Mapping Disease Transmission Risk

Description:

This book illuminates new and more effective infectious disease mapping methods and integrates biogeographic and ecological factors with spatial models. The author treats disease transmission areas for what they are--distributions of species. He argues that complex, fragmented, and highly irregular disease patterns can only be understood when underlying environmental drivers are considered. The result is an modeling approach that challenges static spatial models and provides a framework for recasting disease mapping.

subjects: Medical geography,  Epidemiology,  Medical mapping,  Public health surveillance,  Mathematical models,  Medical Topography,  Methods,  Infectious Disease Transmission,  Geographic Mapping,  Theoretical Models,  Cartographie médicale,  Géographie médicale,  Santé publique,  Surveillance,  Épidémiologie,  Maladies infectieuses,  Transmission,  Modèles mathématiques,  MEDICAL,  Forensic Medicine,  Preventive Medicine,  Public Health