FleaTickRisk: A meteorological model developed to monitor and predict the activity and density of three tick species and the cat flea in Europe

Geospatial Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-113

  Beugnet, Frédéric ^a   Chalvet Monfray, Karine ^b   Loukos, Harilaos ^c  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^b EPIA   (France)

^c Climpact   (France)

Author keywords

Flea; Mathematical modelling; Meteorology; Predictive activity; Tick

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450191481     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2009.213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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