title: Biology-based mapping of vector-borne parasites by Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing.
abstract: Applications of growing degree day-water budget analysis and satellite climatology to vector-borne parasites are reviewed to demonstrate the value of using 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 methods.
authors.affiliation: Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA. malone@vetmed.lsu.edu
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Malone
mesh_terms: D000351:Africa, Eastern / Q000453:epidemiology; D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology; D002017:Budgets; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D002980:Climate; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004463:Ecology; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D015995:Prevalence; D012306:Risk; D017215:Satellite Communications; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D012908:Snails / Q000469:parasitology; D012987:Soil; D013696:Temperature; D019371:Topography, Medical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000191:economics
chemical_list: D012987:Soil