Global Mapping of Infectious Diseases : Methods, Examples and Emerging Applications / edited by Simon I. Hay, Alastair Graham and David J. Rogers.

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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Other Authors: Graham, Alastair (Editor), Rogers, David J. (David James), 1918- (Editor), Hay, S. I. (Simon I.) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2006.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Advances in parasitology ; v. 62.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.