Modeling larval malaria vector habitat locations using landscape features and cumulative precipitation measures

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages

  McCann, Robert S ^a,d   Messina, Joseph P ^a   MacFarlane, David W ^a   Bayoh, M N ^b   Vulule, John M ^b   Gimnig, John E ^b   Walker, Edward D ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Department of Forestry Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Larval habitats; Logistic regression; Predictive models; Random forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

KENYA;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN;

EID: 84903313628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-17     Document Type: Article

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