Volume 13, Issue 2A and 2B, 2025

Health Analysis Using Ecological Niche and Agent-Based Models in Predicting Malaria Prevalence Among Pregnant Women in Lagos State

Molayoto Jocelyn Abiola, Ayoola Olamilekan Abiola &Sylvester Emeka Obu

Abstract

Health Analysis Using Ecological Niche
and Agent-Based Models in Predicting
Malaria Prevalence Among Pregnant
Women in Lagos State

Keywords

Malaria Temperature, Prevalence, Rainfall, Migration, Land use

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