Combining google earth and GIS mapping technologies in a dengue surveillance system for developing countries

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Chang, Aileen Y ^a,b,c   Parrales, Maria E ^a   Jimenez, Javier ^a   Sobieszczyk, Magdalena E ^b   Hammer, Scott M ^b   Copenhaver, David J ^c   Kulkarni, Rajan P ^c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Nicaragua)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Dengue Relief Foundation   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIS; INTERNET; MAPPING METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVEYING; VISUALIZATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NICARAGUA; RISK FACTOR; SPACE FLIGHT; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NICARAGUA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 69249171371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-8-49     Document Type: Article

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