Use of GIS-based spatial modeling approach to characterize the spatial patterns of malaria mosquito vector breeding habitats in northwestern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 517-528

  Sithiprasasna, Ratana ^a   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^b   Liu, Gang Jun ^c   Jones, James W ^a   Singhasivanon, Pratap ^d  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; SAMPLING; STREAM (RIVER); THAILAND; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0348230792     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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