Delimitation of kala-azar risk areas in the district of Vaishali in Bihar (India) using a geo-environmental approach

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 609-620

  Bhunia, Gouri Sankar ^a   Chatterjee, Nandini ^b   Kumar, Vijay ^a   Siddiqui, Niyamat Ali ^a   Mandal, Rakesh ^a   Das, Pradeep ^a   Kesari, Shreekant ^a  

^a RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Geo environmental risk model; GIS; Kala azar; NDVI; Wetness index

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 84864037020     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000500007     Document Type: Article

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