Application of knowledge-driven spatial modelling approaches and uncertainty management to a study of Rift Valley fever in Africa

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Clements, Archie C A ^a,b   Pfeiffer, Dirk U ^a   Martin, Vincent ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; FUZZY LOGIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER;

EID: 33845725160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-57     Document Type: Article

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