Filaria monitoring visualization system: A geographical information system-based application to manage lymphatic filariasis in Andhra Pradesh, India

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 418-427

  Upadhyayula, Suryanaryana Murty ^a   Mutheneni, Srinivasa Rao ^a   Kumaraswamy, Sriram ^a   Kadiri, Madhusudhan Rao ^a   Pabbisetty, Sampath Kumar ^b   Yellepeddi, Venkata Suryanarayana Murthy ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b National Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Entomology; Epidemiology; GIS mapping; India; Lymphatic Filariasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FILARIA; FILARIA MONITORING VISUALIZATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MOSQUITO; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOOLOGY;

ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

FILARIA;

EID: 84861085018     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0713     Document Type: Article

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