Impact of road networks on the distribution of dengue fever cases in Trinidad, West Indies

Acta Tropica

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 178-183

  Mahabir, R S ^a   Severson, D W ^b   Chadee, D D ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Dengue; Epidemiology; GIS; Road networks; Spatial distribution; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PLANNING METHOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TESTING METHOD; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AEDES; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DISEASE VECTORS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; TRANSPORTATION; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 84863494890     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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