Role of remote sensing, geographic bioinformatics system and bioinformatics in kala-azar epidemiology

Journal of Biomedical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 373-384

  Bhunia, Gouri Sankar ^a   Dikhit, Manas Ranjan ^a   Kesari, Shreekant ^a   Sahoo, Ganesh Chandra ^a   Das, Pradeep ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Geographical bioinformatics systems (GIS); RK39; Support vector machine (SVM)

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EPITOPE; SULPHORAPHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITOPE MAPPING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MACHINE LEARNING; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84455195859     PISSN: 16748301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1674-8301(11)60050-X     Document Type: Review

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