Using geographically weighted regression (GWR) to explorespatial varying relationships of immature mosquitoes andhuman densities with the incidence of dengue

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2798-2815

  Lin, Chia Hsien ^a   Wen, Tzai Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aedes mosquitoes; Dengue; Geographically weighted regression (GWR); Human density; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 79960824302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8072798     Document Type: Article

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