Modeling the biocoenose of parasitic diseases using remote sensing and geographic information systems.
Application of growing degree day-water budget analysis concepts to snail-borne diseases are reviewed to demonstrate use of the unique thermal-hydrological preferences and limits of tolerance of individual parasite-vector systems to define the environmental niche of disease agents in the landscape by modern geospatial analysis tools.
Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. malone@vetmed.lsu.edu
J B
JB
Malone
K L
KL
McNally
J C
JC
McCarroll
J D
JD
Corbett
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G
Mkoji
D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D001700:Biomphalaria / Q000469:parasitology; D002980:Climate; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004199:Disease Vectors; D017753:Ecosystem; D005209:Fasciola / Q000502:physiology; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D040362:Geographic Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000469:parasitology; D008954:Models, Biological; D015995:Prevalence; D017215:Satellite Communications; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000502:physiology; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D019371:Topography, Medical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014867:Water / Q000469:parasitology
D014867:Water