Geospatial (s)tools: Integration of advanced epidemiological sampling and novel diagnostics

Geospatial Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 399-404

  Cringoli, Giuseppe ^a   Rinaldi, Laura ^a   Albonico, Marco ^b   Bergquist, Robert ^c   Utzinger, Jürg ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

^c Brastad   (Sweden)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Disease control and elimination; Epidemiology; Geospatial tools; Mini flotac; Parasitology; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878512333     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.97     Document Type: Article

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