Towards a kala azar risk map for Sudan: Mapping the potential distribution of Phlebotomus orientalis using digital data of environmental variables

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-113

  Thomson, M C ^a   Elnaiem, D A ^b   Ashford, R W ^a   Connor, S J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Acacia seyal; Balanites aegyptiaca; Climate; GIS; Kala azar; NDVI; Phlebotomus orientalis; Sudan; Vertisols; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEISHMANIASIS; MODEL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; SOIL; SUDAN;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHLEBOTOMUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SOIL; SUDAN; TREES;

SUDAN;

ACACIA; ACACIA SEYAL; ARACHNIDA; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PHLEBOTOMUS ORIENTALIS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0033037102     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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