A comparative evaluation of endemic and non-endemic region of visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) in India with ground survey and space technology

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 515-523

  Kesari, Shreekant ^a   Bhunia, Gouri Sankar ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^a   Jeyaram, Algarswamy ^b   Ranjan, Alok ^a   Das, Pradeep ^a  

^a RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CDC light trap; Kala azar; Landscape; NDVI; Phlebotomus argentipes; RS image

Indexed keywords

NASO HEXACANTHUS; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SOIL; TREE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 80052741173     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000500001     Document Type: Article

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