Global Mapping of Infectious Diseases : Methods, Examples and Emerging Applications /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Graham, Alastair (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rogers, David J. (David James), 1918- (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hay, S. I. (Simon I.) (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2006.
• Έκδοση: First edition.
• Σειρά: Advances in parasitology ; v. 62.
• Θέματα: Medical geography.; Geographic information systems.; Epidemiology > Remote sensing.; Communicable diseases > Epidemiology > Methodology.; MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.; MEDICAL > Epidemiology.; Infectieziekten.; Kartering.; Electronic books.

This special volume of Advances in Parasitology gives a comprehensive overview of the practical procedures involved in all aspects of global mapping. Coverage includes new research and new data, along with descriptions of new techniques in global mapping. With chapters written by leading experts in...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Models for vectors and vector-borne diseases / D.J. Rogers
• Global environmental data for mapping infectious disease distribution / S.I. Hay [and others]
• Issues of scale and uncertainty in the global remote sensing of disease / P.M. Atkinson and A.J. Graham
• Determining global population distribution : methods, applications and data / D.L. Balk [and others]
• Defining the global spatial limits of malaria transmission in 2005 / C.A. Guerra, R.W. Snow and S.I. Hay
• The global distribution of yellow fever and dengue / D.J. Rogers [and others]
• Global epidemiology, ecology and control of soil-transmitted helminth infections / S. Brooker, A.C.A. Clements and D.A.P. Bundy
• Tick-borne disease systems: mapping geographic and phylogenic space / S.E. Randolph and D.J. Rogers
• Global transport networks and infectious disease spread / A.J. Tatem, D.J. Rogers and S.I. Hay
• Climate change and vector-borne diseases / D.J. Rogers and S.E. Randolph.