development of Malaria Early Warning Systems for Africa
    M C Thomson
    MALSAT Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, L35QA, Liverpool, UK
    Trends Parasitol 17:438-45. 2001
    ..Such factors can be incorporated into a framework for malaria early warning...
  3. ncbi Towards a kala azar risk map for Sudan: mapping the potential distribution of Phlebotomus orientalis using digital data of environmental variables
    M C Thomson
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
    Trop Med Int Health 4:105-13. 1999
    ..The predictive performance of the risk map is discussed...
  4. ncbi Effect of reactive vaccination on meningitis epidemics in Southern Ethiopia
    L E Cuevas
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK
    J Infect 55:425-30. 2007
    ..To describe the duration and seasonality of meningitis epidemics in Southern Ethiopia and estimate the proportion of cases prevented by vaccination in order to assess the efficacy of current control strategies...
  5. ncbi A model to simulate the impact of timing, coverage and transmission intensity on the effectiveness of indoor residual spraying (IRS) for malaria control
    E Worrall
    Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health, Liverpool, UK
    Trop Med Int Health 12:75-88. 2007
    ..ii) To use the model to examine the relationship between the intervention timing and transmission intensity on the effectiveness of indoor residual spraying (IRS)...
  6. ncbi Forecasting and prevention of epidemic malaria: new perspectives on an old problem
    S J Connor
    MALSAT Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
    Parassitologia 41:439-48. 1999
    ..EIS may therefore provide a useful and cost effective input to epidemic malaria control planning and response...
  7. ncbi Environmental information systems in malaria risk mapping and epidemic forecasting
    S J Connor
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
    Disasters 22:39-56. 1998
    ..An appendix provides a brief introduction to satellite data and their interpretation...
  8. ncbi Evaluation of the meningitis epidemics risk model in Africa
    E C Savory
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK
    Epidemiol Infect 134:1047-51. 2006
    ..Further studies are needed to enhance our understanding of the complex relationship between meningitis epidemics and the environment...
  9. ncbi Malaria early warnings based on seasonal climate forecasts from multi-model ensembles
    M C Thomson
    International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York, New York 10964-8000, USA
    Nature 439:576-9. 2006
    ..In years in which the forecast probability distribution is different from that of climatology, malaria decision-makers can use this information for improved resource allocation...
  10. ncbi Application of Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing technologies for assessing and monitoring malaria risk
    P Ceccato
    International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964 8000, USA
    Parassitologia 47:81-96. 2005
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  11. ncbi El Niño and drought in southern Africa
    M C Thomson
    Lancet 361:437-8. 2003
  12. ncbi On the possibility of bovine Onchocerca species infecting Simulium damnosum s.l. in the forest zone of Sierra Leone. II. Biting densities and filarial infections in Simulium spp. and Culicoides spp
    J B Davies
    Department of Medical Entomology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol 83:603-14. 1989
    ..l. is not a vector of O. gutturosa and all Onchocerca-like larvae in S. damnosum are likely to be O. volvulus, while the natural vectors of O. gutturosa are the Culicoides species C. fulvithorax, C. trifasciellus and C. krameri...
  13. ncbi Entomological risk factors for severe malaria in a peri-urban area of The Gambia
    J H Adiamah
    Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol 87:491-500. 1993
    ..No evidence was found to support the hypothesis that the level of exposure to malaria-infected mosquitoes is a risk factor for the development of severe malaria...
  14. ncbi The ecology of malaria--as seen from Earth-observation satellites
    M C Thomson
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol 90:243-64. 1996
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  15. ncbi The transmission of onchocerciasis at a forest village in Sierra Leone. I. Simulium damnosum s.l. biting densities and infection with Onchocerca volvulus at five representative sites
    M J Bockarie
    Department of Medical Entomology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol 84:587-97. 1990
    ..damnosum s.l. breeding sites. The highest risk areas are in open farmland...