An application of remotely derived climatological fields for risk assessment of vector-borne diseases: A spatial study of filariasis prevalence in the Nile delta, Egypt

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1401-1409

  Crombie, M K ^a   Gillies, R R ^b   Arvidson, R E ^a   Brookmeyer, P ^a   Weill, G J ^c   Sultan, M ^d   Harb, M ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FILARIASIS;

DISEASE CONTROL; FILARIASIS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EGYPT;

EID: 0032738920     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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