Use of Geographic Information Systems in the development of prediction models for onchocerciasis control in Ethiopia

Parassitologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-144

  Gebre Michael, Teshome ^a   Malone, J B ^b   McNally, K ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Geographic Information Systems; Growing Degree Days; Onchocerciasis; Remote Sensing

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FACTUAL DATABASE; FLY; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; TELECOMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IVERMECTIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEASONS; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 24944451580     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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