Mapping of zones potentially occupied by Aedes vexans and culex poicilipes mosquitoes, the main vectors of Rift Valley fever in Senegal

Geospatial Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-79

  Tourre, Yves M ^a,b   Lacaux, Jean Pierre ^c   Vignolles, Cecile ^d   Ndione, Jacques André ^e,f   Lafaye, Murielle ^g  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^d MEDIAS France   (France)

^e Third World Forum Dakar   (Senegal)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^g CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; High resolution remote sensing; Ponds; Rift valley fever; Senegal; Zones potentially occupied by mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RAIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; SEASON; SENEGAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEASONS; SENEGAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58849094124     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2008.233     Document Type: Article

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