Product Details
»Book Publisher: Academic Press (24 August, 2006)
»ISBN: 0120317621
»Book author: Simon I. Hay, Alastair Graham, David J. Rogers
Book Description:
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 the field, it should be a standard for years to come.
With an impact factor of 3.9, the series ranks second in the ISI Parasitology subject category.
* Includes DVD of global environmental and global population data, including scripts for predicting disease distributions and evaluating the accuracy of these mapped products.
* Valuable source of both technical and epidemiological data in this rapidly growing field.
* Discusses practical applications of techniques to the study of parasitic and infectious diseases.
Contents
CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 62
SERIES EDITORS’ PREFACE
GUEST EDITIORS’ PREFACE
Models for Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases
D.J. Rogers
Abstract
1. A Brief History of Distribution Modelling
2. Families of Distribution Models
3. Predictor Variable Selection in Distribution Models
4. What to Do With Sparse Datasets?
5. Incorporating Spatial Information Into Models
6. Model Selection and Multi-Model Inference
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Global Environmental Data for Mapping Infectious
Disease Distribution
S.I. Hay, A.J. Tatem, A.J. Graham, S.J. Goetz and
D.J. Rogers
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. The AVHRR Sensor
3. Temporal Fourier Analysis (TFA)
4. Future Global Environmental Data
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Issues of Scale and Uncertainty in the Global Remote
Sensing of Disease
P.M. Atkinson and A.J. Graham
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Issues of Scale and Spatial Resolution
3. Issues of Uncertainty
4. Summary
Acknowledgements
References
Determining Global Population Distribution: Methods,
Applications and Data
D.L. Balk, U. Deichmann, G. Yetman, F. Pozzi, S.I. Hay and
A. Nelson
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Data
3. Methodology
4. Health Applications
5. Discussion
6. Data Dissemination
Acknowledgements
References
Defining the Global Spatial Limits of Malaria
Transmission in 2005
C.A. Guerra, R.W. Snow and S.I. Hay
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. The Distribution of Malaria Risk from Travel Guidelines
3. The Biological Limits of Transmission
4. Distinguishing P. falciparum and P. vivax risk
5. Regional Analysis
6. Discussion
7. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
The Global Distribution of Yellow Fever and Dengue
D.J. Rogers, A.J. Wilson, S.I. Hay and A.J. Graham
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. The Pathogens
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Global Epidemiology, Ecology and Control of
Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections
S. Brooker, A.C.A. Clements and D.A.P. Bundy
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Transmission Dynamics and the Environment
3. Ecological Correlates
4. Predicting Distributions
5. Urbanization
6. Global Control Strategies
7. Control Applications of GIS/RS
8. Global Distributions
9. Predicted Numbers of Infections
10. The Future
Acknowledgements
References
Tick-borne Disease Systems: Mapping Geographic and
Phylogenetic Space
S.E. Randolph and D.J. Rogers
Abstract
1. Predicting Changing Risk of Infection on Evolutionary Time
Scales
2. The Evolutionary Time Scale for Vector-Borne Flaviviruses
3. Correlates of Phylogenetic Patterns
4. Testing the Role of Climate in the Evolution of Tick-borne
Flaviviruses
Acknowledgements
References
Global Transport Networks and Infectious
Disease Spread
A.J. Tatem, D.J. Rogers and S.I. Hay
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Global Transport Networks and Pandemics
3. Global Transport Networks and Disease Vector Invasions
4. Global Transport Networks and Vector-borne Diseases
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Climate Change and Vector-Borne Diseases
D.J. Rogers and S.E. Randolph
Abstract
1. The Mathematics and Biology of Changes in Vector-Borne
Diseases
2. Defining the Criteria for Claiming Climate Impacts on
Vector-Borne Diseases
3. Models for Climate Change Impacts on
Vector-Borne Diseases
4. Biological and Statistical Approaches to Vector-Borne
Disease Futures
5. Recent Changes in Vector-Borne Diseases: Has Climate Change
Already had an Impact?
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
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