Environmental information systems for the control of arthropod vectors of disease

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 227-244

  Thomson, M C ^a   Connor, S J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aedes; Anopheles; Chrysops; Culex; Culicoides; Disease vectors; GIS; Glossina; GPS; Ixodes; Mapping; NDVI; Phlebot omus; Remote sensing; Rhipicephalus; Simulium; Spatial analysis; Vector control

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; GIS; REMOTE SENSING;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PARASITE VECTOR; RISK FACTOR; SPACE FLIGHT;

ARTHROPOD VECTORS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GEOLOGY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK FACTORS; SPACECRAFT;

ACARI; ARBOVIRUS; ARENA; ARTHROPODA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHRYSOPS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; GLOSSINIDAE; IXODES; IXODIDAE; OMUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; TABANIDAE;

EID: 0033829012     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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