A geographic information system on the potential distribution and abundance of Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica in east Africa based on food and agriculture organization databases

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-101

  Malone, J B ^a   Gommes, R ^b   Hansen, J ^b   Yilma, J M ^c   Slingenberg, J ^b   Snijders, F ^b   Nachtergaele, F ^b   Ataman, E ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Climate; Distribution; East Africa; Fasciola gigantica; Fasciola hepatica; Food and Agriculture Organization; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOLOGY; FASCIOLIASIS; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 0032584753     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00137-X     Document Type: Article

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