Landscape Ecology and Epidemiology of Vector-Borne Diseases: Tools for Spatial Analysis

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 435-445

  Kitron, Uriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Global positioning system; Landscape ecology; Landscape epidemiology; Remote sensing; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; GLOSSINA (PROPER);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0032110652     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.4.435     Document Type: Article

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