Review: Geographical information systems for dengue surveillance

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 753-755

  Duncombe, Jennifer ^a   Clements, Archie ^a   Hu, Wenbiao ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a,b   Ritchie, Scott ^a,c   Espino, Fe Esperanza ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; THAILAND; VECTOR CONTROL; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INSTRUMENTATION; STATISTICS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84861829384     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0650     Document Type: Review

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