NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListMalarJv.15;2016PMC5131557MalarJ.2016;15:578.Publishedonline2016Dec1.doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1633-7PMCID:PMC5131557PMID:27903266EnvironmentaldeterminantsofmalariatransmissioninAfricanvillagesNorikoEndoandElfatihA.B.EltahirNorikoEndoRalphM.ParsonsLaboratory,DepartmentofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,Cambridge,MA02139USAFindarticlesbyNorikoEndoElfatihA.B.EltahirRalphM.ParsonsLaboratory,DepartmentofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,Cambridge,MA02139USAFindarticlesbyElfatihA.B.EltahirAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimerRalphM.ParsonsLaboratory,DepartmentofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,Cambridge,MA02139USANorikoEndo,Email:ude.tim@irone.ContributorInformation.Correspondingauthor.Received2016Sep6;Accepted2016Nov23.Copyright©TheAuthor(s)2016OpenAccessThisarticleisdistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttribution4.0InternationalLicense(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/),whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedyougiveappropriatecredittotheoriginalauthor(s)andthesource,providealinktotheCreativeCommonslicense,andindicateifchangesweremade.TheCreativeCommonsPublicDomainDedicationwaiver(http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)appliestothedatamadeavailableinthisarticle,unlessotherwisestated.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.AssociatedDataDataAvailabilityStatementAllthedatausedinthisstudyareavailableuponrequest.BackgroundMalariatransmissioniscomplex,involvingarangeofhydroclimatological,biological,andenvironmentalprocesses.Thehighdegreeofnon-linearityintheseprocessesmakesitdifficulttopredictandinterveneagainstmalaria.Thisstudyseeksbothtodefineaminimalnumberofmalariatransmissiondeterminants,andtoprovideatheoreticalbasisforsusta