Spatial analysis and remote sensing for monitoring systems of Oncomelania nosophora following the eradication of schistosomiasis Japonica in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-132

  Nihei, Naoko ^a   Komagata, Osamu ^a   Kobayashi, Mutsuo ^a   Saitoh, Yasuhide ^b   Mochizuki, Kam Ichiro ^c   Nakamura, Satoshi ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PASCO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; ONCOMELANIA NOSOPHORA; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAIL; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPODA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; JAPAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; TELEMETRY;

EID: 66849106384     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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