A set of ontologies to drive tools for the control of vector-borne diseases

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-47

  Topalis, Pantelis ^a   Dialynas, Emmanuel ^a   Mitraka, Elvira ^b   Deligianni, Elena ^a   Siden Kiamos, Inga ^a   Louis, Christos ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Arthropod vector; Database; Decision support system; Insecticide resistance; Malaria; Mosquito; Tick; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTHROPOD VECTOR; DATABASE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; TICK;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DISEASE CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL; VECTORS;

ONTOLOGY;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; INSECT REPELLENT; MALARIA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 79952024417     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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