Lymphatic filariasis transmission risk map of India, Based on a geo-environmental risk model

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 657-665

  Sabesan, Shanmugavelu ^a   Raju, Konuganti Hari Kishan ^a   Subramanian, Swaminathan ^a   Srivastava, Pradeep Kumar ^b   Jambulingam, Purushothaman ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

GERM; GIS; India; Lymphatic filariasis; Transmission Risk Map

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEO ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZED FILARIASIS TRANSMISSION RISK INDEX; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CHILD; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK;

EID: 84884244581     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1238     Document Type: Article

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