Use of remote sensing and geographic information systems to predict locations of Anopheles darlingi-positive breeding sites within the Sibun River in Belize, Central America

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 382-392

  Achee, Nicole L ^a   Grieco, John P ^a   Masuoka, Penny ^a   Andre, Richard G ^a   Roberts, Donald R ^a   Thomas, James ^a   Briceno, Ireneo ^b   King, Russell ^b   Rejmankova, Eliska ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Belize)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles darlingi; Belize; GIS; Larval habitats; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BELIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LARVA; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; TELECOMMUNICATION; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BELIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TREES;

ANOPHELES DARLINGI; GUADUA;

EID: 33749024784     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0382:UORSAG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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