Modeling of Environmental Factors Affecting the Prevalence of Zoonotic and Anthroponotic Cutaneous, and Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis in Foci of Iran: A Remote Sensing and GIS Based Study

Modeling of Environmental Factors Affecting the Prevalence of Zoonotic and Anthroponotic Cutaneous, and Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis in Foci of Iran: A Remote Sensing and GIS Based Study

Background: Leishmaniasis is a re-emerging serious international public health problem, and both visceral and cu­taneous types of leishmaniasis became important endemic diseases in Iran. In this study, the relationships between environmental factors (vegetation and elevation) and the prevalence of...

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Main Authors: Abdolali Golpayegani, Ali Reza Moslem, Amir Ahmad Akhavan, Azam Zeydabadi, Amir Hossein Mahvi, Ahmad Allah-Abadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
Subjects:
Leishmaniasis
GIS
Remote sensing
Environmental variables
Nonlinear regression
Online Access:https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/817

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