A Spatially Explicit Environmental Health Surveillance Framework for Tick-Borne Diseases
Description:
In this paper, I will show how applying a spatially explicit context to an existing environmental health surveillance framework is vital for more complete surveillance of disease, and for disease prevention and intervention strategies. As a case study to test the viability of a spatial approach to this existing framework, the risk of human exposure to Lyme disease will be estimated. This spatially explicit framework divides the surveillance process into three components: hazard surveillance, ex…
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Date:
August 2010
Creator:
Aviña, Aldo
Partner:
UNT Libraries