Mapping environmental susceptibility to Saint Louis encephalitis virus, based on a decision tree model of remotelysensed data

Geospatial Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-94

  Rotela, Camilo Hugo ^a   Spinsanti, Lorena I ^b   Lamfri, Mario A ^a   Contigiani, Marta S ^b   Almirón, Walter R ^c   Scavuzzo, Carlos M ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Landscape epidemiology; Remote sensing; Risk map; Saint Louis encephalitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856039398     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2011.160     Document Type: Article

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