A brief review of spatial analysis concepts and tools used for mapping, containment and risk modelling of infectious diseases and other illnesses

Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 581-601

  Caprarelli, Graziella ^a   Fletcher, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

epidemiology; geographic information systems; geostatistics; parasitology; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PARASITOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GEOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84909633507     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013001972     Document Type: Review

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