An ecological model for quantitative risk assessment for schistosomiasis: The case of a patchy environment in the coastal tropical area of Northeastern Brazil

Risk Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 831-846

  De Oliveira Duarte, Heitor ^a   Droguett, Enrique Lopez ^a   Moura, Márcio das Chagas ^a   de Souza Gomes, Elainne Christine ^b   Barbosa, Constança ^b   Barbosa, Verônica ^b   Araújo, Moacyr ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecological model; Endemic disease; Microbial quantitative risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DRUG THERAPY; ECOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL STOCHASTICITY; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; PARASITE POPULATION; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

QUALITY CONTROL;

COASTAL ZONE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EPIDEMIC; FLATWORM; INTERMEDIATE HOST; METAPOPULATION; PARASITE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; TOURIST DESTINATION; TROPICAL REGION;

BRAZIL;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

BRAZIL; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84900545198     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12139     Document Type: Article

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