Predictive map of Ixodes ricinus high-incidence habitats and a tick-borne encephalitis risk assessment using satellite data

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 417-433

  Daniel, Milan ^a   Kolář, Jan ^b   Zeman, Petr ^c   Pavelka, Karel ^b   Sádlo, Jiří ^d  

^a IPVZ   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c Regional Center of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

GIS; Ixodes ricinus; Landsat TM imagery; Predictive maps; Risk assessment; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HABITAT INDENTIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IXODES; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TREE;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; HUMANS; IXODES; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TREES;

CZECH REPUBLIC, BOHEMIA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0032127575     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006030827216     Document Type: Article

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