Using the gravity model to estimate the spatial spread of vector-borne diseases

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4346-4364

  Barrios, José Miguel ^a   Verstraeten, Willem W ^b,c   Maes, Piet ^d   Aerts, Jean Marie ^a   Farifteh, Jamshid ^a   Coppin, Pol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gravity models; Lyme borreliosis; Nephropathia epidemica

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; LAND COVER; MODIS; NDVI; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GRAVITY MODEL; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAND USE; LYME DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEPHROPATHIA EPIDEMICA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUUMALA VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBANIZATION; VECTOR BORNE DISEASE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84871564771     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9124346     Document Type: Article

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