A new approach for determining the spatial risk levels for visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis related with the distribution of vector species in western part of turkey using geographical information systems and remote sensing;Coğrafi bilgi sistemleri ve uzaktan algılama kullanılarak türkiye’nin batısında visseral ve kutanöz leishmaniasisde vektör türlerin dağılımı ile ilişkili mekansal risk düzeylerinin saptanması için yeni bir yaklaşım

Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages A77-A84

  Ölgen, M Kirami ^a   Özbel, Yusuf ^a   Balcioğlu, I Cüneyt ^b   Demir, Samiye ^c   Şimşek, Fatih ^d   Özensoy Töz, Seray ^a   Ertabaklar, Hatice ^d   Alkan, M Ziya ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Geographical information systems; Leishmaniasis; Risk model; Visceral

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886599678     PISSN: 13006045     EISSN: 13092251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9775/kvfd.2011.6044     Document Type: Article

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