Spatio-temporal diffusion pattern and hotspot detection of dengue in Chachoengsao province, Thailand

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-74

  Jeefoo, Phaisarn ^a   Tripathi, Nitin Kumar ^a   Souris, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Dengue; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Hotspot; Space time cluster; Spatial statistics; Temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THAILAND; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 79851482605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8010051     Document Type: Article

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