Application of spatial analysis to the examination of dengue fever in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 188-193

  Castillo, Katty C ^a   Körbl, Birthe ^a   Stewart, Anna ^b   Gonzalez, Javier F ^c   Poncec, Facundo ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dengue; Hotspot; LISA

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENGUE; HOT SPOT; LISA; PREVENTION AND CONTROLS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84857419140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.07.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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