Use of weather data and remote sensing to predict the geographic and seasonal distribution of Phlebotomus papatasi in southwest Asia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 530-536

  Cross, Eleanor R ^a   Newcomb, Wilbur W ^b   Tucker, Compton J ^b  

^a NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ^*  (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DISEASE CARRIER; LEISHMANIASIS; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER;

EID: 0029894195     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.530     Document Type: Article

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