Constructing ecological networks: A tool to infer risk of transmission and dispersal of leishmaniasis

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages 179-193

  Gonzalez Salazar C ^a   Stephens, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Data mining; Ecological network; Habitat transformation; Leishmaniasis; Risk factors; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL NETWORK MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAND USE; LEISHMANIASIS; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; MAMMALS; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84866032272     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01479.x     Document Type: Article

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