Landscape epidemiology: An emerging perspective in the mapping and modelling of disease and disease risk factors
| Autor: | Nnadi Nnaemeka Emmanuel, Mark Ojogba Okolo, Nimzing Loha, Onyedibe Kenneth Ikenna |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine Geographic information system lcsh:RC955-962 business.industry Ecology Landscape epidemiology lcsh:R Perspective (graphical) Environmental resource management lcsh:Medicine Disease Remote sensing law.invention Infectious Diseases Transmission (mechanics) Geography law Vector (epidemiology) Satellite remote sensing Disease risk Landscape business |
| Zdroj: | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, Vol 1, Iss 3, Pp 247-250 (2011) |
| ISSN: | 2222-1808 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s2222-1808(11)60041-8 |
| Popis: | Landscape epidemiology describes how the temporal dynamics of host, vector, and pathogen populations interact spatially within a permissive environment to enable transmission. It also aims at understanding the vegetation and geologic conditions that are necessary for the maintenance and transmission of a particular pathogen. The current review describes the evolution of landscape epidemiology. As a science, it also highlights the various methods of mapping and modeling diseases and disease risk factors. The key tool to characterize landscape is satellite remote sensing and these data are used as inputs to drive spatial models of transmission risk. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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