Using remote sensing to map the risk of human monkeypox virus in the Congo basin

EcoHealth

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-25

  Fuller, Trevon ^a   Thomassen, Henri A ^a   Mulembakani, Prime M ^b   Johnston, Sara C ^c   Lloyd Smith, James O ^a,d   Kisalu, Neville K ^a   Lutete, Timothee K ^b   Blumberg, Seth ^a,d   Fair, Joseph N ^e   Wolfe, Nathan D ^e   Shongo, Robert L ^f   Formenty, Pierre ^g   Meyer, Hermann ^h   Wright, Linda L ⁱ   Muyembe, Jean Jacques ^j   Buermann, Wolfgang ^a   Saatchi, Sassan S ^a,k   Okitolonda, Emile ^b   Hensley, Lisa ^c   Smith, Thomas B ^a   Rimoin, Anne W ^d,l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kinshasa School of Public Health   (Congo)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Global Viral Forecasting Initiative   (United States)

^f Ministry of Health   (Congo)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^j National Institute of Biomedical Research   (Congo)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

active surveillance; epidemiology; human transmission; monkeypox; orthopoxvirus; smallpox vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MONKEYPOX; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIURIDAE; TREE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; MONKEYPOX; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIURIDAE; TREES;

CRICETOMYS; ELAEIS; FUNISCIURUS; GRAPHIURUS; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 84856270743     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0355-5     Document Type: Article

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