On the relationship between the environmental history and the epidemiological situation of Argentine hemorrhagic fever

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 217-225

  Polop, Francisco ^a   Provensal, Cecilia ^a   Scavuzzo, Marcelo ^b   Lamfri, Mario ^b   Calderón, Gladys ^c   Polop, Jaime ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr Julio I Maiztegui   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abundance; Argentine hemorrhagic fever; Environmental variables; Rodents; Satellite images

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREDICTION; RODENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION INDEX;

RODENTIA;

EID: 38149141743     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0371-2     Document Type: Article

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