Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 90, No. 2, 1995, pp. 205-209
Bioline Code: oc95041
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 90, No. 2, 1995, pp. 205-209
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The Geographic Understanding of Snail Borne Disease in Endemic Areas Using Satellite Surveillance
John B Malone
Abstract
The current status of research on use of earth observing
satellite sensors and geographic information systems for
control program management of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis
is reviewed.
Keywords
Schistosoma - Fasciola - epidemiology - geographic information systems - satellites - Biomphalaria - Bulinus - Lymnaea
