The geosimulation of West Nile virus propagation: A multi-agent and climate sensitive tool for risk management in public health

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bouden, Mondher ^a   Moulin, Bernard ^a   Gosselin, Pierre ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORECASTING METHOD; HEALTH RISK; MOSQUITO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROW; CULEX; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK MANAGEMENT; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROWS; CULEX; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUEBEC; RISK MANAGEMENT; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 48749132010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-35     Document Type: Article

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