Modelling interactions between vector-borne diseases and environment using GIS /
Khormi, Hassan M.,
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.
- London, New york CRC Press 2015
- xxvi, 236 pages : hbk
"This timely and groundbreaking book demonstrates how to develop models of vector borne disease risks based on different environmental and socioeconomic variables and to assess the association between these variables and their vectors in a Geographic Information System (GIS) environment. It addresses new spatial approaches and techniques based on location and environment and introduces methods to identify, determine, and analyze the trend, movement, and distribution of diseases and the vectors that transmit disease"--
9781482227383 (hardback)
Communicable diseases--Mathematical models. Communicable diseases--Epidemiology--Mathematical models. Communicable diseases--Prevention. Communicable diseases--Control. Disease Vectors Geographic Information Systems. Geographic information systems--Mathematical models. Spatial analysis (Statistics) MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General. MEDICAL / Epidemiology. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems.