Developing GIS-based eastern equine encephalitis vector-host models in Tuskegee, Alabama

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jacob, Benjamin G ^a   Burkett Cadena, Nathan D ^b   Luvall, Jeffrey C ^c   Parcak, Sarah H ^d   McClure, Christopher J W ^b   Estep, Laura K ^b   Hill, Geoffrey E ^b   Cupp, Eddie W ^b   Novak, Robert J ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC-INFO; ARCVIEW; BIRD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENCEPHALITIS; GIS; KRIGING; LINEARITY; MOSQUITO; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; VARIOGRAM;

ALABAMA; TUSKEGEE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950437361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-12     Document Type: Article

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