Surveillance of arthropod vector-borne infectious diseases using remote sensing techniques: a review.
Epidemiologists are adopting new remote sensing techniques to study a variety of vector-borne diseases. Associations between satellite-derived environmental variables such as temperature, humidity, and land cover type and vector density are used to identify and characterize vector habitats. The conv...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-10-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2042005?pdf=render |