Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems and risk of American Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bahia, Brazil

Parassitologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 165-169

  Bavia, Maria Emilia ^a   Carneiro, D D Madureira Trabuco ^a   Da Costa Gurgel, H ^b   Madureira Filho, C ^a   Rodrigues Barbosa, M G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American visceral leishmaniasis; Geographic Information Systems; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; Remote Sensing

Indexed keywords

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TELECOMMUNICATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PLANTS; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 24944514042     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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