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| Contributors | |
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| Series Editors' Preface | |
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| Guest editors' Preface | |
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| Models for Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases | |
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| Abstract | |
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| A Brief History of Distribution Modelling | |
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| Families of Distribution Models | |
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| Predictor Variable Selection in Distribution Models | |
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| What to Do With Sparse Datasets? | |
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| Incorporating Spatial Information Into Models | |
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| Model Selection and Multi-Model Inference | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| Global Environmental Data for Mapping Infectious Disease Distribution | |
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| Abstract | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The AVHRR Sensor | |
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| Temporal Fourier Analysis (TFA) | |
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| Future Global Environmental Data | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| Issues of Scale and Uncertainty in the Global Remote Sensing of Disease | |
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| Abstract | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Issues of Scale and Spatial Resolution | |
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| Issues of Uncertainty | |
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| Summary | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| Determining Global Population Distribution: Methods, Applications and Data | |
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| Abstract | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Data | |
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| Methodology | |
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| Health Applications | |
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| Discussion | |
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| Data Dissemination | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| Defining the Global Spatial Limits of Malaria Transmission in 2005 | |
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| Abstract | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Distribution of Malaria Risk from Travel Guidelines | |
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| The Biological Limits of Transmission | |
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| Distinguishing P. falciparum and P. vivax risk | |
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| Regional Analysis | |
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| Discussion | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| The Global Distribution of Yellow Fever and Dengue | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Pathogens | |
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| Materials and Methods | |
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| Results | |
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| Discussion | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| Global Epidemiology, Ecology and Control of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections | |
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| Abstract | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Transmission Dynamics and the Environment | |
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| Ecological Correlates | |
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| Predicting Distributions | |
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| Urbanization | |
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| Global Control Strategies | |
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| Control Applications of GIS/RS | |
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| Global Distributions | |
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| Predicted Numbers of Infections | |
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| The Future | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| Tick-borne Disease Systems: Mapping Geographic and Phylogenetic Space | |
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| Abstract | |
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| Predicting Changing Risk of Infection on Evolutionary Time Scales | |
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| The Evolutionary Time Scale for Vector-Borne Flaviviruses | |
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| Correlates of Phylogenetic Patterns | |
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| Testing the Role of Climate in the Evolution of Tick-borne Flaviviruses | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| Global Transport Networks and Infectious Disease Spread | |
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| Abstract | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Global Transport Networks and Pandemics | |
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| Global Transport Networks and Disease Vector Invasions | |
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| Global Transport Networks and Vector-borne Diseases | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| Climate Change and Vector-Borne Diseases | |
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| Abstract | |
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| The Mathematics and Biology of Changes in Vector-Borne Diseases | |
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| Defining the Criteria for Claiming Climate Impacts on Vector-Borne Diseases | |
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| Models for Climate Change Impacts on Vector-Borne Diseases | |
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| Biological and Statistical Approaches to Vector-Borne Disease Futures | |
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| Recent Changes in Vector-Borne Diseases: Has Climate Change Already had an Impact? | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Index | |