Mapping infectious disease landscapes: Unmanned aerial vehicles and epidemiology

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 514-519

  Fornace, Kimberly M ^a   Drakeley, Chris J ^a   William, Timothy ^b,c,d   Espino, Fe ^e   Cox, Jonathan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c Hospital Queen Elizabeth 2   (Malaysia)

^d Sabah State Health Department   (Malaysia)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Drone; Geographic information system; Malaria; Plasmodium knowlesi; Spatial epidemiology; Unmanned aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVICES; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SPACE FLIGHT; STANDARDS;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MALARIA; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84908152544     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.09.001     Document Type: Review

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