Models for predicting aedes aegypti larval indices based on satellite images and climatic variables

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 368-376

  Estallo, Elizabet L ^a   Lamfri, Mario A ^b   Scavuzzo, Carlos M ^b   Almeida, Francisco F Ludueña ^a   Introini, María V ^c   Zaidenberg, Mario ^c   Almirón, Walter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Centro Espacial Teofilo Tabanera   (Argentina)

^c Misterio de Salud de la Nacin ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Climatic variables; Forecasting models; Larval indices; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORECASTING; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CLIMATE; DENGUE; FORECASTING; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 58149165376     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5705.1     Document Type: Article

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