A review of geographic information system and remote sensing with applications to the epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis in China

Acta Tropica

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 117-129

  Yang, Guo Jing ^a,b   Vounatsou, Penelope ^b   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^c   Utzinger, Jürg ^b   Tanner, Marcel ^b  

^a JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Disease mapping and prediction; Epidemiology and control; Geographic information system; Oncomelania hupensis; Remote sensing; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOOD TIDE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFECTION RISK; INTERMEDIATE HOST; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAIL; SPECIES HABITAT; STRESS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

GASTROPODA; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 13844270018     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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