Modeling the distribution of the West Nile and Rift Valley Fever vector Culex pipiens in arid and semi-arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Conley, Amy K ^a   Fuller, Douglas O ^b   Haddad, Nabil ^c   Hassan, Ali N ^d   Gad, Adel M ^d   Beier, John C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid region; Culex pipiens; Irrigation; Maxent; Public health; Remote sensing; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULEX PIPIENS; EPIDEMIC; HABITAT; HYDROLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TARGET ORGANISM; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 84903779363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-289     Document Type: Article

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