GIS tools for tick and tick-borne disease occurrence

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Daniel, M ^a,b   Kolar J ^c   Zeman, P ^d  

^a Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d Regional Center of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Remote sensing; Tick borne diseases; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ACARI;

EID: 20344383975     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004006080     Document Type: Review

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