Application of satellite precipitation data to analyse and model arbovirus activity in the tropics

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schuster, Grit ^a   Ebert, Elizabeth E ^b   Stevenson, Mark A ^c   Corner, Robert J ^a   Johansen, Cheryl A ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH RISK; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; RISK FACTOR; SATELLITE DATA; VIRUS;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ARBOVIRUS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARBOVIRUS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHICKEN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPACE FLIGHT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHICKENS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SPACECRAFT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78651534627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-8     Document Type: Article

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