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.
Malone
J B
JB
Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. malone@vetmed.lsu.edu
McNally
K L
KL
McCarroll
J C
JC
Corbett
J D
JD
Mkoji
G
G
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