A global network for the control of snail-borne disease using satellite surveillance and geographic information systems

Acta Tropica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-12

  Malone, J B ^a   Bergquist, N R ^b   Huh, O K ^c   Bavia, M E ^d   Bernardi, M ^e   El Bahy, M M ^f   Fuentes, M V ^g   Kristensen, T K ^h   McCarroll, J C ^a   Yilma, J M ⁱ   Zhou, X N ^j  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

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

^f CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^h DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

ⁱ ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^j JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

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Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Remote sensing; Rockefeller Foundation; Schistosomiasis; Snail borne disease

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 0035957541     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00098-5     Document Type: Article

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