Urban environmental clustering to assess the spatial dynamics of Aedes aegypti breeding sites

Geospatial Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 135-142

  Albrieu Llinás, Guillermo ^a   Espinosa, Manuel O ^b   Quaglia, Agustín ^a,d   Abril, Marcelo ^b   Scavuzzo, Carlos Marcelo ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Fundacion Mundo Sano   (Argentina)

^c National Agency of Spatial Activities (CONAE)   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Argentina; Environmental clustering; Spatio temporal dynamics; Urban classification

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; CITY; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOSQUITO VECTOR; TRANSMISSION; URBAN POPULATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CITIES; DENGUE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOSQUITO VECTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85046809117     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2018.654     Document Type: Article

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