Examining landscape determinants of Opisthorchis viverrini transmission

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-341

  Wang, Yi Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Infectious disease; Land use; Opisthorchis viverrini; Seasonality; Spatial epidemiology; Water

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CATERING SERVICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; ZOONOSES;

BITHYNIA; CYPRINIDAE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GASTROPODA; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI;

EID: 84871925460     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0789-z     Document Type: Review

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