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Modelling interactions between vector-borne diseases and environment using GIS / Hassan M. Khormi Umm, Al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Lalit Kumar, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khormi, Hassan M., 1984-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communicable diseases--Mathematical models.
- Communicable diseases.
- Communicable diseases--Epidemiology--Mathematical models.
- Communicable diseases--Prevention.
- Communicable diseases--Control.
- Animals as carriers of disease.
- Geographic information systems.
- Geographic information systems--Mathematical models.
- Spatial analysis (Statistics).
- Communicable Diseases--epidemiology.
- Disease Vectors.
- Geographic Information Systems.
- Geographic Mapping.
- Environment.
- Risk Factors.
- Medical Subjects:
- Communicable Diseases--epidemiology.
- Disease Vectors.
- Geographic Information Systems.
- Geographic Mapping.
- Environment.
- Risk Factors.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Modelling and simulating the prevalence of vector-borne diseases around the world and efforts for combat and control
- 3. Cartographies and maps of vector-borne diseases
- 4. Spatial data
- 5. Common spatial methods for modelling and analysing spatial and temporal patterns and distributions of mosquito-borne diseases
- 6. Spatial variation risk
- 7. Modelling associations between mosquito-borne diseases and environmental and socioeconomic factors
- 8. Global climate change and modelling the potential distribution of vector-borne disease
- 9. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228) amd index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780429076541 (electronic bk.)
- 0429076541 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99993257981
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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