Schistosomes, snails and satellites

Acta Tropica

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-214

  Brooker, S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Epidemiology; Geographical information systems (GIS); Remote sensing; Risk models; Schistosomiasis; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIS; SATELLITE DATA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL;

AFRICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAILS; SPACECRAFT;

AFRICA;

GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0036098660     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00012-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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