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Combining Google Earth and GIS mapping technologies in a dengue surveillance system for developing countries

BACKGROUND: Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness that places significant burden on tropical developing countries with unplanned urbanization. A surveillance system using Google Earth and GIS mapping technologies was developed in Nicaragua as a management tool. METHODS AND RESULTS: Satellite imag...

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Autores principales: Chang, Aileen Y, Parrales, Maria E, Jimenez, Javier, Sobieszczyk, Magdalena E, Hammer, Scott M, Copenhaver, David J, Kulkarni, Rajan P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2729741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19627614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-8-49