Biology-based mapping of vector-borne parasites by geographic information systems and remote sensing

Parassitologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 77-79

  Malone, J B ^a   Nieto, P ^a   Tadesse, A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Fascioliasis; Geographic Information Systems; Leishmaniasis; Leprosy; Malaria; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEPROSY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PSYCHODIDAE; SNAIL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPACE FLIGHT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHINA; CLIMATE; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOLOGY; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LATIN AMERICA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LEPROSY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITIC DISEASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PSYCHODIDAE; RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SNAILS; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33748615705     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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