01654nas a2200469   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001200065653001000077653001200087653002000099653001200119653001200131653001300143653001300156653001700169653003500186653001100221653001900232653001800251653002400269653002800293653001200321653002400333653002300357653002600380653001600406653000900422653002900431653001100460653001500471653001600486100001500502700001200517700001400529245010600543300000900649490000700658520050500665022001401170       2006                            d  c2006 Jun10aAedes10aAnimals10aChina10aClimate10aDisease Vectors10aEcology10aEritrea10aEthiopia10aFasciola10aFascioliasis10aGeographic Information Systems10aHumans10aInsect Vectors10aLatin America10aLeishmania infantum10aLeishmaniasis, Visceral10aleprosy10aMalaria, Falciparum10aParasitic Diseases10aPlasmodium falciparum10aPsychodidae10aRain10aSatellite Communications10aSnails10aSpacecraft10aTemperature1 aMalone J B1 aNieto P1 aTadesse A00aBiology-based mapping of vector-borne parasites by geographic information systems and remote sensing.  a77-90 v483 a<p>Application of growing degree day-water budget analysis and satellite climatology to vector-borne parasites will be reviewed to demonstrate the value of using the unique thermal-hydrological preferences and limits of tolerance of individual parasite-vector systems to define the environmental niche of disease agents in the landscape by modern geospatial analysis methods. Applications of geospatial modeling will be illustrated by examples on fascioliasis, malaria, leprosy and leishmaniasis.</p>  a0048-2951