Climatic and demographic determinants of American visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern Brazil using remote sensing technology for environmental categorization of rain and region influences on leishmaniasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 648-655

  Thompson, R Alex ^a,b,d,e   De Oliveira Lima, José Wellington ^c,d   Maguire, James H ^a,b,d,f   Braud, Dewitt H ^a,b,d   Scholl, Daniel T ^a,b,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fundacao National de Saude/Ceara   (Brazil)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0036912576     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.648     Document Type: Article

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