Spatial parasite ecology and epidemiology: a review of methods and applications.
Parasitology
; 139(14): 1870-87, 2012 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-23036435
ABSTRACT
The distributions of parasitic diseases are determined by complex factors, including many that are distributed in space. A variety of statistical methods are now readily accessible to researchers providing opportunities for describing and ultimately understanding and predicting spatial distributions. This review provides an overview of the spatial statistical methods available to parasitologists, ecologists and epidemiologists and discusses how such methods have yielded new insights into the ecology and epidemiology of infection and disease. The review is structured according to the three major branches of spatial statistics continuous spatial variation; discrete spatial variation; and spatial point processes.
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Assunto principal:
Doenças Parasitárias
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Parasitologia
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Ecologia
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Análise Espacial
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article