Geographical information systems and tropical medicine

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-318

  Khan, O A ^a,b,c   Davenhall, W ^d   Ali, M ^e   Castillo Salgado, C ^f,g   Vazquez Prokopec, G ^h   Kitron, U ^h,i   Magalhães, R J Soares ^j   Clements, A C A ^j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d ESRI   (United States)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TYPHOID VACCINE;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PANDEMIC; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TROPICAL MEDICINE; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 77954725524     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12743554759867     Document Type: Review

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